Abiola AKOBI
Delivery Leader
Summary
Abiola's versatile profile and diverse professional experience in Africa, the West-African sub-region and Europe have provided him with a wealth of valuable practical and theoretical skills. His work as a consultant at two of the big four firms, his experience in project and government program management and his education at a prestigious university in England all point to his expertise in public health, project and program management, strategy and operations, technology, the financial services industry and many other areas.
Education
- PhD Candidate, Management, University of the Western Cape
- MSc; Information Technology, Management and Organizational Change; Lancaster University
- BSc, Accounting and Finance, Lancaster University
Delivery Experience
Abiola is working on a performance management project in Benin focused on sexual and reproductive health. His team is helping the Ministry of Health to implement both their priorities and those of the Initiative for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ISRHR). Specifically, they are implementing a performance management system to understand how the client’s interventions have generated impact in Benin and to direct funding to the highest-value interventions.
Other Experience
Prior to joining DA, Abiola worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to strengthen the campaign digitization landscape and increase a Ministry of Health’s ownership and governance on a key component of health. He also worked as a consultant at Deloitte, where he supported human resources management and helped a local industry to raise capital for scale-up.
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