Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson

Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson founded The African Development Imperative (TADI) in 2016. In this capacity, he superintends logistical matters affecting this incipient organization, liaises with other entities for partnership-cultivation and maintenance purposes, and shares his expertise on matters with which TADI is concerned. Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson obtained undergraduate and masters degrees in International Studies and International Development respectively (with extensive coursework focused on international health at George Washington University in the latter instance) from American University. Moreover, he took masters and doctoral degrees in Political Science at the University of Maryland, is an alumnus of the Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program at Georgetown University and holds a Youth Entrepreneurship Certificate from the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization.

In the recent past, Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson has worked in research, teaching and administrative capacities in North America, Central America and Europe and undertaken extensive field research in Nigeria. He is the author of several monographs and reviews, with the most seminal being The ‘Civil Society’ Problematique: Deconstructing Civility and Southern Nigeria’s Ethnic Radicalization (London; New York: Routledge, 2003/2012).  

His interests are varied and include, inter alia, the political economy of development, politics of perception and representation, digital divide, capacity building, youth development, education, social entrepreneurship and innovation, civil-military and state-society relations, nexus between security, gender and development, repercussions of state capacity or lack thereof, conflict prevention and management, violent extremism mitigation, early warning and action, post-conflict reconstruction, peace-building efforts, rule of law, human rights, and democratization theory and practice.

other consultants

Due to its modular and nimble structure, and an abiding commitment to cultivating and deepening in-country partnerships, enhancing existing capacity therein and fostering a spirit of continuous learning, TADI also maintains a roster of consultants whose expertise can be deployed rather quickly to harness the opportunity at hand. This approach allows us not to become unduly wedded to a rigid or stale way of perceiving seeming challenges or devising appropriate solutions; instead, the method that we employ in each instance is informed by the nature of the issue with which we are confronted, a thoughtful attention to the import of context, a genuine spirit of enquiry, an interdisciplinary ethos and an openness to diverse perspectives.

Queries in the aforementioned vein should be directed to Adedayo Oluwakayode Adekson.