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Nigerian Appointed as Director of African Dev. Institute By AFDB
Eric Ogunleye, a Nigerian microeconomics expert has been appointed by the African Development Bank to head the African Development Institute(ADI)
According to reports, his appointment as the new director of ADI will be effective from June 1, 2024.
Mr Ogunleye has nurtured a successful career in achieving significant global partnerships and impactful results.
He has designed leading innovative, context-specific capacity development and policy advisory initiatives at the highest levels of national governance.
Before now, he served as the Officer in Charge of the African Development Institute and Manager of the Institute’s Policy Management Division.
Ogunleye was also an Advisor to the Chief Economist and Vice President of the Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Complex.
His role in developing and implementing the Bank Group’s Capacity Development Strategy (2021-2025) and related initiatives, cannot be underemphasized.
In December 2022, Mr Ogunleye successfully launched the Public Finance Management Academy for Africa, featuring an 18-month structured training program across the entire public financial and debt management cycle.
This initiative has trained over 145 public officials from 45 African countries as Public Finance Management experts.
