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href=\"\/2026\/\">Home<\/a><span>\u203a<\/span>\n <span style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,.8)\">Our Team<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <h1 class=\"hero-h1\">Our Team<\/h1>\n <div class=\"hero-rule\"><\/div>\n <p class=\"hero-sub\">World-class researchers united by a single purpose \u2014 unlocking Africa's employment potential through knowledge, innovation and collaboration.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"director-sec\" id=\"director\">\n <div class=\"w\">\n <div class=\"dir-grid\">\n\n \n <div class=\"dir-photo-wrap\">\n <div class=\"dir-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrSundayAbayomi.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Professor Sunday Abayomi Adebisi \u2014 Director, ARUA-USD CoE\"\n loading=\"eager\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"dir-award-badge\">\n <strong>🏆 BAM Best Full Paper Award \u2014 Belfast 2014<\/strong>\n <span>Only African among 36 recipients from 350+ universities across 50 countries<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div>\n <span class=\"lbl\">Centre Director<\/span>\n <div class=\"dir-name\">Professor Sunday Abayomi Adebisi<\/div>\n <div class=\"dir-title\">\n Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management \u00b7 First Occupier, Dr. Mike Adenuga (Jnr) Professorial Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies<br>\n Director, ARUA Centre of Excellence for Unemployment & Skills Development<br>\n Director, Entrepreneurship & Skills Development Centre \u2014 University of Lagos, Nigeria\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"interests-grid\">\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Entrepreneurship Hub Management<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Innovation & Startup Enablement<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Youth Sustainable Employment<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Sustainable Strategic Management<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">International Entrepreneurship<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Comparative Strategy<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dir-bio\">\n <p>Professor Sunday Abayomi Adebisi has always been a trailblazer right from his undergraduate days at the University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, where he graduated with First-Class Honours and ranked as the overall best graduating student of Class 2001 in his Department and Faculty \u2014 and 2nd overall best graduating student in the entire University. He proceeded to the University of Ilorin for his MBA (ranked overall best of his set, earning automatic PhD admission), and completed his Doctoral programme in flying colours, being nominated for a National Best PhD Thesis Award in 2010.<\/p>\n\n <p>In 2018, Professor Adebisi's proposal won the hosting rights of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence for the University of Lagos \u2014 making UNILAG the Leader and Hub in Africa for research in Skills Development and Sustainable Entrepreneurship to combat youth unemployment. He was subsequently saddled with implementing the PRAC-4-YUSA project: a <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">UKRI-GCRF ARUA Capacity Building Grant of GBP 600,000<\/strong> \u2014 one of the largest Africa-focused research grants in entrepreneurship and employment.<\/p>\n\n <p>He recently emerged as the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">First Occupier-Professor of the Dr. Mike Adenuga (Jnr) Professorial Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies<\/strong> \u2014 the first of its kind in any Nigerian University. He was the Lead Researcher <em>(Rocket Data Star)<\/em> of the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Regional Entrepreneurship Accelerated Program (REAP)<\/strong> \u2014 a partnership between the University of Lagos and MIT, USA. He was also appointed Project Manager and Research Advisor for the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">$500,000 Shell Nigeria (SNEPCo) M(E)thanol Clean Cookstoves Commercial Pilot<\/strong> in Lagos \u2014 the first of its kind in West Africa \u2014 for which the University seconded him to Shell for two years.<\/p>\n\n <p>He led UNILAG students to win the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Coca-Cola Global Management Challenge<\/strong> nationally, representing Nigeria in Dubai and later in Russia. He led 22 teams of 156 students and 35 lecturers to design 22 new product and service prototypes in <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Lufthansa's Design Thinking project (2017)<\/strong>. He is the Track Expert for <em>Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa<\/em>. Professor Adebisi has approximately 50 journal articles published in revered academic journals across the world.<\/p>\n\n <p>His passion is to ensure that Africa replicates the Silicon Valley of America \u2014 engendering sporadic innovation and entrepreneurship development for poverty eradication and economic self-sufficiency. He strongly believes that the businesses that will make Nigeria and African countries globally competitive are embedded in university campuses and can be harnessed through deliberate, structured support.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"awards-strip\">\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🏆<\/span>BAM Best Full Paper \u00b7 Belfast 2014<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🏆<\/span>EFMD Best African Case \u00b7 Berlin 2016<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🇨🇳<\/span>Soochow University China Scholar<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🇺🇸<\/span>MIT REAP Lead Researcher<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">📋<\/span>~50 Journal Publications<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🏆<\/span>Nominated \u00b7 National Best PhD Thesis 2010<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\n <div style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);margin-bottom:10px\">Professional & Academic Memberships<\/div>\n <div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px\">\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Academy of International Business (AIB), USA<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Strategic Management Society (SMS), USA<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">British Academy of Management (BAM), UK<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN)<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM Chartered)<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN)<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Nigerian Society for Financial Research (NSFR)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"dir-contact\">\n <a href=\"tel:+2348028263032\">📞 +234 802 826 3032<\/a>\n <a href=\"tel:+2347032732296\">📞 +234 703 273 2296<\/a>\n <a href=\"mailto:sadebisi@unilag.edu.ng\">✉ sadebisi@unilag.edu.ng<\/a>\n <a href=\"mailto:yommysun@gmail.com\">✉ yommysun@gmail.com<\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/2347032732296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background:#25D366;color:white;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:var(--r4);font-weight:600;font-size:13px\">\n 📱 WhatsApp\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<hr class=\"sec-divider\">\n\n\n<section class=\"spokes-sec\" id=\"spokes\">\n <div class=\"w\">\n <span class=\"lbl gr\">Research Network<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"htitle\">Hub & Spoke Leaders<\/h2>\n <p class=\"body-t\" style=\"max-width:640px\">ARUA-USD, CoE operates on a Hub-and-Spoke model. University of Lagos is the Hub. Each partner university provides a Spoke Leader who drives research, doctoral training, and stakeholder engagement in their country.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"spokes-grid\">\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr.-Jackson-Kivui.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Dr. Jackson Kivui Maalu\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇰🇪 Kenya<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Dr. Jackson Kivui Maalu<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Spoke Leader \u00b7 University of Nairobi<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">PhD in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. Founder Director, Mombasa Campus of the University of Nairobi (5 years). Director, Students Welfare Authority (4 years). Member of Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC) research team and the Entrepreneurial Leadership research project. Current focus: influence of institutions on firm performance and firm-level dynamics.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"tel:+254722229900\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">📞 +254 722 229 900<\/a>\n <a href=\"mailto:jmaalu@uonbi.ac.ke\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">✉ jmaalu@uonbi.ac.ke<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abimbola-Windapo.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Prof. Abimbola Windapo\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇿🇦 South Africa<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Prof. Abimbola Windapo<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Spoke Leader \u00b7 University of Cape Town<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Associate Professor, Department of Construction Economics and Management, UCT. Over 30 years' experience in practice, teaching, and research. C2 Rated Researcher with the National Research Foundation (NRF). Professional Construction Project Manager registered with SACPCMP. Editor, Journal of Construction Business and Management (JCBM). 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Affiliated with CREDIT (Nottingham) since 2010 and AERC since 2005. Research focus: education & labour markets, gender and inequality, international trade and development economics. Author of 20+ articles in journals including Small Business Economics and International Journal of Social Economics. 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PhD from Bonn University, Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Germany. MA Economics from Chancellor College, University of Malawi. GDN First Prize Award winner 2011. Africa Science Week Outstanding Scientist \u2014 Kenya 2018. 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He leads ARUA's strategic direction across 16 member universities, overseeing Centres of Excellence and Pan-African research funding initiatives including the UKRI-GCRF ARUA Capacity Grant.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/arua.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">🌎 arua.org<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo spoke-photo-placeholder\">BN<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇰🇪 Kenya<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Prof. Bitange Ndemo<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Research Affiliate \u00b7 University of Nairobi<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Distinguished Professor and former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Kenya. One of Africa's foremost voices on digital economy, entrepreneurship, and innovation policy. Active participant in ARUA-USD conferences and research initiatives. Advocate for harnessing digital platforms to resolve Africa's youth unemployment crisis.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"mailto:bndemo@bitangendemo.me\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">✉ bndemo@bitangendemo.me<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<hr class=\"sec-divider\">\n\n\n<section class=\"affiliates-sec\" id=\"affiliates\">\n <div class=\"w\">\n <span class=\"lbl\">Extended Research Network<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"htitle\">Faculty & Research Affiliates<\/h2>\n <p class=\"body-t\" style=\"max-width:640px\">Our research network extends across ARUA universities, non-ARUA African institutions, and strong international allies from the United Kingdom and North America.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"aff-grid\">\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇿🇦<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dr. Cecil Mlatsheni<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">University of Cape Town, South Africa<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:cecil.mlatsheni@uct.ac.za\" class=\"aff-email\">cecil.mlatsheni@uct.ac.za<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇬🇭<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dr. Charles Godfred Ackah<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">University of Ghana, Legon<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:cackah@ug.edu.gh\" class=\"aff-email\">cackah@ug.edu.gh<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇪🇬<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Ayman Ismail<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">American University in Cairo, Egypt<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:aymanism@aucegypt.edu\" class=\"aff-email\">aymanism@aucegypt.edu<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇳🇬<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dr. Femi Obembe<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:f_obembe@yahoo.com\" class=\"aff-email\">f_obembe@yahoo.com<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇿🇲<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Jameson Mbale<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Copperbelt University, Zambia<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:jameson.mbale@cbu.ac.zm\" class=\"aff-email\">jameson.mbale@cbu.ac.zm<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇰🇪<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Grace Wamue-Ngare<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Kenyatta University, Kenya<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:director-gender@ku.ac.ke\" class=\"aff-email\">director-gender@ku.ac.ke<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇺🇸<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dimy Doresca<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">University of Iowa, United States<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:dimy-doresca@uiowa.edu\" class=\"aff-email\">dimy-doresca@uiowa.edu<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇨🇦<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Tony Bailetti<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:bailetti@sce.carleton.ca\" class=\"aff-email\">bailetti@sce.carleton.ca<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇬🇧<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Kirk Semple<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Lancaster University, United Kingdom<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:k.semple@lancaster.ac.uk\" class=\"aff-email\">k.semple@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"join-cta\">\n <div class=\"w join-in\">\n <h2 class=\"join-h\">Join Our Research Network<\/h2>\n <p class=\"join-sub\">Are you an academic, doctoral student, or institution interested in collaborating on youth unemployment and entrepreneurship research in Africa? 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href=\"\/2026\/\">Home<\/a><span>\u203a<\/span>\n <span style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,.8)\">Our Team<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <h1 class=\"hero-h1\">Our Team<\/h1>\n <div class=\"hero-rule\"><\/div>\n <p class=\"hero-sub\">World-class researchers united by a single purpose \u2014 unlocking Africa's employment potential through knowledge, innovation and collaboration.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"director-sec\" id=\"director\">\n <div class=\"w\">\n <div class=\"dir-grid\">\n\n \n <div class=\"dir-photo-wrap\">\n <div class=\"dir-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrSundayAbayomi.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Professor Sunday Abayomi Adebisi \u2014 Director, ARUA-USD CoE\"\n loading=\"eager\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"dir-award-badge\">\n <strong>🏆 BAM Best Full Paper Award \u2014 Belfast 2014<\/strong>\n <span>Only African among 36 recipients from 350+ universities across 50 countries<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div>\n <span class=\"lbl\">Centre Director<\/span>\n <div class=\"dir-name\">Professor Sunday Abayomi Adebisi<\/div>\n <div class=\"dir-title\">\n Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management \u00b7 First Occupier, Dr. Mike Adenuga (Jnr) Professorial Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies<br>\n Director, ARUA Centre of Excellence for Unemployment & Skills Development<br>\n Director, Entrepreneurship & Skills Development Centre \u2014 University of Lagos, Nigeria\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"interests-grid\">\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Entrepreneurship Hub Management<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Innovation & Startup Enablement<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Youth Sustainable Employment<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Sustainable Strategic Management<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">International Entrepreneurship<\/span>\n <span class=\"int-tag\">Comparative Strategy<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"dir-bio\">\n <p>Professor Sunday Abayomi Adebisi has always been a trailblazer right from his undergraduate days at the University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, where he graduated with First-Class Honours and ranked as the overall best graduating student of Class 2001 in his Department and Faculty \u2014 and 2nd overall best graduating student in the entire University. He proceeded to the University of Ilorin for his MBA (ranked overall best of his set, earning automatic PhD admission), and completed his Doctoral programme in flying colours, being nominated for a National Best PhD Thesis Award in 2010.<\/p>\n\n <p>In 2018, Professor Adebisi's proposal won the hosting rights of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence for the University of Lagos \u2014 making UNILAG the Leader and Hub in Africa for research in Skills Development and Sustainable Entrepreneurship to combat youth unemployment. He was subsequently saddled with implementing the PRAC-4-YUSA project: a <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">UKRI-GCRF ARUA Capacity Building Grant of GBP 600,000<\/strong> \u2014 one of the largest Africa-focused research grants in entrepreneurship and employment.<\/p>\n\n <p>He recently emerged as the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">First Occupier-Professor of the Dr. Mike Adenuga (Jnr) Professorial Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies<\/strong> \u2014 the first of its kind in any Nigerian University. He was the Lead Researcher <em>(Rocket Data Star)<\/em> of the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Regional Entrepreneurship Accelerated Program (REAP)<\/strong> \u2014 a partnership between the University of Lagos and MIT, USA. He was also appointed Project Manager and Research Advisor for the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">$500,000 Shell Nigeria (SNEPCo) M(E)thanol Clean Cookstoves Commercial Pilot<\/strong> in Lagos \u2014 the first of its kind in West Africa \u2014 for which the University seconded him to Shell for two years.<\/p>\n\n <p>He led UNILAG students to win the <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Coca-Cola Global Management Challenge<\/strong> nationally, representing Nigeria in Dubai and later in Russia. He led 22 teams of 156 students and 35 lecturers to design 22 new product and service prototypes in <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Lufthansa's Design Thinking project (2017)<\/strong>. He is the Track Expert for <em>Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa<\/em>. Professor Adebisi has approximately 50 journal articles published in revered academic journals across the world.<\/p>\n\n <p>His passion is to ensure that Africa replicates the Silicon Valley of America \u2014 engendering sporadic innovation and entrepreneurship development for poverty eradication and economic self-sufficiency. He strongly believes that the businesses that will make Nigeria and African countries globally competitive are embedded in university campuses and can be harnessed through deliberate, structured support.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"awards-strip\">\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🏆<\/span>BAM Best Full Paper \u00b7 Belfast 2014<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🏆<\/span>EFMD Best African Case \u00b7 Berlin 2016<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🇨🇳<\/span>Soochow University China Scholar<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🇺🇸<\/span>MIT REAP Lead Researcher<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">📋<\/span>~50 Journal Publications<\/div>\n <div class=\"award-pill\"><span class=\"ico\">🏆<\/span>Nominated \u00b7 National Best PhD Thesis 2010<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\n <div style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--faint);margin-bottom:10px\">Professional & Academic Memberships<\/div>\n <div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px\">\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Academy of International Business (AIB), USA<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Strategic Management Society (SMS), USA<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">British Academy of Management (BAM), UK<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN)<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM Chartered)<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN)<\/span>\n <span style=\"font-size:12px;padding:4px 11px;border-radius:20px;background:var(--cream);border:1px solid var(--bdr);color:var(--muted)\">Nigerian Society for Financial Research (NSFR)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"dir-contact\">\n <a href=\"tel:+2348028263032\">📞 +234 802 826 3032<\/a>\n <a href=\"tel:+2347032732296\">📞 +234 703 273 2296<\/a>\n <a href=\"mailto:sadebisi@unilag.edu.ng\">✉ sadebisi@unilag.edu.ng<\/a>\n <a href=\"mailto:yommysun@gmail.com\">✉ yommysun@gmail.com<\/a>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/2347032732296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background:#25D366;color:white;padding:8px 16px;border-radius:var(--r4);font-weight:600;font-size:13px\">\n 📱 WhatsApp\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<hr class=\"sec-divider\">\n\n\n<section class=\"spokes-sec\" id=\"spokes\">\n <div class=\"w\">\n <span class=\"lbl gr\">Research Network<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"htitle\">Hub & Spoke Leaders<\/h2>\n <p class=\"body-t\" style=\"max-width:640px\">ARUA-USD, CoE operates on a Hub-and-Spoke model. University of Lagos is the Hub. Each partner university provides a Spoke Leader who drives research, doctoral training, and stakeholder engagement in their country.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"spokes-grid\">\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr.-Jackson-Kivui.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Dr. Jackson Kivui Maalu\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇰🇪 Kenya<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Dr. Jackson Kivui Maalu<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Spoke Leader \u00b7 University of Nairobi<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">PhD in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. Founder Director, Mombasa Campus of the University of Nairobi (5 years). Director, Students Welfare Authority (4 years). Member of Successful African Firms and Institutional Change (SAFIC) research team and the Entrepreneurial Leadership research project. Current focus: influence of institutions on firm performance and firm-level dynamics.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"tel:+254722229900\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">📞 +254 722 229 900<\/a>\n <a href=\"mailto:jmaalu@uonbi.ac.ke\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">✉ jmaalu@uonbi.ac.ke<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Abimbola-Windapo.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Prof. Abimbola Windapo\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇿🇦 South Africa<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Prof. Abimbola Windapo<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Spoke Leader \u00b7 University of Cape Town<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Associate Professor, Department of Construction Economics and Management, UCT. Over 30 years' experience in practice, teaching, and research. C2 Rated Researcher with the National Research Foundation (NRF). Professional Construction Project Manager registered with SACPCMP. Editor, Journal of Construction Business and Management (JCBM). Also serves as UCT Spoke for the Urbanization and Habitable Cities in Africa CoE.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/jcbm\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">📄 JCBM Journal<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr.-Priscilla-Twumasi-Baffour.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇬🇭 Ghana<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Spoke Leader \u00b7 University of Ghana, Legon<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics. BA & MPhil (University of Ghana), PhD in Economics (University of Nottingham, UK). Affiliated with CREDIT (Nottingham) since 2010 and AERC since 2005. Research focus: education & labour markets, gender and inequality, international trade and development economics. Author of 20+ articles in journals including Small Business Economics and International Journal of Social Economics. Partner organisations include IDRC and Brookings Institute.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"mailto:ptwumasi-baffour@ug.edu.gh\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">✉ University of Ghana<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dr.-Joy-Kiiru.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Dr. Joy Kiiru\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇰🇪 Kenya<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Dr. Joy Kiiru<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Research Fellow \u00b7 University of Nairobi<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Nairobi. Expert in impact evaluations. Research areas: microfinance, entrepreneurship, youth employment, inclusive growth, and gender. PhD from Bonn University, Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Germany. MA Economics from Chancellor College, University of Malawi. GDN First Prize Award winner 2011. Africa Science Week Outstanding Scientist \u2014 Kenya 2018. Board Member, Mawazo Institute (supporting African women researchers).<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <span class=\"spoke-contact-link\" style=\"cursor:default\">Board Member \u00b7 Mawazo Institute<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arua-coe-usd.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Professor-Ernest-Aryeetey.jpeg\"\n alt=\"Professor Ernest Aryeetey\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇬🇭 Ghana \/ Pan-African<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Professor Ernest Aryeetey<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Secretary General \u00b7 African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Professor Aryeetey presided over the inauguration of ARUA in Dakar in March 2015 and the launch of ARUA-USD, CoE at the University of Lagos in September 2018. He leads ARUA's strategic direction across 16 member universities, overseeing Centres of Excellence and Pan-African research funding initiatives including the UKRI-GCRF ARUA Capacity Grant.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/arua.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">🌎 arua.org<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"spoke-card\">\n <div class=\"spoke-card-inner\">\n <div class=\"spoke-photo spoke-photo-placeholder\">BN<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-info\">\n <div class=\"spoke-country\">🇰🇪 Kenya<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-name\">Prof. Bitange Ndemo<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-role\">Research Affiliate \u00b7 University of Nairobi<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-bio\">Distinguished Professor and former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ICT, Kenya. One of Africa's foremost voices on digital economy, entrepreneurship, and innovation policy. Active participant in ARUA-USD conferences and research initiatives. Advocate for harnessing digital platforms to resolve Africa's youth unemployment crisis.<\/div>\n <div class=\"spoke-foot\">\n <a href=\"mailto:bndemo@bitangendemo.me\" class=\"spoke-contact-link\">✉ bndemo@bitangendemo.me<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<hr class=\"sec-divider\">\n\n\n<section class=\"affiliates-sec\" id=\"affiliates\">\n <div class=\"w\">\n <span class=\"lbl\">Extended Research Network<\/span>\n <h2 class=\"htitle\">Faculty & Research Affiliates<\/h2>\n <p class=\"body-t\" style=\"max-width:640px\">Our research network extends across ARUA universities, non-ARUA African institutions, and strong international allies from the United Kingdom and North America.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"aff-grid\">\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇿🇦<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dr. Cecil Mlatsheni<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">University of Cape Town, South Africa<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:cecil.mlatsheni@uct.ac.za\" class=\"aff-email\">cecil.mlatsheni@uct.ac.za<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇬🇭<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dr. Charles Godfred Ackah<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">University of Ghana, Legon<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:cackah@ug.edu.gh\" class=\"aff-email\">cackah@ug.edu.gh<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇪🇬<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Ayman Ismail<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">American University in Cairo, Egypt<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:aymanism@aucegypt.edu\" class=\"aff-email\">aymanism@aucegypt.edu<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇳🇬<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dr. Femi Obembe<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:f_obembe@yahoo.com\" class=\"aff-email\">f_obembe@yahoo.com<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇿🇲<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Jameson Mbale<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Copperbelt University, Zambia<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:jameson.mbale@cbu.ac.zm\" class=\"aff-email\">jameson.mbale@cbu.ac.zm<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇰🇪<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Grace Wamue-Ngare<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Kenyatta University, Kenya<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:director-gender@ku.ac.ke\" class=\"aff-email\">director-gender@ku.ac.ke<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇺🇸<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Dimy Doresca<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">University of Iowa, United States<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:dimy-doresca@uiowa.edu\" class=\"aff-email\">dimy-doresca@uiowa.edu<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇨🇦<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Tony Bailetti<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:bailetti@sce.carleton.ca\" class=\"aff-email\">bailetti@sce.carleton.ca<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-card\">\n <span class=\"aff-flag\">🇬🇧<\/span>\n <div>\n <div class=\"aff-name\">Prof. Kirk Semple<\/div>\n <div class=\"aff-role\">Lancaster University, United Kingdom<\/div>\n <a href=\"mailto:k.semple@lancaster.ac.uk\" class=\"aff-email\">k.semple@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"join-cta\">\n <div class=\"w join-in\">\n <h2 class=\"join-h\">Join Our Research Network<\/h2>\n <p class=\"join-sub\">Are you an academic, doctoral student, or institution interested in collaborating on youth unemployment and entrepreneurship research in Africa? 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