Olusiji Aina 2022 speaker

Country Director & Board Member, US-Africa Trade Council

Impact Amplifier

Biography

Olusiji Aina, is a Development Economists and Impact Investing Specialist. He is a strategist with professional competency in building high impact market relevant skills for economic development, creating employment and promoting economic growth in Africa.

Olusiji Aina is a Partner and West Africa Director with Impact Amplifier responsible for Strategic Business Development Deepening, Economic Development, Stakeholder Engagement, and Project Management for Nigeria and West Africa. Prior to joining Impact Amplifier, Olusiji Aina was Executive Director, Partnership & Technical Services with Cognity Advisory; Team Lead Income Generation and Livelihood for United States Aid for International Development (USAID) funded Feed the Future Nigeria Livelihoods Project in Nigeria; Director of Operations for CBN-NESI Multi-Billion-Naira power sector stabilization fund established by GoN.

Olusiji Aina has over 20 years’ extensive professional work experience spanning Strategy, financial inclusion, renewable energy, project management, agribusiness, enterprise development, human capital development, and 10 years of extensive banking experience in Institutional and Commercial Banking.

Olusiji Aina is a graduate of Statistics. He obtained a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School South Africa in 2011, and EMP from Lagos Business School in 2019. He holds a Certificate in Enterprise Development through Value Chains and Market Systems from International Training Center of Turin, Italy. He is a Chartered Development Finance Analyst (CDFA), Chartered Global Investment Analysts (CGIA), Associate, Chartered Institute of Economist of Nigeria (ICEN), Fellow Institute of Information Management (FIIM).

Olusiji Aina is a research fellow at final dissertation stage with Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Development Economics at UNICAF University. He has attended several leadership programs globally and he speaks annually at Global Youth Economic Opportunities (GYEO) in Washington DC.

Olusiji Aina received several global recognition award for outstanding humanitarian work, among which is global goodwill ambassador awarded by the Global Goodwill Ambassadors Foundation, United States, 2020. He was appointed Peace Ambassador by the United Nations Economic and Social Council under Consultative Status of WOLMI, to promote International peace, and global education.

Olusiji Aina currently serves on board of several organizations nationally and internationally among which are Impact Amplifier Foundation, Cognity Advisory, African Intellectual Resource Organization (AIRO), Salus Trust and several others.

Olusiji Aina is a functional member in the Human Capital development, and Financial Inclusion & Financial Markets Thematic Groups of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG). Olusiji is the Co-Chairman Kogi State Economic Council, Board member – Kogi State Investment Promotion Council, Member – Kogi State Youth Development Commission.

Olusiji Aina is married and blessed with three lovely children.