Adebisi Araba

Dr. Debisi Araba, a seasoned public policy and strategy leader with multi-sector experience in sustainability, food security, and agriculture development, serves as the Managing Director of AKADEMIYA2063.

Dr. Debisi Araba is a public policy, innovation, and strategy specialist with a focus on the future of food, the environment, and entrepreneurship. He currently serves as the Managing Director of AKADEMIYA2063. The main goal of AKADEMIYA2063 is to help meet the needs of African countries in terms of data, analytics and mutual learning for the effective implementation of Agenda 2063 and the realization of its outcomes by a critical mass of member states. Prior to this role, Dr. Araba was a Senior Consultant with the African Development Bank (AfDB), advising on Agriculture and Food Systems. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London.

Dr. Araba previously served as the inaugural Managing Director of the Africa Green Revolution Forum (now known as the Africa Food Systems Forum) and as the Africa Region Director at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), a member of the CGIAR Consortium. He is an Emeritus member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel – an eminent group of global experts supporting African and European governments in advancing agricultural development and food security in Africa. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Technical Adviser on Environmental Policy to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria.

Dr. Araba holds a Doctorate in Environmental Policy from Imperial College London, a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, a Master’s in Clean Technology from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, and a Bachelor’s in Physical Geography from the University of Ibadan.