African development paradigms: Beyond Economic Trajectories.
Prof. Dr. Franca Attoh
Panel Chair
Prof. Dr. Franca Attoh, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Lagos. A specialist in irregular migration, Criminology, Gender studies, Social Change and Culture. A laureate of Ford Foundation and CODESRIA in Senegal and alumnus of CODESRIA Gender Institute Cairo and fellow of Institute of Security of Nigeria. She is the Ag. HoD Department of Sociology.
Panelists
Emmanuel Adegboye
Emmanuel Adegboye is a 2021 Mo Ibrahim Foundation Academy Fellow with the Africa Programme at Chatham House where his research focuses on sustainable urban development and economic opportunities for youth in Africa. He is also the Managing Partner of Utopia Lagos and he is leading Utopia’s emerging efforts across Africa. He holds degrees in Engineering Physics, Space Applications and Environmental Management and a Certificate in Disciplined Entrepreneurship from MIT.
Prof. Risikat Oladoyin S. Dauda
Risikat Oladoyin Dauda holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Kharkov State University (now known as V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University), Kharkov, Ukraine. She has a wealth of experience in teaching, research and consultancy on issues of African development. She has authored several scientific publications in peer-reviewed internationally ranked journals.
Benon B. Nabaasa
Benon Nabaasa is an environment, energy and development consultant; and founder, Map Handle Consults in Uganda. Benon holds degrees in Conservation forestry and Geography. He is a Ph.d. candidate at Makerere University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology with research interests in geographies of energy transitions in African development. Benon lectures Forestry in Development, Forestry Economics, and Global environmental change in development.