Adedoyin Adeleke, PhD is the Founder-cum- Executive Director of the Green Growth Africa (formerly, International Support Network for African Development, ISNAD-Africa) in Ibadan, Nigeria and Research Fellow within the UNESCO Chair in Energy for Sustainable Development at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Adeleke holds a PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology from the Politecnico di Milano with a focus on energy access for sustainable development in developing countries. Among other initiatives for green growth, Adedoyin initiated the Mentoring for Research Programme through which Dr. Adeleke and his team has established technical and thematic mentoring relationships between 160 experts on diverse green growth disciplines from 40 countries and 173 graduate students in 57 Universities across 26 African countries. Adedoyin also initiated the Environmental Education Programme which has empowered more than 3,200 secondary (high) school students on creativity and leadership for the environment. The initiative has resulted in the development of diverse youth-led innovative environmental solutions including technologies in five (5) African countries. Africa4Nature Health Initiative and EcoKnowledge Derivatives implemented as policy advocacy programmes initiated and led by Dr. Adeleke has reached more than 6.2 million people across Africa with more than 40 newspaper publications from reputable media organisations within and outside Africa. Adedoyin has recently developed Africa’s first digital networking and convergence platform to facilitate evidence-based policymaking for open, participatory and inclusive governance for greener Africa – Green Growth DigiHub, among other initiatives for green growth. As a researcher, Adedoyin employs system thinking to develop frameworks that integrate the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for policy coherence and simultaneous achievement of the goals with a focus on the context of emerging economies with diverse scientific publications to his credit.
Adedoyin Adeleke, PhD is the Founder-cum- Executive Director of the Green Growth Africa (formerly, International Support Network for African Development, ISNAD-Africa) in Ibadan, Nigeria and Research Fellow within the UNESCO Chair in Energy for Sustainable Development at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Adeleke holds a PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology from the Politecnico di Milano with a focus on energy access for sustainable development in developing countries. Among other initiatives for green growth, Adedoyin initiated the Mentoring for Research Programme through which Dr. Adeleke and his team has established technical and thematic mentoring relationships between 160 experts on diverse green growth disciplines from 40 countries and 173 graduate students in 57 Universities across 26 African countries. Adedoyin also initiated the Environmental Education Programme which has empowered more than 3,200 secondary (high) school students on creativity and leadership for the environment. The initiative has resulted in the development of diverse youth-led innovative environmental solutions including technologies in five (5) African countries. Africa4Nature Health Initiative and EcoKnowledge Derivatives implemented as policy advocacy programmes initiated and led by Dr. Adeleke has reached more than 6.2 million people across Africa with more than 40 newspaper publications from reputable media organisations within and outside Africa. Adedoyin has recently developed Africa’s first digital networking and convergence platform to facilitate evidence-based policymaking for open, participatory and inclusive governance for greener Africa – Green Growth DigiHub, among other initiatives for green growth. As a researcher, Adedoyin employs system thinking to develop frameworks that integrate the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for policy coherence and simultaneous achievement of the goals with a focus on the context of emerging economies with diverse scientific publications to his credit.
