Afolabi Adekaiyaoja is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Democracy and Development. His research interests include civil service reform, governance and the development of institutions.

He has previously been on the editorial boards of The Republic and AFREADA, and has been published in Stears Business, African Arguments, Africa Is A Country, Culture Custodian and the Punch Newspaper. He has worked as a Technical Assistant to the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and an Advisor at the African Union Mission to the United Nations.

He has an MSc in African Politics from SOAS, University of London and a BA in International Relations from Queen Mary, University of London.

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