Debisi ArabaDebisi Araba PhD

Nigeria

 

Occupational Information

Job Title: Managing Director, AGRF

Professional History

Debisi is a public policy and strategy specialist. He is the Managing Director at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), the premier catalytic, multi-partner platform for food and agriculture transformation in Africa. He is also a member of the Montpellier Malabo Panel of experts, working together to enable better African and European government support of national and regional agricultural development and food security priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. His passion is in harnessing science and technology to inform and improve decision-making in the public and private sector spaces for local, regional and global impact.

Previously, he was the Africa Region Director at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), where he led research strategy and partnership engagement and worked on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security issues. Prior to CIAT, he was the Senior Technical Adviser on Environmental Policy to the Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. He co-authored Nigeria’s National Agricultural Resilience Framework and led global and national partnerships in the development of insurance and climate-smart strategies for the agricultural sector.

Debisi's doctoral studies focused on designing frameworks for incorporating evidence-based research into environmental policy in developing countries.

Qualifications

PhD from the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
Masters degree in Public Administration from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Masters degree in Clean Technology from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Bachelors degree in Physical Geography from the University of Ibadan
Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Fellow (2015), Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School.

Program

2019 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow

 Additional Tags: Environmental Policy, Public Administration, Clean Technology, Geography, Geography, Food Security, Climate Change

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About AFLI

 

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The African Leadership Institute (AFLI) focuses on building the capacity and capability of visionary and strategic leadership across the continent. Developing exceptional leaders representing all spheres of society, the Institute’s flagship programme is the prestigious Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship. Offering a multifaceted learning experience and run in partnership with Oxford University, it is awarded annually to 20-25 carefully chosen candidates, nominated from across Africa. Alumni of the African Leadership Institute form a dynamic network of Fellows passionately committed to the continent’s transformation, bridging the divide between nations and ensuring that Africa is set centre-stage in global affairs.