Abiodun Dominic Odunuga

Abiodun is an international development consultant. Having acquired over 10 years of experience in the field of sustainability, entrepreneurship and international development, Abiodun has developed and worked on projects with organizations such as the World Bank, European Union, United Nations , Africa Development Bank,and The Commonwealth across Africa and Europe.

He holds a Masters in Development Practice degree from Sciences Po, Paris. He served as the Head of Partnerships and Programs for AfricaWorks – the leading Pan-African coworking company. Abiodun also served as the project manager for the Nigeria France Tech Initiative (NFTI) launched by the Embassy of Nigeria, Paris amidst stakeholders such as the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to support the tech ecosystem between France and Nigeria.

He was an ambassador and consultant for the MATCH – a 36‑month initiative funded by the European Union (EU) aimed at providing highly skilled talents from Africa to private sector companies whose needs for qualified staff cannot be satisfied by the offer available on the EU labour market.

He is the Co-Founder and Vice President of Friends of Nigeria – a foremost diaspora organization headquartered in France that fosters socioeconomic relations between Europe and Nigeria. He brings his wealth of experience in training, project management, fundraising and business development to consult for various international organizations focusing on Africa as it relates to investment opportunities, supporting startups, and empowering small and medium scale enterprises. He regularly consults for various African government agencies as well as French agencies on economic development initiatives.