Folakemi Akinola

Folakemi Akinola is a skilled Business Development Specialist at ActionAid UK, with a solid background in international relations and development studies. Previous experience includes serving as a Princeton in Africa Fellow/Grants Fellow at the International Rescue Committee and as a Program Assistant for Central and West Africa at the National Democratic Institute. Folakemi contributed to food security policy research during an International Center Fellowship at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and examined the impacts of violent political contestation on food security in the Sahel as a CITS Security Leadership Program Scholar. An internship with Human Rights Watch involved conducting desk research for arms division projects. Folakemi holds an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge and dual BA degrees in International Relations and Affairs and French Language and Literature from the University of Georgia. Additional educational experience includes participation in the UGA en France Study Abroad Program at Sciences Po.