U.S.-Africa Trade Council elects Amb. Olusiji Aina as Board Advisor

The U.S.-Africa Trade Council has elected Ambassador Olusiji Aina as Board Advisor to provide leadership and overall guidance and direction in the programs, policy and strategic efforts to improve the trade traffic between US and Africa.

Amb. Olusiji Aina, is a Development Economist and Impact Investing Specialist. He is a strategist with professional competency in building high impact market relevant skills for economic development, creating employment and promoting economic growth in Africa.

Olusiji has over 20 years’ extensive professional work experience spanning Strategy, financial inclusion, renewable energy, project management, agribusiness, enterprise development, human capital development, and 10 years of extensive banking experience in Institutional and Commercial Banking.

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He is a Chartered Development Finance; Analyst (CDFA), Chartered Global Investment Analysts (CGIA), Associate, Chartered Institute of Economist of Nigeria (ICEN), Fellow Institute of Information Management (FIIM).

Olusiji is a research fellow at the final dissertation stage with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Development Economics at UNICAF University. He has attended several leadership programs globally and he speaks annually at Global Youth Economic Opportunities (GYEO) in Washington DC.

He has received several global recognition awards for outstanding humanitarian work, among which is global goodwill ambassador awarded by the Global Goodwill Ambassadors Foundation, United States, 2020.

He was appointed Peace Ambassador by the United Nations Economic and Social Council under Consultative Status of WOLMI, to promote International peace, and global education.

Olusiji currently serves on board of several organizations nationally and internationally among which are Impact Amplifier Foundation, Cognity Advisory, African Intellectual Resource Organization (AIRO), Salus Trust and several others.

He is also a functional member in the Human Capital development, and Financial Inclusion & Financial Markets Thematic Groups of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG).

Olusiji is the Co-Chairman Kogi State Economic Council, Board member – Kogi State Investment Promotion Council,  and member of  Kogi State Youth Development Commission.

The US-Africa Trade Council, USA is dedicated to strengthening and enriching the vehicle of investment and trade between the United States of America and Africa.

The Council provides a bilateral forum on key economic, commercial and professional initiatives, as well as business opportunities of interest to American companies operating in or exploring business opportunities in Africa, as well as African companies planning trade ties and business expansion to the US Market.