Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima

Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima is a Senior Programme Officer at the West Africa office of the Ford Foundation, a global philanthropic foundation. He manages intersectional initiatives that cut across gender, generational analysis, and disability, including themes such as natural resources management in the region. He has extensive experience working on youth issues from a research, policy and programme perspective across Africa and beyond. Dabesaki has a Ph.D. in International Development and a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, and a Bachelor of Education in Educational Psychology from the Rivers State College of Education. Dabesaki has a PhD in International Development and a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, and a Bachelor of Education in Educational Psychology from the Rivers State College of Education.