Researchers & Fellows/Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow · ELDR Institute

Dr. Ngozi Adeyemi

Senior Fellow, Center for Public Policy

Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Policy. Political economist with expertise in Nigerian governance, West African political economy, and the regulatory policy environments that shape institutional engagement across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Nigerian Political EconomyWest African GovernanceRegulatory PolicyDevelopment FinancePublic Administration
Biography

Dr. Ngozi Adeyemi is a Senior Fellow at the ELDR Institute Center for Public Policy, where her research addresses Nigerian political economy, West African governance dynamics, and the regulatory policy environments that determine the conditions for institutional engagement across Sub-Saharan Africa.

With a practitioner background spanning senior advisory roles with Nigerian federal government agencies, international development organizations, and multilateral financial institutions, Dr. Adeyemi brings analytical depth that is rare among researchers who address African political economy from external vantage points. Her analysis is grounded in operational engagement with Nigerian institutional processes — not observer interpretation.

At the Institute, Dr. Adeyemi leads the Nigeria political economy intelligence program and contributes to the African Markets research series with specific focus on the governance dimension of capital market development — the institutional conditions that determine whether regulatory reforms produce the market development outcomes they target.

Education

PhD Political Science, University of Ibadan · MA International Relations, University of Lagos · BA Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University

Research Centers
Research Center
Center for Public Policy
Research Center
Center for African Markets
Fellowship Inquiries

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Institute Publications
Nigeria Political Economy: Coalition Calculus and Governance Outlook 2027
ELDR-PUB-2026-008
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African Capital Markets: Institutional Development 2026
ELDR-PUB-2026-003
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