Dr. Olumide Abimbola is a political economist and director of APRI – Africa Policy Research Institute, a Berlin-based African think tank. His areas of focus include climate adaptation, climate finance, trade policy, regional integration, and natural resources management.

He has either conducted research or worked in Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, and Nigeria. Olumide currently sits on the International Board of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) at the University of California, Irvine, and is Member, Policy Working Group, at the Institute of Humanities in Africa (HUMA) of the University of Cape Town.