Akanimo Odon

He specializes in education and training, energy and environment, oil and gas, media, charities and government.

He lives in England and he is the CEO of Envirofly Consulting Limited, co-founder of Xn Foundation and also the founder of Flexy-Learn and Academia for Green Africa Initiative.

After his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria, he got a scholarship to pursue his master's degree in the UK.

He was the Technical Adviser for Lagos State Ministry of Environment; Non-Resident Research Fellow of the African Centre for Technological Studies, Kenya; Adviser for Africa Centre for Energy Policy in Ghana; Consultant for Trust Africa Senegal, reviewing capacity building policies in Nigeria, Mali, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gabon and Egypt; Adviser to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Tanzania; and Local Content Consultant to the African Development Bank.

He is also serving as the Africa Advisor on the 7 million pounds UK Government Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) Lancaster University RECIRCULATE project whose focus is to build capacity for a circular water economy in six African countries.

Over the years, he has organized international workshops and conferences, partnered with government, industries and academia in over 30 African countries.

Dr. Odon giving a talk to young innovators in Africa