[1][2][3][4] He is also a member of the Advisory Council on Industrialization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and a winner of the National Productivity Order of Merit.

in Development Economics specializing in the Political Economy of Technological Change and Industrialization, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

[7][8][9][10][11] Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka is an academic and administrator, known for his significant contributions to the field of Development Economics in Nigeria and Africa.

[18] He was also a member of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER).

[19] Banji has authored and co-authored over twenty books that have significantly contributed to the field of Development Economics.