As Africa’s economies evolve and job markets shift, there’s a growing need for education systems to adapt. In this episode, we explored how current educational practices align with job market demands, highlight innovative solutions, and discuss future directions to ensure that students are prepared for the opportunities and challenges ahead, using the Nigerian University of Technology and Management as a case study.
Guest Profile
Olubiyi Akinnaanu is the Head of Development and Partnerships at the Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM). He has extensive expertise across not-for-profit fundraising, investment banking, deals advisory, and corporate finance.
Before joining NUTM, Olubiyi served as Vice President of Corporate Finance at Rensource Energy, where he spearheaded equity and debt capital raises for the firm’s commercial and industrial solar projects across East and West Africa. Additionally, he led key corporate finance activities, including Series A and Series B fundraising and investor relations for the technology startup Sabi, which operates in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
Earlier in his career, Olubiyi was part of the Deals Advisory team at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked on M&A transactions, commercial and financial due diligence, and corporate and debt restructuring projects across Anglophone and Francophone Africa.
Olubiyi began his professional journey in investment banking, focusing on public capital markets at First Ally Capital, a boutique investment banking and financial advisory firm, where he was instrumental in executing private placements and bond issuances.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Ilorin and is a Chartered Accountant as well as an Advanced Financial Modeller.
