Our Board

At Aspilos Foundation, we are guided by a dedicated Board of Trustees who bring diverse expertise, experience, and passion to our mission. Our board members provide strategic direction, oversight, and support to ensure that we remain true to our vision of empowering communities and transforming lives.
Together, they uphold the values of integrity, accountability, and service, while working hand in hand with our team to create sustainable impact.

Adeyinka
Ige-Onabolu

Adeyinka Ige-Onabolu has experience in advocacy, litigation, research and project implementation to enhance and strengthen the protection of rights of women, children, persons with disabilities and refugees with a special focus on gender based violence and sexual and reproductive rights.

She has previously served with the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights based in Banjul,The Gambia supporting the special mechanism on refugees, displaced persons and asylum seekers/older persons and persons with disabilities.

She has an LLB in Law from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and completed an LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from the University of Essex, United Kingdom in 2012. Her research has focused on women’s rights, disability rights, economic and social rights in armed conflicts & the African Human Rights System

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Charles Isidi

Charles Isidi is a growth, marketing and communications professional with 8 years of experience and a proven track record of finding innovative solutions to complex brand marketing problems, executing integrated marketing plans, and telling stories for brands in ways that elevate brand image, build trust, and reinforce reputation.

Charles specializes in helping brands find and articulate their voice, vision and successfully use strategic marketing and communications to achieve their growth goals. The past 8 years of his career has seen him lead growth, marketing efforts for some of the most ambitious brands and strategic industry leaders. These cuts across Finance, Wealth Tech, Insurance, Financial Technology (Fintech), Telecommunications, Political and Economic Think Tanks, Banking, Insurance, Agriculture, Development Organizations, and Governments.

Charles simply helps businesses connect with audiences to identify their needs, build meaningful relationships through content, and tell stories in ways that deeply resonate.

Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and an MITx Micromasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy. A trained expert in Growth and Product Marketing, Digital Media and advertising, and Marketing Communications. With relevant certifications by Google, Hubspot, Digital Garage endorsed by the International Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe, IBM’s Big Data University and Enterprise Design Thinking, UC Davis’ Content Strategy Course, among others, He has  a penchant for tweaking ideas and retooling processes that guarantee measurable business advantage.

Charles is an ardent listener that likes to tinker. He loves conversations about Media, Marketing, Data analytics, Innovation on the Web, No-Code, Digital strategy, and Branding in the hyper-connected age.

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Alhagie Nyang

Alhagie S Nyang is a social justice advocate with almost Charles Isidi is a growth, marketing and communications professional with 8 years of experience and a proven track record of finding innovative solutions to complex brand marketing problems, executing integrated marketing plans, and telling stories for brands in ways that elevate brand image, build trust, and reinforce reputation.

Charles specializes in helping brands find and articulate their voice, vision and successfully use strategic marketing and communications to achieve their growth goals. The past 8 years of his career has seen him lead growth, marketing efforts for some of the most ambitious brands and strategic industry leaders. These cuts across Finance, Wealth Tech, Insurance, Financial Technology (Fintech), Telecommunications, Political and Economic Think Tanks, Banking, Insurance, Agriculture, Development Organizations, and Governments.

Charles simply helps businesses connect with audiences to identify their needs, build meaningful relationships through content, and tell stories in ways that deeply resonate.

Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and an MITx Micromasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy. A trained expert in Growth and Product Marketing, Digital Media and advertising, and Marketing Communications. With relevant certifications by Google, Hubspot, Digital Garage endorsed by the International Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe, IBM’s Big Data University and Enterprise Design Thinking, UC Davis’ Content Strategy Course, among others, He has  a penchant for tweaking ideas and retooling processes that guarantee measurable business advantage.

Charles is an ardent listener that likes to tinker. He loves conversations about Media, Marketing, Data analytics, Innovation on the Web, No-Code, Digital strategy, and Branding in the hyper-connected age.a decade of experience working in non-profit. He led Activista The Gambia, a Civil Society Organisation focusing on social justice advocacy, youth, and women rights where he initiated various projects and advocacy initiatives that amplified voices of marginalized communities; and held government to account.

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Zumah Yahaya

umah is a Certified Management Consultant, a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultant, a National Council for Management Development-Certified Consultant, and a seasoned growth and strategy specialist with over 16 years of experience helping individuals and businesses achieve their set objectives.

She is a trained accountant and computer scientist and holds a master’s degree in business & entrepreneurship.

She is an Oracle-certified database administrator and a certified relationship manager with experience in banking, fashion, civil development, project management, development finance, construction, Powertech, Agrictech,  and strategic management.

She has experience in public, private, and developmental space, and co-founded several organisations like Golden Peerless West Africa, EpoultryNG, and 1008Angels. She has served in management and advisory roles in different organisations and was the executive secretary of The Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Initiative of Nigeria (TEEiN), an NGO that focuses on women and youth entrepreneurial reorientation.

She is a result-oriented strategist passionate about helping businesses optimise their systems toward maximised profit without compromising values. She served on the board of Powerporte Nigeria and represented TEEiNigeria on the board of Unilag Center For Entrepreneurship, she is currently serving on the board of Zitra Investment and A and is the founder and Managing Partner at Boubid Africa.

Zumah is a gender equality advocate committed to bridging the gender inequality gap and mentors young women in entrepreneurship and leadership roles.

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Olugbenro Ogundipe

Olugbenro is the Regional Information Systems Advisor (RISA) for Central Africa Regional Office (CARO) providing IT Leadership in one of the World’s Leading NGOs, Catholic Relief Services.

He provides leadership, direction, and support to Central African Project offices in Development, experience and continuing support in Burundi, Rwanda, Chad, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Nigeria, Togo and Benin.

He considers himself simply as a Christian Nigerian IT Person, working in development in African countries, specifically using a regional focus with project management skills.

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