PanAfricanist. Sociologist. Poet.Scholar. Nigerian.Student of life, knowledges,technologies & literature. Transformation advocate. Tweets in personal capacity.

Nairobi, Kenya
Joined June 2016
Available here and at Bookstop, Yaya Centre, Nairobi!
The Wanderer's Waves by Tade Aina available at @Bookdepository @amalion @amazon @aina_akin
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Interesting webinar on philanthropy and higher education. m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cXhy…
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
✨ Author Spotlight: Lola Shoneyin ✨ @lolashoneyin , author of The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, is a powerful voice in African literature and founder of the Ake Arts and Book Festival. #AuthorSpotlight #ZODML #ReadAfrican #jhope_in_paris #Oscars #trending
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
Open Society Foundations is looking for the boldest thinkers in Lagos to join the next cohort of Open Society Fellows. Apply for up to $120,000 in funding by 16 December 2024. There are no age restrictions. More details: republic.com.ng/dispatch/ope…
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
🎥 Missed the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024? No worries! The full video is now available on YouTube! 🌍 Watch Prof. Tade Akin Aina discuss “Vision, Value, and Values in the Transformation of higher education in Africa.” 📺 Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=w2qo2uNh…
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May his soul rest in peace. Prof was a great leader, a mentor and an early believer in multidisciplinary collaboration. He brought me into urban studies as a young scholar. Rest in power Prof Aradeon.
Prof. David Olatunde Aradeon, 1933-2024 passed away recently in Florida, at the age of 90. Aradeon was one of Nigeria’s first generation architects, a planner, curator, architectural photographer, furniture designer and a UN Consultant on Human Settlements.
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Audre Lorde is a very special writer. Reading her poetry and essays have left an indelible mark on me…
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Thanks @irunguhoughton ! It is indeed a great honor to give this Memorial Lecture for my one and only MBoss Thandika Mkandawire! His spirit, work and memory continue to inspire and thrive.
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
📢 Join us for the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024! 🌍 Read more here codesria.org/fr/thandika-mka…
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
Replying to @AfrPhilConf
@AfrPhilConf Great news The 2024 African Philanthropy Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to Dr. Tade Akin Aina @aina_akin in recognition of his lifelong dedication to using his extensive experience and expertise to advance a more equitable and sustainable world. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Aina has made significant contributions to the philanthropic sector, leaving an indelible mark and making him a deserving recipient of this prestigious award. Currently, Dr. Aina serves as the Chief Impact and Research Officer at the Mastercard Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the world, which aims to build a world where all people can learn and prosper. The Mastercard Foundation is enabling pathways to work and economic opportunity for Indigenous youth in Canada and millions of young people in Africa. Prior to revealing the winner of the year, we were graced to listen to H.E Graça Machel who gave an inspiring speech on the giving and caring in the African way.
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"Reclaiming the true value of African Philanthropy - it's about the love for each other. Doing good, perpetually." - Tade Aina| @aina_akin @MastercardFdn #AfrPhilConf2024 @AfrPhilConf
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
Day 3, Wed 31 July "I think this conference is a reclamation of the true value of African Philanthropy. In understanding African philanthropy, We have Keep sight of what matters most…the love for each other. Philanthropy is doing good and doing it in perpetuity." Tade Aina @aina_akin Day 3, Wed 31 July @AfrPhilConf Below is the link to follow the conversation: africanphilanthropyconferenc…
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We were the children of the rejoicing on the end to our civil war!
Placard-carrying Nigerian youths on Lagos Island are in jubilant mood following cease-fire announcement, January 13th, bringing an end to the nation's 31-month civil war, in which over two million people died. Date: 18th January,1970
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Meet Adebayo Ogunlesi a Nigerian billionaire. He founded GIP and manages about $100 Billion in Assets with Larry Fink, the co-founder CEO of BlackRock, a company that manages $10 Trillion in Assets.
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This is worth reading, noting and interrogating by many African countries.
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Available at Amazon and at the University of Lagos and UI book shops!
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The youth are knocking!🚪Explore the✨opportunities @_AfricanUnion has opened for young leaders across 🌍. 📹 AU youth programs & initiatives, from @AUVolunteer, #AfYWL Fellowship Program to dedicated #youth depts. (@AUYouthProgram, @AU_WGYD). Full vid: youtu.be/18bomhMUGsA
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Tade Akin Aina retweeted
This looks like a really interesting and useful upcoming conference for emerging scholars @IAS_Carleton
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