Economist · Strategy Advisor · Institution-Builder

Dr. Olusegun
Omisakin.

I Build Institutions that Prepare Africa for What’s Next|
Director & Chief Economist @ NESG |
Africa Readiness Group & the Institute for Inclusive Prosperity|
Advisor to Institutions & Builders|
Convener, WhatEconomistsThink (Readiness Observatory).
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Dr. Olusegun Omisakin
20 +
Years Shaping Economic Strategy
54
African Economies Tracked
Institution‑Builder
Readiness And Risk institutions For Africa’s Economic Future
◆Africa Readiness Partners ◆Sovranta: Anticipatory Sovereign Risk Intelligence ◆Institute for Inclusive Prosperity ◆What Economists Think (Readiness Observatory) ◆Director of Research & Development and Chief Economist, NESG ◆Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education ◆ARCH Framework — 54 Economies, 78 Indicators ◆Ph.D. Economics, University of Ibadan ◆ ◆Africa Readiness Partners ◆Sovranta: Anticipatory Sovereign Risk Intelligence ◆Institute for Inclusive Prosperity ◆What Economists Think (Readiness Observatory) ◆Director of Research & Development and Chief Economist, NESG ◆Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education ◆ARCH Framework — 54 Economies, 78 Indicators ◆Ph.D. Economics, University of Ibadan ◆
The Profile

Built for this.
At this precise moment.

Africa doesn’t lack ideas or potential.
It lacks the institutions to turn them into prosperity.
For over 20 years, that distinction has defined my work.

I work with principals who need more than commentary.

Over the years, I’ve helped design the frameworks that governments now use to steer reform. I’ve trained the economists and policy teams that institutions rely on when the stakes are high. I’ve sat at the tables where Africa’s economic direction is argued, tested, and ultimately decided.

Now I’m building on different terms: institutional‑grade strategy, intelligence, and platforms — for principals who need decisions and institutions built for their reality, not for the averages in a global report.

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Ph.D. Economics

University of Ibadan, 2015

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Harvard Kennedy School

Executive Education, 2022

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Chief Economist, NESG

West Africa's Premier Think Tank

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UN-UNIDO Economist

15 African Countries

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40 Publications

Avg. Impact Factor 6.5

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200+ Media Appearances

National & International

Dr. Olusegun Omisakin
Who I Serve

Find your
entry point.

Governments & Central Banks

Policy Architecture & Sovereign Intelligence

Frameworks that become working policy — not shelf reports. Engage via IIP or Sovranta.

→ IIP & Sovranta
Development Finance Institutions

Country Diagnostics & Readiness Intelligence

Structured intelligence across all 54 African economies. Access ReadinessIntel.

→ Africa Readiness Partners
Institutional Investors

Anticipatory Sovereign Risk

Risk signals before they become headlines — priced into decisions before they become losses.

→ Sovranta
Multinationals & Corporates

Africa Entry Readiness

Where Africa is genuinely ready for investment — by sector, country, and indicator.

→ Africa Readiness Index
Research Institutions

Research & Advisory Partnerships

Practitioner-scholar with institutional reach. Let's build something that lasts.

→ Request a Conversation
Economists & Policy Professionals

Economic Discourse & Public Intelligence

Practitioner-led analysis beyond mainstream commentary. Join WETForum.

→ WetForum.org
The Ventures

Four platforms.
One architecture.

Each venture addresses a distinct gap in Africa's economic intelligence ecosystem — built to operate independently and reinforce each other as a unified body of work.

ARP
Africa Readiness Partners
ReadinessIntel · ARCH-Powered Country Intelligence Platform
Readiness Intelligence

Africa's first proprietary readiness intelligence platform. The ARCH framework — Accessibility, Resilience, Competitiveness, Human Capital — covers all 54 African economies across 78 indicators. The ReadinessIntel SaaS dashboard gives DFIs, investors, governments, and multinationals the structured diagnostics that perception-based assessments have never provided.

Access ReadinessIntel →
ARCH Framework Africa Readiness Index 54 Economies 78 Indicators SaaS Dashboard DFI & Investor Grade
ASI
Sovranta — Anticipatory Sovereign Intelligence
Anticipatory Sovereign Risk Intelligence for Africa-Exposed Principals
Sovereign Risk Intelligence

Forward-looking anticipatory sovereign risk intelligence for institutional investors and DFIs with Africa exposure. Risk signals before they become headlines — structured for investment decisions before they become losses.

Visit Sovranta →
Anticipatory Signals Sovereign Scorecards Forward-Looking Institutional Grade
THEIIP
The Institute for Inclusive Prosperity
Policy Research & Inclusive Economic Intelligence for Transformation
Policy Research

An independent policy research institution. Rigorous, practitioner-informed research on fiscal policy, structural reform, and inclusive economic architecture — shaping frameworks that governments and development institutions actually implement.

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Fiscal Policy Structural Reform Economic Transformation Inclusive Prosperity Independent Research
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What Economists Think
WhatEconomistsThink.com · Economic Discourse & Public Intelligence
Public Intelligence

A public platform giving Africa's economic conversation a practitioner-led home. What economists at the frontier of policy actually think — on fiscal strategy, sovereign risk, and continental development.

Visit WhatEconomistsThink →
Economic Discourse Policy Intelligence Africa Macro Practitioner-Led
Track Record

20 years.
Built in.

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Frameworks Adopted, Not Filed

Systems and models that governments, institutions and organisations integrated as working architecture — not recommendations.

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Leaders Trained Across the Continent

A generation of African economists and policy professionals shaped across 20+ countries.

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Discourse at the Highest Forums

200+ appearances where Africa's economic direction gets decided, not just discussed.

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Research Projects and Reports That Moves Policy

20 +
Years in Policy Research & Advisory
Chief Economist · Research Director · Founder
54
African Economies in the ARCH Framework
78 indicators across 4 dimensions
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200 +
Media & Public Engagements
National & international platforms
The Thinking

Where the
analysis lives.

"Africa doesn't have an economic problem —
it has an institutional problem.
Every platform I build is a direct answer to that diagnosis."
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WETForum

Practitioner-led economic discourse. What economists at the frontier actually think — on fiscal strategy, sovereign risk, and continental development.

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Africa Readiness Index

Annual flagship intelligence report. Structured readiness assessment of all 54 economies — for DFIs, governments, and institutional investors.

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Speaking & Media

200+ engagements across television, radio, and international summits. Available for keynotes, panels, and expert commentary.

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Africa Sovereign Risk Index

Practitioner‑grade sovereign risk intelligence for Africa — early‑warning signals, scenarios, and actionable country risk scores for DFIs, investors, and policymakers.

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LinkedIn

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