Gideon Olanrewaju
Chief Executive Director, Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi)
Gideon Olanrewaju is an International Development practitioner with over 10 years of transnational experience leading and supporting the design and implementation of quality alternative formal and non-formal educational programs focused on digital literacy, foundational skills development, girls’ education, and teacher quality across four countries. He has served as a consultant to USAID, Queens Commonwealth Trust, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, UNESCO, and Global Partnership for Education to mention but a few. He also holds a Master of Art (MA) degree in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex as a UK 2017 United Kingdom’s Chevening Scholar and a Master of Philosophy in Education, Globalisation and International Development from the University of Cambridge as a 2021 Magdalene College-Standard Bank Chairman Scholar. He has also received further executive education from the Lagos Business School and the Harvard Business School.