Tayo Akinyemi
Tayo Akinyemi is a RSA US Systems Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Tayo is helping RSA US, and our colleagues at the RSA, by supporting a research, innovation mapping, and network building project focused on the Future of Work in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
She has spent several years working in African tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on building the capacity of enabling institutions such as tech hubs and accelerator programs. Most recently, she has focused on conducting research, specifically on early stage investing in Africa for Kinyungu Ventures, the role of tech hubs in African startup ecosystems for the International Trade Centre, and shared models of ownership for Open Society Initiative for West Africa. Prior to this she served as a Senior Consultant with the World Bank Group for XL Africa, as the first Executive Director of AfriLabs, and spent many years in the nonprofit and development sectors.
Tayo holds an MBA from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University. She is based in the Greater Chicago area.