Farida Dzifa Alabo

For over twenty years, Farida has advised institutions and operators across Africa and the Middle East on strategy, stakeholder engagement, and the realities of politically sensitive markets.

Her advisory work has included mandates for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, Tullow Oil, USAID, the UN World Food Programme, Oxfam, NEXIM Bank, and Barbex Group.

Ms Alabo writes about Africa, its realities and its fictions alike. She wrote an article “What Happened to the African Dream?” in The Guardian Nigeria.

She is the author of The Gold Paradox, edited by Cornerstones Literary Consultancy's Ed Handyside. She is also working on her second novel, The (African) Scientist.