{"id":11985,"date":"2026-06-09T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/akande-adebowale\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:13:51","slug":"akande-adebowale","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/akande-adebowale\/","title":{"rendered":"Akande, Adebowale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Debo Akande est un sp\u00e9cialiste du d\u00e9veloppement agro-industriel bas\u00e9 au si\u00e8ge de l'IITA au Nig\u00e9ria. Il est le PDG d'IITA Business Incubation Limited et dirige les programmes de m\u00e9canisation et \u00ab Faim z\u00e9ro \u00bb. Il cumule ces fonctions avec celle de conseiller ex\u00e9cutif en agro-industrie et coop\u00e9ration au d\u00e9veloppement international aupr\u00e8s d'un gouvernement sub-national de l'\u00c9tat d'Oyo, au Nig\u00e9ria, et fait \u00e9galement office de directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'Agence de d\u00e9veloppement agro-industriel de l'\u00c9tat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avant cela, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 chef de la station Olusegun Obasanjo en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, la troisi\u00e8me plus grande station de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement de l'IITA en Afrique. Il a dirig\u00e9 plusieurs portefeuilles de gestion agro-industrielle, notamment le Projet int\u00e9gr\u00e9 de croissance agricole (PICAGL) de la Banque mondiale dans les Grands Lacs en Afrique et l'initiative mondiale AgResults, entre autres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il est titulaire d'un doctorat en administration des affaires de l'Universit\u00e9 de Hertfordshire, au Royaume-Uni, sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 dans le d\u00e9veloppement et la gestion de strat\u00e9gies agro-industrielles. Il d\u00e9tient \u00e9galement une ma\u00eetrise et une licence en \u00e9tudes du d\u00e9veloppement international obtenues au Royaume-Uni, ainsi que des dipl\u00f4mes en droit international de l'environnement de l'Institut des Nations Unies pour la formation et la recherche, en Suisse. Il a suivi une formation en gestion du changement climatique \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 d'Oxford, au Royaume-Uni, et en politique de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire aupr\u00e8s de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture. Il est gestionnaire agr\u00e9\u00e9 et membre (\u00ab Fellow \u00bb) du Chartered Management Institute, au Royaume-Uni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il dirige la gestion de l'agroentreprise de l'IITA \u00e0 l'\u00e9chelle mondiale, avec un accent particulier sur les politiques publiques, le d\u00e9veloppement de nouvelles activit\u00e9s et l'engagement du secteur priv\u00e9 dans l'agroentreprise pour le d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debo Akande is an Agribusiness Development Specialist based at the IITA headquarters in Nigeria. 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