African Economic Scholars Program (AESP)

We are delighted to congratulate Sanni AbdulHameed Bolaji, one of our outstanding AESP scholars this year, who has now commenced his Policy Research Internship at @AgoraPolicy through our partnership.

You asked for it, here we go! The AESP Pan-African Policy Challenge is coming soon, and this time, we're going beyond borders. For the first time, the Challenge is open to students from ALL African countries to bring forward evidence-driven policy solutions.

We are delighted to celebrate four AESP alumni who have secured fully funded scholarships to pursue graduate studies at leading universities around the world. We are proud to see members of our alumni community take this next step in their academic and professional journeys.

We are grateful to Great Nnamani, our founder, for bringing this initiative to life, to NESA for partnering with us, to the speakers and panelists for sharing their experiences, and members of the AESP team who played important roles in bringing the session together.

The session introduced students to six broad career pathways: Public Policy & Governance, Academia & Advanced, Research, Finance, Development, Data & Analytics, and Consulting & Strategy. Beyond identifying these pathways, the session explored what economists

On Tuesday, September 8, the African Economic Scholars Program (AESP) in partnership with the Nigerian Economics Students Association (NESA), brought together over 90 undergraduate Economics students at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, for a career development session.

We are delighted to celebrate Lotachi Sophia Obodo, one of the Top 3 Scholars of the AESP 2026 Cohort. 🎉 Lotachi is a final-year BSc Economics student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a CGPA of 4.84/5.0.

We are delighted to celebrate Sanni AbdulHameed Bolaji, one of the Top 3 Scholars of the 2026 Cohort. 🎉🥳

We are delighted to celebrate John Bawa, one of the Top 3 Scholars of the 2026 Cohort. John is an Economist and Research Data Analyst with interests spanning agricultural markets, food security, climate and sustainable systems, and the political economy of development in Africa

The ceremony also featured reflections and words of encouragement from the AESP leadership and members of the alumni community, before the cohort celebrated its outstanding scholars. And with that, AESP Cohort 4 graduates. 🥳🎉 Congratulations to every scholar!