Economist · Policy Architect · Sovereign Strategist

Dr. Olusegun
Omisakin.

Ex-Chief Economist, NESG  ·  Founder, Africa Readiness Partners
Founder, Sovranta  ·  President, Institute for Inclusive Prosperity  ·  Convener, WETForum
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Dr. Olusegun Omisakin
20+
Years in Policy
54
African Economies
40+
Publications
◆Africa Readiness Partners ◆Sovranta Sovereign Risk Intelligence ◆Institute for Inclusive Prosperity ◆WETForum — What Economists Think ◆NESG Chief Economist ◆Harvard Kennedy School ◆ARCH Framework — 54 Economies, 78 Indicators ◆Ph.D. Economics, University of Ibadan ◆UN-UNIDO Economist ◆Africa Readiness Partners ◆Sovranta Sovereign Risk Intelligence ◆Institute for Inclusive Prosperity ◆WETForum — What Economists Think ◆NESG Chief Economist ◆Harvard Kennedy School ◆ARCH Framework — 54 Economies, 78 Indicators ◆Ph.D. Economics, University of Ibadan ◆UN-UNIDO Economist
The Profile

Built for this.
At this precise moment.

Africa doesn't have an economic problem.
It has an institutional problem.
For 20 years, that distinction has driven everything I do.

I built the frameworks that governments adopted. Trained the economists that institutions trust. Shaped the conversations at the forums where Africa's economic direction gets decided.

Now I'm building on different terms — writing the rules, not just advising on them. Impact-native platforms for the principals who need intelligence built for their reality.

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Ph.D. Economics

University of Ibadan, 2015

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Harvard Kennedy School

Executive Education, 2022

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Chief Economist, NESG

West Africa's Premier Think Tank

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UN-UNIDO Economist

15 African Countries

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40 Publications

Avg. Impact Factor 6.5

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200+ Media Appearances

National & International

Dr. Olusegun Omisakin
Who I Serve

Find your
entry point.

Governments & Central Banks

Policy Architecture & Sovereign Intelligence

Frameworks that become working policy — not shelf reports. Engage via IIP or Sovranta.

→ IIP & Sovranta
Development Finance Institutions

Country Diagnostics & Readiness Intelligence

Structured intelligence across all 54 African economies. Access ReadinessIntel.

→ Africa Readiness Partners
Institutional Investors

Anticipatory Sovereign Risk

Risk signals before they become headlines — priced into decisions before they become losses.

→ Sovranta
Multinationals & Corporates

Africa Entry Readiness

Where Africa is genuinely ready for investment — by sector, country, and indicator.

→ Africa Readiness Index
Research Institutions

Research & Advisory Partnerships

Practitioner-scholar with institutional reach. Let's build something that lasts.

→ Request a Conversation
Economists & Policy Professionals

Economic Discourse & Public Intelligence

Practitioner-led analysis beyond mainstream commentary. Join WETForum.

→ WetForum.org
The Ventures

Four platforms.
One architecture.

Each venture addresses a distinct gap in Africa's economic intelligence ecosystem — built to operate independently and reinforce each other as a unified body of work.

ARP
Africa Readiness Partners
ReadinessIntel  ·  ARCH-Powered Country Intelligence Platform
Readiness Intelligence

Africa's first proprietary readiness intelligence platform. The ARCH framework — Accessibility, Resilience, Competitiveness, Human Capital — covers all 54 African economies across 78 indicators. The ReadinessIntel SaaS dashboard gives DFIs, investors, governments, and multinationals the structured diagnostics that perception-based assessments have never provided.

Access ReadinessIntel →
ARCH FrameworkAfrica Readiness Index54 Economies78 IndicatorsSaaS DashboardDFI & Investor Grade
ASR
Sovranta — Anticipatory Sovereign Risk
Sovereign Risk Intelligence for Africa-Exposed Principals
Sovereign Risk Advisory

Forward-looking sovereign risk intelligence for institutional investors and DFIs with Africa exposure. Risk signals before they become headlines — structured for investment decisions before they become losses.

Visit Sovranta →
Anticipatory SignalsSovereign ScorecardsForward-LookingInstitutional Grade
IIP
Institute for Inclusive Prosperity
Policy Research & Economic Intelligence for Transformation
Policy Research

An independent policy research institution. Rigorous, practitioner-informed research on fiscal policy, structural reform, and inclusive economic architecture — shaping frameworks that governments and development institutions actually implement.

Explore IIP →
Fiscal PolicyStructural ReformEconomic TransformationIndependent Research
WEF
What Economists Think — WETForum
WetForum.org  ·  Economic Discourse & Public Intelligence
Public Intelligence

A public platform giving Africa's economic conversation a practitioner-led home. What economists at the frontier of policy actually think — on fiscal strategy, sovereign risk, and continental development.

Visit WetForum.org →
Economic DiscoursePolicy IntelligenceAfrica MacroPractitioner-Led
Track Record

20 years.
Built in.

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Frameworks Adopted, Not Filed

Systems and models that governments and central banks integrated as working architecture — not recommendations.

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Leaders Trained Across the Continent

A generation of African economists and policy professionals shaped across 15+ countries.

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Discourse at the Highest Forums

200+ appearances where Africa's economic direction gets decided, not just discussed.

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Research That Moves Policy

40+ peer-reviewed publications. Average impact factor 6.5. Rigour translated into relevance.

20+
Years in Policy Research & Advisory
Chief Economist · Research Director · Founder
54
African Economies in the ARCH Framework
78 indicators across 4 dimensions
40+
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Avg. Impact Factor 6.5
200+
Media & Public Engagements
National & international platforms
The Thinking

Where the
analysis lives.

"Africa doesn't have an economic problem —
it has an institutional problem.
Every platform I build is a direct answer to that diagnosis."
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WETForum

Practitioner-led economic discourse. What economists at the frontier actually think — on fiscal strategy, sovereign risk, and continental development.

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Africa Readiness Index

Annual flagship intelligence report. Structured readiness assessment of all 54 economies — for DFIs, governments, and institutional investors.

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Speaking & Media

200+ engagements across television, radio, and international summits. Available for keynotes, panels, and expert commentary.

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Midlife Builders

Forthcoming YouTube channel: practitioner-grade financial intelligence for professionals building wealth after 40.

Initiate an Engagement

Let's talk.

You clicked
for a reason.

You're here because you're working on Africa's economic future — at serious scale.

Every message reaches me directly. Tell me what you're building.

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Direct Email

Advisory, partnerships, platform access

hello@olusegunomisakin.com
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LinkedIn

Connect and follow the work in progress

linkedin.com/in/olusegunomisakin
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WETForum

Follow the analysis. Join the conversation.

wetforum.org

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Tell me your context. I'll direct you to the right platform or engagement path.