The Executive Office of the President (EXOP)

The Executive Office of the President (EXOP) comprises talented and dedicated professionals and advisors with experience working for associations, government, businesses, and nonprofits. EXOP collaborates organically with the AFEA Board to shape AFEA’s future and its strategic re-positioning plan

One of the questions the AFEA membership posed to EXOP during the onboarding event was the need for the AFEA Strategic Re-positioning Plan. Why should we re-position AFEA? The most apparent answer is to attract economic opportunities that lead to more substantial membership and an innovatively systematized community of economics and allied social sciences professionals. If we don’t tell AFEA’s story, someone else will not only tell it but may share the wrong story with the world. AFEA believes its re-branding efforts are the first step in strengthening its unique value addition.

EXOP’s Strategic Outputs (SO):

(SO-1) Advocacy Priorities
Issue briefs explaining AFEA’s position on a few advocacy priorities for the current fiscal year.

(SO-2) Government-NGO-Associations Partnership
For the past three-quarter-century, Africa’s national and continental governments have fostered a unique partnership with its preeminent associations and professional development initiatives.

(SO-3) Featured Research
Read about the members’ latest research and other relevant innovations advancing AFEA’s mission.

EXOP Team

Gbadebo Odularu, Ph.D., FAPH., President
Gbadebo Odularu is responsible for the Association’s overall activities. He works with the Board of Directors to define and implement the Association’s mission and agenda. He also leads the implementation of AFEA’s programs that foster interdisciplinary excellence in Economics, Finance, and Allied Social Sciences. In addition, he catalyzes corporate and institutional collaboration, reinvigorates membership engagement, and drives fundraising. He is also the chief strategist and editor-in-chief of the AFEA & JAD Research and Opportunity Bulletin (AFEA-Bulletin) and AFEA-ASSA Digest.