About

Hey there!

My name is Latifat Omolewa Shobogun (I prefer to be addressed by my second name- Omolewa).

I am passionate about Africa’s development process. You will mostly find me talking about and engaging professionally around concepts like policies, decision-making, and international interlocution (how African countries are represented in the global system as well as within Africa- what they say, what they do, how they do it, and how these are received). Then, I consider how these affect the continent’s development process.

When I am not doing this, I am wearing my cap as the Founder and Executive Director of Ubuntu Leadership Education for Development Initiative (ULEDi). ULEDi is a youth-led non-profit organization building young Africans into moral, effective, and efficient leaders. You can learn more here.

I hold a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary African Studies, a program within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters’ Degree program, jointly organized by the Universities of Bayreuth, Porto, and Bordeaux-Montaigne. I have a Bachelor’s degree in History and International Studies from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria.

With this blog, I want to simplify Africa’s development process for the everyday African. I will write in words that I hope almost everyone can understand. I will try to keep the jargons out the door.

I speak Yoruba, English, Pidgin English and French languages. I am currently learning Portuguese and German.

I am a Christian, and I love God. The Holy Spirit inspired me to start this blog and inspires its contents.

I hope you find the blog helpful.