Urama, Kevin

Kevin Urama is the Senior Director of the African Development Institute, previously Senior Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and formerly the Inaugural Managing Director of the Quantum Global Research Lab. He was the Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) and also the inaugural President of the African Society for Ecological Economics (ASEE), a Senior Consultant on Sustainable Development and Green Growth for the African Development Bank (AfDB), and a Consultant for the preparation of the Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy of the African Union Commission (AUC). An Extra-Ordinary Professor in the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Professor Urama is also an Adjunct Professor at the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs, Murdoch University, Western Australia; a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS); and Visiting Professor at the University College London (UCL). He received a Ph.D. in Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK.