Do you have questions on the 2025 MandelaWshFellowship application? Join the Open Minds Young Voices X Space on Wednesday, 7PM. I will be sharing the Space with Aisha Abdullahi Bubah to share successful application tips. x.com/i/spaces/1lPJq…

Join us LIVE today at 7 PM! 🥳✨ Our alumni (Aisha Abdullahi Bubah & Ojooluwa Ibiloye ) will be sharing their insights on the essential tips and strategies for a successful Mandela Washington Fellowship application. Drop your questions below! 👇🏾

I am adding my voice to demand for the immediate release of Daniel Akande. I met Daniel during the Democracy Summit in 2023 and I can attest that he is a defender of democracy. The authoritarian regime in Nigeria should release him and all other protesters immediately.

Often, we overlook the role that local communities play in illegal mining activities. With minimal financial incentives, illegal mining operations continue to thrive Recently, I traveled to Patigi in Kwara to investigate the illegal mining of lithium premiumtimesng.com/agriculture/ag…

My latest article, an analysis of a panel discussion I convened on Youth Political Polarization and Apathy, published by International Republican Institute. I invite you to read the full analysis. iri.org/news/youth-pol…

A Nigerian PhD student, Ojooluwa Ibiloye, studying public policy and administration at University of Delaware Biden School, Univ. of Delaware, participated in the Pop-Up Newsroom at the iMEdD International Journalism Forum in Athens, Greece.

ICYMI: How can #Nigeria’s civil society counter political apathy in the country’s youth population? Read Ojooluwa Ibiloye's blog to learn how Generation Democracy is helping address this problem. iri.org/news/youth-pol…

Today, Nigeria marks 64 years of independence. Five years ago, I wrote an op-ed on the nation's history and how policymakers can break free from the resource curse slowing down the nation's development. Nothing has changed, so I'm recycling the piece. newsdiaryonline.com/nigerias-indep…

Generation Democracy Ojooluwa Ibiloye International Republican Institute 👏👏👏 Ojooluwa Ibiloye Timothy J. Shaffer Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

I traveled to Athens, Greece, with the University of Delaware Biden School SNF Ithaca team, to attend the iMEdD-incubator for media education & development International Journalism Forum. It was fulfilling to be in Athens, the birthplace of democracy and where Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle developed their early philosophical thoughts.

As AI and algorithms play an increasingly significant role in shaping public policy and administration, I explored in this piece for the iMEdD IJF’s Pop-Up Newsroom how journalists can push for transparency in algorithmic systems. lab.imedd.org/en/what-journa…

I presented my work on media and mobility decisions in welfare programs at the APPAM Fall Research Conference. I also chaired a session on social construction in policy implementation and connected with policy and administration scholars from around the globe. #2024APPAM

Breaking: the General Council has appointed Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for a second term, effective 1 September 2025. More details to follow.

Earlier today, IRI President Daniel Twining joined Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Hon. Scott Morrison AC & Nikolaos Dendias at the International Democracy Union for a discussion on international security in the age of nationalism. #IDUForum2024

Such a great pleasure to coordinate the development of the African Youth Statement for Climate Mobility. As a contributing author, this is an insightful experience for me and I look forward to seeing African youth using this statement as an advocacy tool on the ground. Many

Thank you, 2024!

Extremely honored to spend the past 3 weeks in Botswana for Global Centre for Climate Mobility’s Climate Mobility Deep Dive, where we organized 7 workshops, 2 thematic meetings, & 1 FGD across various 8 hotspot areas in the country. We consulted over 400 national experts and local actors to assess the

Ojooluwa Ibiloye, a Nigerian doctoral student in Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware, has been elected president of the Biden School Student Association (BSSA) for the 2025 to 2026 academic year. guardian.ng/news/nigerian-…

Colleagues and friends in the New York area, join me on Thursday at the City University of New York as I present my work on media and political discussion in Africa.

It is not the questions that are interesting, it is the answers we give. The depth of our thinking is revealed in how we respond.