Babatunde Akinola
Babatunde Akinola
Project Director, Nigeria Fleming Fund Phase 2 Country Grant
Babatunde Akinola has more than 20 years of experience across the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, medicines regulatory agencies, multinational corporations, and the public health space. He leads the Fleming Fund Phase 2 Country Grant in Nigeria focused on fighting the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Akinola has worked at MSH since 2019 in various capacities, including as country director for the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program in Nigeria, and as a Senior Technical Advisor for quality assurance and pharmacovigilance, supporting the strengthening of supply chain competencies and performance of Nigeria’s health system. Prior to joining MSH, he served as a regulatory officer at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria.
Akinola holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and a master’s degree in information science from the University of Ibadan in Ibadan, Nigeria; a master’s degree in business administration from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria; and a post-graduate diploma in public health from the University of Western Cape, South Africa.