Ife Adebayo is an innovation policy leader and development finance specialist. He currently coordinates iDICE — Nigeria's $617 million investment in digital and creative enterprises — after eight years driving innovation policy from the Presidency.
Government, capital, and continental institutions — the three levers that decide whether Africa's innovators get to build at scale.
National Coordinator of the Federal Government's flagship $617M investment in digital and creative enterprises, delivered through the Bank of Industry with three multilateral co-financiers.
Explore the programme →Executive Director-designate of the Africa Innovation Council — a continental think tank established in partnership with Princeton University's Africa World Initiative.
About the Council →Latest milestone: the appointment of Kuramo Capital as Fund Manager of the DICE Fund of Funds — a first-of-its-kind vehicle for Nigerian venture capital, signed June 2026.
Speeches & media →Africa's next decade will be defined not by the technology we consume, but by the institutions we build to create it.
Securing the money is half the story. Here is what actually happens between board approval and a founder's bank account.
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Co-designing a landmark law from inside government — and the ecosystem lessons no policy textbook covers.
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The case for continental institutions that turn African research into African industries.
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