Abiola Durodola
Nigeria

Abiola Durodola has more than five years of experience as an urban development planner and project manager. He is team lead of AdvoKC, a youth-led civic-tech organization that is deepening participatory democracy in Nigeria through its data-driven digital platform. Abiola was one of the civil society leaders selected at Demo Reset, a project on deliberative democracy in the global south by Extutito in 2022. He is a ONE Youth Activist in Nigeria and was recently selected as one of the inaugural Green Academy fellows by Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Nigeria. Abiola has co-organized two independently organized TED events that focused on discussing and addressing local issues. He has also previously served as the general legal counsel for the Junior Chamber International, Olubadan, a network of young active citizens driving change in their local community. Abiola holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning and is a registered Town Planner in Nigeria. After completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Abiola plans to pilot amore subnational projects at Advokc, collaborating and partnering with other organizations to improve accountability and transparency in monitoring government performance in Nigeria.