Kayode Adekoya
Bio
Participation7
Economist, entrepreneur,AI Safety Advocate and research-oriented generalist with years of experience in both public and private sectors. Expertise spans research, finance, communications, management, and operations. Active member of the Effective Altruism community, committed to impactful change and global betterment.
SKILLS
Problem Solving: Proactive, resourceful, and creative thinker focused on impactful outcomes.
Professional Excellence: Highly professional with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Ethical Advocacy: Altruist and AI Safety Advocate dedicated to systemic solutions for global betterment.
Impact-Driven Mindset: Passionate about leveraging skills for meaningful, scalable change.
EXPERIENCE Effective Altruism (EA) Activities:
Facilitator, Intro to Effective Altruism Virtual Programs, EA Nigeria — 2025
Facilitator, Intro to Effective Altruism Virtual Programs, EA Nigeria — 2024
Facilitator, Equiano Institute | AI Safety & Governance for Africa (University of Nairobi Partnership) — 2024
Facilitator, AI Safety Collab' Sweden — 2024
Participant/Contributor, EA Nigeria Community Retreat, Ibadan — Nov 2024
Participant/Contributor, EA Nigeria Summit, Abuja — July 2024
Participant/Contributor, EA Nigeria Community Retreat, Abuja — 2023
Research and Special Projects:
Rsearch Councillor, Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, London Business School, UK — 2023
Forecaster, Forecasting Research Institute (FRI) in partnership with University of Pennsylvania — 2022
Researcher, Doing Good Institute (UK) Red Teaming Contest — 2022
Some Research Works :
1, THE ROLE OF AI IN COMBATING POLITICAL DEEP FAKES IN AFRICAN DEMOCRACIES
2, Mapping the Landscape of Digital Sentience Research
3, Aletheia : A Project Proposal
4.Cause Exploration Prizes] CELL-CULTURED AND PLANT-BASED ALTERNATIVES? - Received Utmost good Faith award of originality from open Philanthropy
Some Articles :
- Sam Altman and the Crossroads of AI Power: Can We Trust the Future We're Building?
Platform :
Founder, The AI Guardian (AI Safety Advocacy Platform) Link:The AI Guardian
FELLOWSHIPS
Certification, Future of AI, Bluedot - 2025.
Fellow, AI Safety, Ethics, and Society, California — 2024
Fellow, Fundamentals in AI Safety and Governance (AI Safety Sweden) — 2023
Fellow, Longtermism, EA Munich — 2022
Fellow, EA VP Precipice — 2022
Fellow In-depth. EA VP Course - 2022
Fellow, EA VP Introductory Course — 2022
Fellow, Animal Advocacy Career, Introductory Course — 2022
International Conference
EAGxNigeria 2025 : Attendee
EAGxVirtual. 2024 : Participant
EAGxVirtual 2023 : Participant
EAGxVirtua l 2022 : Participant
VOLUNTEERING.
Humane League — Advocacy/Communications
The Humane League’s Fast Action Network (FAN) — Advocacy/Communications
Awardee - HEN HERO
Mercy for Animals — Advocacy/CommunicationsA
Allfed — Research
Effective Institutions Project — Research
CAREER PATH Dedicated to building career capital in Effective Altruism, aiming to contribute to global betterment through focused, impactful work.
Posts 6
Comments8
These are very deep thoughts emanating from a very practical and pragmatic point of views about the world at large and her numerous challenges vis-à-vis mans approach in trying to solve and surmount these problems and more IMPORTANTLY THE NEED TO BE ALTRUISTIC in nature and imbibe the culture of giving,and philanthropical in nature by ALL OF US,as the essayist has shown the enormity of the world problems and the need for more and more hands on deck to be able to help solve these problems, also not just throwing money at it but the commitment to show engagement ,involvement and interaction in making the world a better place is key to us,the world and our psychological wellbeing. EA is the way to go for the survival of the world and piece in our time by individual contributions and collaborative support together high impact is achieved
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Experience with EA: researching (quantitative and qualitative research skills - experimental design, data collation and analysis, technical writing) etc,operations,campaigns ,communication and volunteering
Roles :Generalist ,research , Operations, communications , also open to a lot of other roles .
Skills: An economist,entrepreneur and generalist of over seventeen years wealth of experience, spanning finance , research ,management and operations.Very creative , pragmatic and multitasking with high level of professionalism , business and organizational development acumen and good communication skills
Résumé : https://www.dropbox.com/s/o0ymtvioncxbrxw/EAResume22W(2N).pdf?dl=0
Email: olukoyaolukayode7477@gmail.com
Availability: Anytime - Part-time and Full-time