About me
Aaron is an early career technology & innovation strategist. His professional interest centers on issues relating to strategic foresight, innovation management, digital transformation and regulation of innovative technologies. Currently, Aaron supports research at international research and foresight center, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, Moscow. He has over 4 years experience designing and managing innovative digital development projects and technologies for education management; as well as skill development solutions for young people at-risk in vulnerable communities in Nigeria. Between 2021 and 2025, he led the overarching impact and growth strategy at the Illmi Children’s Fund (ICF) an education policy focused NGO based in Nigeria where he led monitoring and evaluation for development projects sponsored by INGOs like the UNFPA, MacArthur Foundation, World Bank, US Mission in Nigeria, Mastercard Foundation, etc. He effectively supported multi-year donor-funded projects, reaching over 100,000 beneficiaries across 11 states in Nigeria. Notably among them are AGILE project, Digitgirl’s project and TARM Project, with aim to promote access to digital skills and literacy for adolescent girls and female teachers in public secondary schools in Nigeria.
He is a 2025 NextGenner of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); 2025 Fellow of the Digispace Africa Research Fellowship; member of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum’s Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF); member of the Youth Coalition on Internet Governance (YCIG); Pan African Youth Ambassador for Internet Governance (PAYAIG), Global Youth Ambassador of the Internet Society (ISOC) to the 2024 United Nations’ Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and 2024 Fellow of the Nigeria School on Internet Governance.