Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima
Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima is an international development practitioner and researcher based in Lagos, Nigeria. Over the past two decades, he has played active roles in the formulation, promotion, program design for implementation and review of national, regional and global policies and legal frameworks. Dabesaki is currently completing his term as a Senior Program Officer at the Ford Foundation, a US social justice philanthropic foundation, where he has led a variety of programs over the past eight years. Dabesaki’s research has substantially focused on youth, aspirations, quality of life and political participation. These three concepts are seen in his work as interrelated and mutually reinforcing. He has published on them in refereed journals, book chapters, and a monograph “Measuring Youth Quality of Life in sub-Saharan Africa” by Springer Books. His current research is broadly focused on youth civic participation from the perspectives of high net worth youth philanthropy and measuring youth-led protest outcomes. Dabesaki has a PhD in International Development and MA in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia and a Bachelors in Educational Psychology from the University of Ibadan. He was previously an External Research Associate to the University of East Anglia and currently (non-resident) Visiting Researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand, Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment.
Recent publications:
Mac-Ikemenjima, D. (2022). Youth and policy change in Nigeria: The role of youth-led movements. In Ogunyemi, et al. (Eds.), Management and leadership for a sustainable Africa (pp. 97–115). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04911-8_6link.springer.com
Mac-Ikemenjima, D., Krawczyk, K., & Ezeonu, B. (2022). An exploratory analysis of cross-national variations in prosocial behaviors. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00525-zx-mol.com
Mac-Ikemenjima, D., & Izugbara, C. (2021). Organized private sector charitable giving: Reflections and lessons from the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) initiative in Nigeria. International Review of Philanthropy and Social Investment, 2(1), 1–12.
Mac-Ikemenjima, D. (2021). Philanthropy and the development of science in Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science, 14(1), 1–6.