Omotade Aina to lead Carnegie Corporation’s Africa Grantmaking Programs

Omotade “Tade” Akin Aina, a sociologist whose well-known work has highlighted the challenges in Africa of urban poverty, governance and development, will join Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director, Higher Education in Africa, it was announced today by Vartan Gregorian, president of the foundation. Tade is an experienced foundation executive, whose decade-long tenure in the Ford Foundation’s Nairobi office, has been marked by innovation and visionary leadership.