Ms Uyoyo Zino Edosio

Uyoyo Edosio is the Chief ICT and Innovation Expert at the African Development Bank, with 14 years of experience in infrastructure finance, human capital development, and ICT for development. She leads the Bank’s Digital Transformation Action Plan for Africa and oversees its four-year ICT investment strategy. Her work involves structuring and leading large-scale investments, managing sovereign operations, and shaping digital policy for governments, the private sector, and Regional Economic Communities.
She currently leads a digital portfolio of over $850 million. This includes the $618 million Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) in Nigeria, the $60.8 million Rwanda Innovation Fund, and the $51 million Cabo Verde Technology Park. She also leads the Regional Fintech Sandbox for the WAMI region, and the Bank’s partnership with Smart Africa to harmonize digital trade policy across ten countries.
On infrastructure finance, Uyoyo is also leading the design of a 90,000 km fiber connectivity program in Nigeria known as the Fibre Forward Project. Structured as a blended public-private investment, the project is backed by AfDB, the World Bank, EU, Islamic Development Bank, and others. It includes the establishment of a new SPV, national demand stimulation for affordable smart devices, and targeted digital usage across underserved communities and productive sectors.
In human capital and ICT development, Uyoyo leads the Bank’s work on AI policy at the G20 and other global platforms. Previously, she led the Bank’s Coding for Employment program, training over two hundred thousand youth in demand-led digital skills. She also championed academic-led innovation hubs in collaboration with the African Union and East African Community, extending the triple-helix model through the Pan African University and Nelson Mandela Institutes in seven countries.
Before joining the Bank, Uyoyo worked at KPMG and PwC in London, advising clients across Europe, North America, and Africa on innovation, digital strategy, and operational risk. She has contributed to the African Union’s 2024 AI Strategy, ECOWAS’s Human Capital Strategy, and served on boards including the Mastercard Foundation’s Secondary Education Advisory Board. She also advises the United Nations and African Union on technology and youth employment.
Uyoyo serves on the boards of Meet a Need Today Foundation and the Covenant University H.O.P.E Foundation. She has spoken at Cambridge University, Oxford University, MIT, GITEX, Africa Tech Festival, AfricaCom, Transform Africa Summit, and other global platforms.
She holds degrees/certificates in International Social and Public Policy (specialized in Development), Computer Science, Development Project Management, and Investment Appraisal from the London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Covenant University and Bradford University.