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Herbert Mba Aki

  • Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and International Studies, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Herbert Mba Aki is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and International Studies at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. His research discusses Gabon’s economic diversification strategies with an emphasis on the role of entrepreneurship from the late 1980s until today. Herbert’s research interests include Political Economy, Public Policy, and Economic Governance in extractive-economies. Herbert is Coordinator of the Young Scholars Initiative Africa Working Group.

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African Youth Lead Response to COVID-19

Article By Folashadé Soulé and Herbert Mba Aki | Aug 4, 2020

Chioma Agwuegbo of TechHer Nigeria, talks to Folashadé Soulé and Herbert Mba Aki about how the pandemic is impacting young people in Nigeria, especially young women, and how African youth are tackling the crisis.