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Dara Akala

Dara Akala
Dara Akala
Executive Director
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND)
Dara Akala is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND). Dara is a socio-economist with over 30 years’ experience across national, regional and private voluntary institutions within the agricultural and rural sectors of Nigeria. Specializing in agricultural and enterprise development as well as monitoring and evaluation, his expertise spans the interrelated fields of governance, poverty reduction and sustainable development. Prior to PIND, Dara worked with Living Earth Foundation (LEF) in the United Kingdom where he provided support to African programs and established the Nigerian affiliate of LEF, the EC/FGN funded micro projects program in 3 states (MPP3) of the Niger Delta. He was also a Program Manager at TechnoServe/Nigeria where he was responsible for managing a program of assistance to increase the productivity and income of agribusinesses in the Southern region of Nigeria, as well as capacity building assistance to Community Development Associations.

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