Akindele Akinyemi
Board Member at Nigerian Center
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolAkindele Akinyemi is a public policy strategist and community-focused economic development leader with over two decades of experience aligning education, trade, and diaspora engagement to drive measurable local impact in Michigan. As Co-Founder and Principal of initiatives within the Global African Business Association and the GABA Marketplace Center, he has built cross-border commercial ecosystems that integrate trade facilitation, small business development, and capital formation—especially for minority and women-led enterprises. His governance roles, including board leadership at the Nigerian Center and presidency of the Leanna Hicks Public Library board, demonstrate a track record of closing seven-figure transactions and leading a $1.8M capital campaign to expand community learning infrastructure. An academic advisor and former educator, he blends instructional strategy with workforce development to guide students toward careers tied to global economic opportunity. He also brings practical technical literacy through a Network+ cybersecurity certification, underscoring an ability to navigate both policy and operational dimensions of institutional transformation. Notably, he consistently leverages public-private partnerships and grant financing to translate international opportunity into concrete, equitable community outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
M.A., Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction, M.A., Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction at University of PhoenixCertificate in Network+ Cybersecurity, Certificate in Network+ Cybersecurity at Wayne County Community College DistrictBachelor of Science (B.S.), African American Studies/Geography, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), African American Studies/Geography at Eastern Michigan University
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Github Skills (134)
payment9
docker-image9
plug9
kubernetes-dashboard9
blockchain9
ethereum9
jenkins9
java9
spring-boot9
firefox8
sdk8
k8s8
reactor8
proxy8
vsphere8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
techquest/isw-payment-sdk-android
Nov 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:40 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years
androidsdkpaymentpayment-sdkjava
akinmail/isw-payment-sdk-android
Nov 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 44 pushes in 2 years
androidsdkpaymentpayment-sdkjava
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