Career & Expertise

Adebayo, a Chevening Scholarship alumna, humanitarian and multiple award-winning journalist, is the Communication Officer for UNICEF Nigeria, Maiduguri Field Office in Borno. In this role, Adebayo manages donor visibility, media partnerships and strategic communication for UNICEF’s humanitarian interventions across northeast Nigeria.

Prior to this role, she served as Reporting and Communication Officer for Education programmes with UNICEF Nigeria in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. Before joining UNICEF in 2019, she founded www.coursefunds.com, a web resource that harnesses global and local scholarship opportunities for indigent but brilliant Nigerians and West Africans.

With a 14-year journalism experience researching, reporting, writing and editing in two of Nigeria’s foremost newsrooms, (Senior Writer, Tell Magazine and Senior Correspondent, The PUNCH Newspaper), she covered news stories, special features as well as investigations in the science, education, and health beats. 

She earned an MSc in International Relations/International Law from the University of Aberdeen, the United Kingdom, and a BSc in Journalism from the Lagos State University, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Skills Utilisation

With her years of experience, Adebayo can be a source on educational issues, particularly non-governmental and donor agencies.