GOV. SANWO-OLU AS GUEST SPEAKER AT JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. FORUM, HOSTED BY HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL INSTITUTE OF POLITICS

Pix 0982 l-r: Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Center for African Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Zoe Marks; Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Mayor of Monrovia in Liberia, Hon. John-Charuk Siafa and Professor of African Religious Traditions (Harvard Divinity School)/Professor of African and African American Studies (Faculty of Arts and Sciences), Prof. Jacob Olupona during the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum themed: “Africa’s Urban Future: Cities at the Crossroads of Growth and Resilience”, organized by Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in Massachusetts, United States of America, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Pix 4248 l-r: Professor of African Religious Traditions (Harvard Divinity School)/Professor of African and African American Studies (Faculty of Arts and Sciences), Prof. Jacob Olupona; Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Center for African Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Zoe Marks during the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum themed: “Africa’s Urban Future: Cities at the Crossroads of Growth and Resilience”, organized by Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in Massachusetts, United States of America, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Pix 3836 from right: Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Center for African Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Zoe Marks (left) and Mayor of Monrovia in Liberia, Hon. John-Charuk Siafa (right) during the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum themed: “Africa’s Urban Future: Cities at the Crossroads of Growth and Resilience”, organized by Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in Massachusetts, United States of America, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Pix 3830 l-r: Special Adviser to Governor of Lagos State on PPP, Mrs Bukola Odoe; Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr Tunbosun Alake; Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Center for African Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Zoe Marks; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a participant and Special Adviser to the Governor –Corporate and Finance Strategy, Mr Akintayo Sanwo-Olu during the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum themed: “Africa’s Urban Future: Cities at the Crossroads of Growth and Resilience”, organized by Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in Massachusetts, United States of America, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Pix 3336 l-r: Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State –Corporate and Finance Strategy, Mr Akintayo Sanwo-Olu; Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr Tunbosun Alake; Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Center for African Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Zoe Marks; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Demba Ba and a participant during the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum themed: “Africa’s Urban Future: Cities at the Crossroads of Growth and Resilience”, organized by Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in Massachusetts, United States of America, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

​Fawumi Kayode Abiodun
Political Analyst | CEO, Ekocity Media | Publisher, Ekocity Magazine and The Capitol Poste.