Seasoned Dean of Engineering and Professor to steer academic quality, curriculum architecture, and faculty excellence across AEBS programmes.
African Energy Business School (AEBS) today announced the appointment of Prof. Oluseyi Olanrewaju Ajayi, PhD as Vice President, Academics, strengthening the institution’s drive to build a rigorous, industry-relevant academic engine for Africa’s evolving energy economy. He will be working with other members of the Board to drive the affairs of the school and motivate towards actualizing the vision and mandate to be a leading beacon of transformation dedicated to reimagining oil and gas business education for Africa’s Energy Leaders.
Prof. Ajayi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and currently serves as Dean, College of Engineering, Covenant University, where he leads academic strategy, research productivity, faculty development, and STEM student success initiatives. His scholarship spans energy systems, renewable energy, advanced materials, and manufacturing technology, with a track record of curriculum development and postgraduate supervision.
A globally engaged academic leader, Prof. Ajayi was a U.S. Fulbright (Senior) African Research Scholar at Tennessee Technological University (USA), where he advanced collaborative research on energy efficiency and renewable energy systems, while building enduring research networks between institutions. He has also served as a Visiting Researcher at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), contributing to collaborative work in heat transfer, nanofluids, and energy systems.
In his new role at AEBS, Prof. Ajayi will lead the institution’s academic mandate across four interlocking pillars: curriculum and learning design, faculty governance and development, quality assurance and accreditation readiness, and research-to-industry translation. He will oversee the buildout of outcomes-based programme blueprints, competency maps aligned to energy value-chain roles, assessment integrity systems, and continuous improvement loops driven by learner performance data. His remit will also include strengthening postgraduate supervision frameworks and expanding applied research collaborations with industry and policy institutions.
Commenting on the appointment, Engr. Victor Azamosa, President & Chief Executive Officer of AEBS, said: “Prof. Ajayi joins AEBS at a time when energy education must become more exacting and more useful. We are building a school where theory is disciplined, practice is measurable, and graduates can stand in boardrooms, control rooms, and project sites with the same confidence. His record in academic leadership, curriculum development, and high-impact research makes him central to that mission.”
Prof. Ajayi added: “AEBS has a clear calling: to turn Africa’s energy ambitions into human capability, and human capability into execution. My focus will be to build academic systems that are technically sound and relentlessly practical, where learning outcomes are defined, measured, improved, and respected. We will organize to teach the physics, the economics, the project logic, and the governance, until competence becomes a habit. I am glad to be a part of this Board.”
Prof. Ajayi holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering, and is professionally affiliated with bodies including COREN, Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE), and the Nigerian Society of Engineers, reflecting a strong bridge between academic depth and professional practice. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Administrator (FCIA). His recognitions include the U.S. Fulbright award (2019–2020), Chancellor’s Exceptional Researcher of the Year (2017-2019), and Best Mechanical Engineering Lecturer (2019, 2023), among others.
About African Energy Business School (AEBS)
African Energy Business School is a professional institution focused on building technical, commercial, and leadership capability across Africa’s oil, gas, power, and new energy value chains. AEBS delivers industry-aligned programmes designed to translate knowledge into execution, strengthening the continent’s pipeline of project-ready talent.
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