DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS · AFRICA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of South Africa
Development economist · Researcher · Educator
Dr. Aminat Olayinka Olohunlana is a development economist with a PhD in Economics and experience in applied research, policy communication, fieldwork coordination and microfinance leadership. Her work examines firm capabilities, intellectual capital, performance and sustainability.
Her emerging research explores how financial inclusion, digitalisation and institutions can strengthen women’s economic participation and human capital in Africa. She translates data into empirical and policy insights, preparing briefs and management reports to support evidence-informed decisions.
Read my full academic biographyHuman productive capacities, institutions, industrialisation and environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa.
02Women’s economic participation, microfinance sustainability, entrepreneurship and the well-being of informal traders.
03Environmental sustainability, microfinance sustainability and sustainable economic growth in Africa.
Olohunlana, A. O. (2026). Human productive capacities, institutions, and environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Economics and Economic Policy, 23(48), 1–29. doi:10.1007/s10368-026-00748-1.
View publicationPopogbe, O. O., & Olohunlana, A. O. (2025). Africa’s structural transformation and inequality dynamics: Could governance quality explain the Developer’s Dilemma? The Journal of Developing Areas, 59(2), 109–123. doi:10.1353/jda.2025.a957755.
View publicationOlohunlana, A. O., Shittu, A. I., Adeosun, O. T., Popogbe, O., & Olohunlana, D. S. (2024). Women entrepreneurship and microfinance: implications on the mental well-being of informal traders in Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 6(3), 240–257. doi:10.1108/JHASS-06-2023-0065.
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