TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: YINUSA, OYEKUNLE

POSITION: LECTURER 1 SPECIALISATION: MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

 Personal Statement

I am an entrepreneurship educator and innovative early career researcher committed to promoting lifelong learning to empower individuals to adapt and succeed in an ever-changing world. My work focuses on enhancing employability skills and stimulating enterprise creation among young adults for employment creation and economic independence. My ultimate goal is to translate research into business ideas leading to scalable enterprises and training delivery that address Africa’s youth unemployment challenges and sustainable development through collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches.

 Positions, Appointments, and Honours

• Deputy Coordinator, Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Programme 2025
• Coordinator, General Studies (GST) for Faculty of Education 2023
• Reviewer for the Journal of Committee of Deans of Education in Nigerian Universities (CODENU) 2024
• Judge for the Business, Innovation, and Talent Expression (BITE) Pitch Competition organized by the ESDC, UNILAG 2024
• Member and Secretary, Local Organising Committee of the Faculty of Education Lecture Series 2024-2025
• Winner of the VICBHE Module 9 Professor Emeritus PETER AKINSOLA OKEBUKOLA Project Prize as the Best Overall Participant 2024
• Certificate of Excellence – Mashauri Headlines Startup Mentor Program Cum laude 2023
• Team member of a 5,000 Euros Research Grant – Funded by the German Research Foundation, Cluster of Excellence in African Studies and Lagos African Cluster Centre, University of Lagos June 2022-November 2022
• Selected Most Recent Publications/Contributions to Knowledge

1. Falobi, O. V., Yinusa, O.,Okuneye, O.S., & Olagunju, B.O. (2025). Motivation variants and job performance of teachers in private senior secondary schools in Lagos State. International Journal of Innovative Technology Integration in Education (IJITIE), 8(1), 28-35.
2. Falobi, O. V., Yinusa, O.,& Akinjobi, O. D. (2024). Entrepreneurial Skills and Profitability in Lagos’s Small and Medium Scale Enterprise: A Mainland Area Study. Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought, 14(2), 9–16. Retrieved from https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JCIT/article/view/10252
3. Ojeomogha, T.O. & Yinusa, O.(2024). Effects of Teacher Training Approaches on Pre-service Teachers’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Skills: Insights from the Pre-service Teachers in the University of Lagos. Nigerian Journal of Teacher Education and Development (NIJOTED), 1(1), 80-90.
4. Anyikwa, B. E., Yinusa, O.,Akin-Otiko, A., Eleshin, A., Mujeed, A. O., & Adewunmi, A. A. (2023). Egbé and Kánàkò traditional hunting methods: Implications for community policing and women’s involvement in socio-economic sustainability in South West Nigeria. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714231203127
5. Galeotti, G., Daddi, D., Yinusa, , & Al-haddad, A. (2022). Higher education programmes and experiences for employability: A comparative analysis between Italy, Nigeria, and Palestine. Sisyphus — Journal of Education, 10(2), 107-128. doi: https://doi.org/10.25749/sis.2565     
6. Collaborators/ Networks(International inclusive

1. Parvathy Naidoo, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2. Regina Egetenmeyer, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

• Simon Gifford, Mashauri Limited, California, UK
• Azeez Adebakin, Obafemi Awolowo University