About Us

About US

Africa Canada Impact Exchange Inc. is a Canadian-based, Africa-focused organization committed to facilitating impactful collaboration between public and private sector institutions across Africa and Canada.
OUR STORY

A Platform Built for Meaningful Exchange

Africa Canada Impact Exchange Inc. is a Canadian-based, Africa-focused organization committed to facilitating impactful collaboration between public and private sector institutions across Africa and Canada. We believe that development is most effective when built on mutual respect, collaboration, shared learning, and strategic partnership — not just knowledge transfer in one direction.

ACIE was established in British Columbia to respond to the rising demand for structured Africa–Canada collaboration across trade, investment, innovation, public administration, workforce development, emergency management, infrastructure, and education.

Operating as a bilateral facilitation platform, ACIE connects African governments, agencies, and private-sector leaders with Canadian institutions, industries, innovators, and public-sector partners — working year-round to design programs, missions, and bilateral initiatives that advance shared prosperity.

ACIE aligns with Canada’s growing interest in strengthening ties with Africa across diplomacy, trade, development, education, and innovation — serving as a credible, structured gateway between two continents with immense shared potential.

how Africa Canada Impact Exchange fosters collaboration promoting knowledge exchange between Africa and Canada
Our Foundation

Vision, Mission & Core Values

Vision

The Leading Bilateral Platform
To be the leading bilateral platform advancing impactful Africa–Canada partnerships that deliver sustainable economic and institutional development across both continents.

Mission

Structured, High-Value Collaboration
To facilitate structured, high-value collaboration between African and Canadian governments, institutions, and private-sector partners through trade enablement, capacity building, exchanges, innovation programs, and strategic advisory.

Core Values

What Guides Us

To facilitate structured, high-value collaboration between African and Canadian governments, institutions, and private-sector partners through trade enablement, capacity building, exchanges, innovation programs, and strategic advisory.

The People Behind ACIE

Management & Leadership Team

Success Eshikogie Adewole

Success Eshikogie Adewole

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

International partnerships strategist with over a decade of experience building Africa–Europe–Canada institutional linkages. Career spans student mobility, government engagement, market expansion, and delegation management across Ghana, Nigeria, Netherlands, UK, and Canada.

Naveen D.P

Naveen D.P

Director, Operations & Digital Systems
Digital transformation and operations leader with expertise in enterprise systems, ERP frameworks, automation, and workflow optimisation. Has executed multi-departmental digital migrations and data-driven operational reforms.
Abisola Akinrin

Abisola Akinrin

Director, Legal, Governance & Compliance
LL.B, BL, MBA, ACIS, MCISI, IAPM. Seasoned legal and governance professional with over 13 years of cross-sector experience spanning corporate law, financial services, compliance, and enterprise governance. Leads all legal and regulatory functions at ACIE.
Ifiokobong Wisdom Ating

Ifiokobong Wisdom Ating

Director, Branding, Communications & Media Partnerships


Accomplished brand strategist and communications specialist with a strong record of building influential media identities, public engagement platforms, and visual communication systems for organisations across multiple countries.

Hamid Mahmoudi

Hamid Mahmoudi

Senior Advisor, Project Management & Institutional Partnerships
 
BSc, MSc, CSSBB, PMP. Senior project management specialist and certified Six Sigma Black Belt with deep expertise in institutional project delivery, operational excellence, and multi-sector program implementation.
Dr. Osholu Gerald Adewole

Dr. Osholu Gerald Adewole

Senior Advisor, Public Diplomacy & Government Engagement

Distinguished public-sector leader with more than three decades of experience in cultural diplomacy, international relations, public administration, and government engagement across Africa and the global stage.