Faculty & Academic Members

Acrest Online Education classes are universal and are led by leading practitioners in their fields to provide students with real-world skills, enable critical thinking, and advance innovation. Our faculty team has over 100 years of combined teaching, mentoring, and coaching experience and develops the course, guides and supervises students, and ensures that our students have an excellent learning experience.

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Late Prof Samuel Abdullahi Booth

Founding Director

-Professor N.A.E.R.L.S  Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria -D.I.C Imperial College, london -PhD Entomology University of London, United Kingdom (UK). -M.Sc. Crop Production University College of North Wales. U.K. -BSc. (Hons) Agriculture Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria

Omotayo Daud’ Alabi

Registrar and International Training Director

-PhD International Agribusiness and Value Chain Management (Candidate), Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
– Certificate in Business Sustainability Management. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
-MSc Programme and Project Management, University of Chester, United Kingdom
-PGC Sustainable Development, University of Exeter , United Kingdom
-Agriculture Extension and Management, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria.

Dr. Enke Weisheit

Programme Curriculum & Quality Director

-PhD. Phamarbiotonics and Indigenous Medicine. Mbarara University of Technology, Uganda -M Agr. Agricultural Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany -B.Sc in Agricultural Trading Agro-business marketing & management. Anhalt University of Applied Sciences,   Bernburg, Germany -Engineer School of Agro-chemistry & Plant Protection, Halle, Germany -Betriebsberufsschule (BBS) “Edwin Hoernle”,  Breitungen, Germany

Prof. Johnson Otun

Head Post Graduate School and Member of Curriculum & Quality Control

-Professor Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria -PhD. Water Engineering, University of Darr  Salam, Tanzania -MSc  Water Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria -BSc  Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

Prof. Dele Abdurrahman Alabi

Head of School of Engineering

-Associate Professor.  Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria. -PhD -Mechanical Engineering Universiti Putra Malaysia. -MSc. Mechanical Engineering Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria. -BSc. Mechanical Engineering Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria

Dr. Abdul – Rahman Sowa

Head of Business School

-Ph.D. in Public Administration, Njala University (Candidate)
-Doctor of Business Administration SMCU, Zurich, Switzerland
-Master of Science (MSc) in Development Studies with a bias in Development Economics
-Master of Education (M. Ed) bias in M&E- University of Sierra Leone
-Post Graduate Diploma in Education bias in Psychology and Child Development, University of Sierra Leone
-BSc (Hons) Chemistry- University of Sierra Leone

Femi Adeshina Bankole

Accounting and Financial Management

-MSc Financial Management. Kaduna State University, Nigeria. -BSc equivalent Pest Management. Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. -Diploma in General Agriculture. Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria.

Dr. Lamin Kamara

Head of Development School

-PhD Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Reading, UK. -MSc Agriculture and Development. University of Reading, UK. -BSc (Hons) Agricultural Extension Njala University Sierra Leone. -Certificate, Contemporary Climate Change. University of Oxford, UK. -Certificate, Statistics. University of Reading

David Suale

Agribusiness & Agro Ecology

-MSc Soil Science, Njala University, Sierra Leone. -BSc (Hons) Agriculture, Njala University, Sierra Leone

Charles Hopkins

Project & NGO Management

-Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies, International Relations and Affairs. Kampala International University Uganda. -BSc. Sociology Methodist  University  Liberia. -Senior Resilience Advisor Tufts University Karamoja Resilience Support Unit 

Vandi Sheriff

Project Management & Head of Agcrest Development Centre


-MSc Project Management, KROK University of Economics and Laws, Kyiv, Ukraine.

-Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Environment and Development, Njala University, Sierra Leone

PETEMAA .A. SHERIFF

Head of Outreach and Investments

Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Fouray Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. – M.B.A Impact Entrepreneurship, University of Makeni/Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

Gloria Uduak Ekpo

Adult Education & Gender

-M.Ed Adult Education. University of Lagos, Nigeria. -Postgraduate Diploma In Environmental Education. University Of Calabar -Nigeria. -B.A. (Hon) English/ Curriculum And Teaching. University Of Calabar, Nigeria

Dr. Pio Deng/ Faculty Member Soil Science

Professor at Upper Nile University South Sudan

 

  1. -PhD. Soil Science
  2. -MSc. Soil Science
  3. -B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture

Dr. Solomon Celso Kumudan Loya

Research Method & Agriculture

-PhD Crop Production, University of Khartoum, Khartoum Sudan. -MSc Crop Production, University of Gezira, Sudan. -BSc Crop Production, University of Khartoum, Sudan