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Damilola Bello
Research Analyst
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Damilola Bello is a Nigerian media professional passionate about using strategic communication
for narrative engineering and the ethical shaping of global consciousness within corporate and
public institutions. Her work sits at the intersection of governance and media relations, exploring
how this complex relationship influences the protection of fundamental human rights.
Her current research focuses on digital repression and its impact on freedom of speech across
emerging African democracies. Beyond this, Damilola is deeply invested in advancing Africa’s
development and autonomy within an evolving multipolar world. She explores how economic
integration, African foreign policy, and knowledge systems shape the continent’s role in the 21st
century and the global order.
Through research-driven innovation across products, policy, and technology, she contributes to
building frameworks that catalyses informed and independent societies.
