Dr. Akin Akingbulu is an expert in media and communication development. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Media and Society (IMS), a media/communication support non-governmental organization based in Lagos, Nigeria.

He also works as a consultant in areas of media health and pluralism, media/communication policy, political communication as well as capacity building for civil society and government institutions. He has consulted for the Government of Nigeria and international institutions at home and abroad.

Akin has been the Coordinator of the Initiative on Building Community Radio in Nigeria and the Nigeria Community Radio Coalition since 2003. He was a member of the Working Group appointed by the Government of Nigeria to draft a Community Broadcasting Policy for the country in 2006.

He has conducted research and published on issues in the media and communication sector.

Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer of IMS, Akin worked in the education and youth development institutions of the public sector; in the media with Independent Communications Network, publishers of The News, and PM News titles, and the Independent Journalism Centre (IJC), Lagos.

He holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

akin@imesoimeso.org; akinakin23@yahoo.com