Chairman of the University Council, Cavendish University Uganda & Chief Academic Officer, Maarifa Education Holding
Prof. Olubayi Olubayi is the Chief Academic Officer at Maarifa Education Holding and the Chairman, University Council of Cavendish University Uganda. Prior to joining Maarifa Education Holding, he was the Vice Chancellor/President of the International University of East Africa (IUEA) in Uganda. He is a scientist and an expert on bacteria, education, learning, leadership and social-entrepreneurship. As a scientist and eclectic scholar, Prof. Olubayi earned his Ph.D. on bacteria-and- plant cell interactions at Rutgers University, holds a research patent on the flocculation of bacteria and has published several scholarly articles in microbiology, biotechnology and social science.
As an educator he taught at Middlesex College and at Rutgers University for 16 years, and has taught critical thinking in the IUEA MBA program. He has been an advisor and consultant to government officials in Kenya and South Africa, and UNDP on matters of literacy, education, biotechnology, sustainable development and global citizenship. He is an external advisor to PhD students in the Oxford University-Kemri/Wellcome Trust Research Program in Kilifi, Kenya.
As a social entrepreneur, Prof. Olubayi co-founded the non-profit Kiwimbi International and the widely respected American Non-profit Global Literacy Project which sets up libraries worldwide and provides global service learning opportunities. As a thinker, he is the author of the book “Education for a Better World.
