Aklilu Fikresilassie

Aklilu Fikresilassie (PhD) is the Director of Cities for Africa at the World Resources Institute (WRI). He leads WRI’s cities portfolio/work in Africa. Dr. Aklilu, a qualified Urbanist and Leader, has over 19 years of professional leadership and technical experience in the field of Urban Development and Management, Environmental policies as well as managing governmental and non-governmental programs. Aklilu holds a PhD in Environmental Policy and Urbanization from University College Dublin; and a Master of Arts degree in Urban Management and Development (specialization: Urban and Regional development strategies) from Erasmus University, the Netherlands.