Guest Speaker

FEMI ADEWOLE (M.Sc MBA MRICS HonFNIOB), Lead Consultant at Urban Economics International 

Femi Adewole is a housing finance professional and architect with over 34 years experience in  housing finance, development and project management. He recently retired as the  founding Managing Director at the Family Homes Funds Ltd – a Nigeria focussed affordable  housing development and finance company working towards delivering up to 300000 homes. 

Prior to joining the Family Homes Funds, he was Ag. Managing Director at Shelter Afrique, the  Nairobi-based Pan African Housing Development and Finance Institution. He has also held Director positions in some of the largest housing companies in the United Kingdom including Notting Hill Housing Group – one of London’s largest affordable housing provider where he was Group Operations Director; and the Guinness  Partnership where he was Investment Director. 

Femi currently focuses on developing afro-centric housing and infrastructure finance solutions  that address the unique context of predominantly low income and informal economies in Sub Saharan Africa.  In that regard, he has in the last year led the team at Family Homes Funds to  develop a home ownership programme which has received financing approval for US$60m  from the African Development Bank. The team also tapped the Nigeria Capital Market for the  first Sukuk Bond for affordable housing to raise up to US$73m.  

He is currently Lead Consultant at Urban Economics International advising public and private  sector based clients on Urban Infrastructure Projects.