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Adedayo Adeniyi is the founder of Matadors Leadership Institute and one of the few practitioners in Africa working at the intersection of leadership development, civic policy, and ecosystem building. Through Matadors, his work has reached thousands of young people across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa, equipping them with the ethical grounding, civic confidence, and practical skills to lead before they hold a title. The institution now operates across two jurisdictions — the original Nigerian entity, and Matadors Leadership Institute Inc. (Maryland, USA), a U.S.-registered nonprofit established to support transnational fundraising and partnership development.

Adedayo holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literary Studies from Obafemi Awolowo University, a Diploma in Mass Communication from Yaba College of Technology, and a Certification in Civic Leadership from the Staley School of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University. He is a Mandela Washington Fellow (U.S. Department of State, 2016) and a USAID–IREX Award recipient. In September 2024, he co-organised and spoke at a UNGA 79 side event at Pratt Institute, New York, alongside the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria and the YALI Network Nigeria.

He has led partnerships including a $50,000 U.S. Mission-funded STEM initiative that trained 300 secondary school girls and 60 female science teachers across Osun State. Adedayo has authored five books on leadership, including Atunko Idari — the first leadership book ever written in Yoruba, an indigenous Nigerian language. He has spoken on TEDx stages and at convenings across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and the United States.