Rebecca Ayoade

Rebecca Folashade Ayoade is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and CFA charterholder who turns complex financial data into clear, actionable insight for donors, executives, and research teams. She currently serves as Project Accountant for the CEPI-funded Enable 1.5 Lassa Fever study and as finance team member in Advancing Research Capacity in West Africa (ARCWA), a regional programme that strengthens research management and financial oversight across university teaching hospitals and health institutions. 

Earlier, Rebecca spent nine years in the Nigerian telecoms sector—rising from Accounts Officer to finance manager. Her career began at Zenith Bank Plc, giving her a rock-solid grounding in cash 

Rebecca holds a Master of Science in Professional Accountancy from the University of London, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Technology in Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria.