Teniola Tayo is a Policy Advisor with a focus on regional integration issues in Africa including the African Continental Free Trade Area and wider trade, security and development policies on the continent. She is currently the Trade Policy Fellow at the Africa Policy Research Institute. She has previously worked as a consultant with the Institute for Security Studies, Supply Chain Africa, United Nations Development Programme, and the West African think tank. She has also worked as a senior legislative aide with the Nigerian Senate and a consultant with the Office of the Vice President. She has a Masters degree from the London School of Economics, a Bachelors degree from the University of Ghana, and recently completed a fellowship at the European University Institute's School of Transnational Governance.