Ebrima is the Executive Director of Trust Africa. He holds an MA in Economic and Social Administrationfrom
the University of Grenoble, a Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Socio-economics of Development, and a
Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He was the Senior Programme Officer
and Head of Research at CODESRIA, ultimately appointed as Executive Secretary. He is a member of the Expert
Group supporting the work of UNESCO’s Global Commission on the Futures of Education, and the Scientific
Advisory Committee of UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations programme. Ebrima is a prolific writer
and editor of several publications on higher education, academic freedom, the social sciences, social movements,
citizenship, governance, and post-conflict transitions in Africa.