DOLAPO KUKOYI

IWA Team

May 19, 2026

DOLAPO KUKOYI
Founder/Lead Advisor at Open Spaces & Bridges, and AFARA

Dolapo Kukoyi is an energy and infrastructure strategist, legal expert, and governance leader with over 20 years of experience delivering high-impact projects across Africa. Until June 2025, she was Senior Partner at Detail Commercial Solicitors, Lagos, where she led complex transactions in energy, climate finance, and investment strategy, advising organisations on regulation, financial structuring, and sustainable growth.

She is now Founder and Lead Advisor at Open Spaces and Bridges, a strategic energy and infrastructure advisory firm focused on Africa and emerging markets, and Founder of AFARA, an accelerator supporting African women entrepreneurs in energy and infrastructure.

Today, 19th of May, 2026, AFARA Africa Accelerator Immersive is launched. A gathering of founders, investors, policymakers, industry leaders, and ecosystem partners committed to advancing women-led ventures across Africa’s energy and infrastructure sectors.

AFARA, through its initiatives, has pleged to continue to support African women building bold solutions by improving access to funding, partnerships, mentorship, and growth opportunities.

Also, among Dolapo’s numerous hats includes serving as a senior international consultant, advising governments, regulators, development finance institutions, donors, philanthropies, and think tanks, including GIZ, GET.transform, GET.invest, FCDO, CIG Zambia, the African Climate Foundation, and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.

She has led technical assistance programmes that expand energy access and accelerate the energy transition in Nigeria and across Africa. She serves on several boards, including Kowry Energy, Arctic Infrastructure, and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, helping shape investment policy, governance frameworks, and climate finance strategy. Her work has been recognised by IFLR 1000, Chambers, and Who’s Who Legal.

Dolapo is a speaker and thought leader who is passionate about advancing women in professional and entrepreneurial spaces.

She is married with two children and enjoys music, leisure travel, and amateur golf.