Michael Alabi

Beyond the Enterprise

The Sixth Domain

Five domains describe the work I'm paid for. This one describes the work I choose. For over a decade, the same instincts I bring to enterprise transformation — show up, take ownership, build something that outlasts your involvement — have shown up in rooms with no salary attached: youth policy tables, community fellowships, and behind a camera on a Sunday morning.

12
years active
7
roles held
100+
countries reached
1
operator

2014

African Representative, Charter Review

Youth Coalition on Internet Governance (YCIG)

Selected as one of the continent's youth voices to help rewrite the governance charter shaping how young Africans participate in global internet policy — a seat at a table usually reserved for career diplomats.

2014 – 2015

Information Literacy Fellow

Literacy Education and Empowerment for Development in Nigeria (LEEDNigeria)

Part of a national fellowship cohort building information and education literacy programs in underserved Nigerian communities — the same instinct for closing access gaps that now shows up in enterprise AI adoption work.

2014 – 2022

Director of Community Engagement, Country Council Executive

WorldMerit Nigeria

WorldMerit unites young changemakers across 100+ countries to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As a member of Nigeria's Country Council Executive, led community engagement strategy for eight years — growing the chapter's reach and steering grassroots initiatives from the Merit Impact projects to the Change Maker recognition program.

2017

Selected Participant, Youth Leadership Boot Camp

The Future Project × Ford Foundation

One of 40 candidates selected per state from 1,034 applications for a national leadership bootcamp built around enterprise and active citizenship — run in partnership with the Ford Foundation to develop Africa's next cohort of engaged leaders.

2018

Fellow, African ChangeMakers Fellowship

African ChangeMakers

Completed a five-week pan-African leadership and entrepreneurship program, joining a network of change-makers spanning 54 countries — sharpening skills in enterprise strategy, community-impact methodology, and cross-border collaboration.

2022 – Present

Lead Photographer

Daystar Christian Center, Lekki Center

Principal visual storyteller for one of Lagos's largest congregations — responsible for the imagery that represents a multi-thousand-member community to itself and to the world, week after week.

2024

Fellow, NSIG 2024

Nigeria School of Internet Governance

Completed an intensive national program on internet governance policy — deepening a decade-long thread of work at the intersection of technology, access, and public interest.

…and a track record of showing up wherever leverage is needed.

Same operator. Different domain.