Charles Asenime, Lagos State University 

Professor Charles Asenime is a distinguished academic and practitioner specialising in urban and regional transportation planning, inclusive mobility, inland waterways transport and logistics. He currently serves as Dean of the School of Transport and Logistics. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and the Nigerian Institute of Shipping.

Over the course of his career, Professor Asenime has contributed to numerous research and consultancy projects. These include the Evaluation of Rural Travel Management in the South-South Ecological Zone for the World Bank (2002); the Traffic Turning Movement Study at Jibowu Roundabout and Interchange for the World Bank and the Lagos State Government; a study on the travel challenges faced by residents of informal communities in Lagos State and a Comparative Analysis of E-Hailing Mobility Services in selected cities across West, East, and Southern Africa for the Volvo Research Foundation (2021).

Most recently, he led a study for the Volvo Research Foundation (2022) examining the causal relationship between overlapping governance authorities and the persistent traffic congestion in the Apapa Port area of Lagos State, Nigeria.

Professor Asenime has authored and contributed to numerous publications and monographs, including Transport-Related Issues in Nigeria, INTALinC/VREF Country Report (Nigeria), Rural Mobility and Livelihoods, Povita, Badagry and Theories, Concepts and Mathematical Applications in Transport Research, among others.

His work continues to advance knowledge and practice in transportation planning, mobility and logistics across Africa.