Nimi Wariboko

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Nimi Wariboko
NationalityNigerian
OccupationAcademic

Nimi Wariboko (born April 4, 1962) [1] is an academic and Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University, United States. [2] He was born in Abonnema, Rivers State, Nigeria. [3] With a background is in economics he worked as a banker in Lagos and as a strategy consultant to some of the top investment banks on Wall Street. Previously he also worked as a journalist in Lagos. [4] He is today primarily known as an academic and ethicist but also continues to act as a management consultant to governments and corporations. [5] Professor Wariboko has published extensively in the fields of Christian ethics and economics including God and Money: A Theology of Money in a Globalizing World which argues for a denationalized global currency. [6]

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References

  1. "Wariboko, Nimi, 1962-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. "Nimi Wariboko | School of Theology". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  3. "Igali extols Clark, Wariboko over immense educational impact". Vanguard News. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  4. "ANN: The Toyin Falola Interviews: A Conversation with Professor Nimi Wariboko, Part One | H-Africa | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  5. "ANN: The Toyin Falola Interviews: A Conversation with Professor Nimi Wariboko, Part One | H-Africa | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  6. Wariboko, Nimi (2010). God and Money: A Theology of Money in a Globalizing World. Rowman & Littlefield.