Name: A. Kayum Ahmed

Position: Political Education Lead

Location : New York, USA

Pronouns : He/Him

Kayum Ahmed is a South African activist-scholar who serves as Political Education Lead at Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA). He is responsible for designing and implementing FIA's global political education strategy centered on reimagining the neoliberal economic order. Before joining FIA, Kayum taught as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University, and held the role of Visiting Scientist at Harvard University. Kayum holds a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University as well as various law degrees from the universities of Oxford (MS.t), Cape Town (LL.B.), and Leiden (LL.M.). In addition, he has degrees in anthropology (M.A.) and theology (B.A. Hons).