Aminata Niang is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center.
Niang has professional experience in research, policy analysis, and risk management. She is currently a research assistant at LSE, working with the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa and the Department of Government on projects exploring public finance and infrastructure policies in West Africa, as well as global value chains and land issues in export agriculture.
Previously, she served as a country risk analyst for Teranga Security Operations, where she conducted security monitoring and managed risk assessments and mapping across West African and Sahelian countries.
Niang holds a master of public administration degree from the London School of Economics, master’s degree in international affairs from Sciences Po Bordeau, and a bachelor’s degree in social and political sciences from Paris Sciences et Lettres.