Founder

Dr. Oyinkansola Alabi The Emotions Doctor

Founder and Executive Director of EQ House of Africa. Africa's leading voice in emotional intelligence. The first African to attend the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. A Goldman Sachs Scholar. A US Army Behavioral Health Specialist. And the heart behind everything we do.

At a glance
Roles
Founder & Executive Director
EQ House of Africa
 
Founder & Lead Researcher
Emotions City
Education
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (alumna, first African)
Cornell University, HR Executive
Ph.D. (Hon.) Behavioral Psychology
Recognition
Goldman Sachs Scholar
US Army Achievement Medal
Alien of Extraordinary Ability (USA)
100 Most Influential Women, Nigeria
World Film Carnival Singapore Winner
Affiliations
Six Seconds Network
Forbes Business Council
American Psychological Association
WIMBIZ · ICF
Her story

A teacher, a healer, and a pioneer of emotional intelligence in Africa

Dr. Oyinkansola Alabi, popularly known across Africa and the global diaspora as The Emotions Doctor, is the founder of Emotions City and EQ House of Africa. As the first African to attend the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, she has spent nearly two decades building Africa's most respected institutional home for emotional intelligence — translating the science of EI into culturally rooted practice for individuals, organisations, and communities.

She is a Six Seconds Network Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and Assessor, a Goldman Sachs Scholar, a US Army Behavioral Health Specialist, and a recipient of the US Army Achievement Medal. The United States government has formally recognised her as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability. She holds a Ph.D. (Honoris Causa) in Behavioral Psychology, is a Cornell-trained Human Resource Executive, a Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapist, and a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.

Through Emotions City, Oyinkansola has trained tens of thousands of executives across organisations including KPMG, Guinness, Multichoice, Interswitch, First Bank, Stanbic IBTC, FCMB, Alder Consulting, and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. Her work has taken her to Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To date, she has certified over 401 Emotional Intelligence Specialists across more than 40 countries, and her programmes have produced more than 200 Emotions City graduates creating value worldwide.

In 2019 and again in 2022, she was recognised as one of the 100 most influential and impactful women in Nigeria. She is the convener of the first Emotional Intelligence Week in Africa, and the launching mind behind ED Negotiations — a corporate conflict resolution practice grounded in 15+ years of mediation experience. She is a member of WIMBIZ, the Forbes Business Council, and the American Psychological Association.

EQ House of Africa is the institutional home she built for the work that matters most to her: ensuring that Africans in the diaspora and on the continent have a place where their emotional lives are seen, named, and held. An author, musical artist, and spiritual leader, Oyinkansola continues to expand what emotional intelligence means for African excellence worldwide.

"Lack of emotional intelligence starts wars. Emotional intelligence ends them."

Dr. Oyinkansola Alabi

Selected client engagements

Through Emotions City, Oyinkansola and her team have delivered emotional intelligence training, executive coaching, and organisational consulting to leading corporations and institutions including:

KPMG
Guinness
Multichoice
Interswitch
First Bank
Stanbic IBTC
FCMB
Alder Consulting
Federal Ministry of Agriculture
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