Yewande Akinola MBE (an haife ta a shekarar 1984) Chartered Injiniyan ce wanda ta ƙware kan samar da wadataccen ruwa. Tana aiki a matsayin babbar Injiniya na Laing O'Rourke kuma ta karbi bakuncin nunin talabijin game da injiniyan Channel 4 da National Geographic. An haifi Akinola ne a shekarar 1984 a Najeriya. Yayinda take yarinya ta tsara zanen-daki. Mahaifinta, J. M Akinola, shi ne Sakatare na dindindin a ma’aikatar ayyuka na tsohuwar Yammacin Yankin a Nijeriya. Akinola ta karanci zanen Injiniya da Fasahar da ta dace a Jami’ar Warwick, wacce ta kammala a shekarar 2007. A lokacin tana digirinta injiniya ce ta Thames Water, inda ta yi aiki a wuraren tsabtataccen ruwan sha. A 2007 kungiyar Arup Group ce ta aiki ta a matsayin Injiniyan Kerege wanda yake zayyana kayan aikin ruwa da tsarin kula da ruwa. Yayin da take aiki da Arup, ta sami takardar shaidar digiri a jami'ar Cranfield a 2011. Akinola tana da sha'awar bunkasa ruwa da yin tsabta ga ƙasashe masu tasowa. Ta yi aiki a kan wasu ayyuka a Burtaniya, Afirka, Gabas ta Tsakiya da gabashin Asiya.