He serves as an Adjunct Faculty member at USIU-Africa’s Chandaria School of Business, where he teaches sustainable entrepreneurship, leadership, and governance. He is currently a Senior Consultant on Climate Insurance and Governance under the De-Risking Agricultural Finance and Climate Resilience (DAFCR) program within the Agriculture Finance and Rural Development Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

He is also a key resource in the design and development of the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation (ACRIFA), an initiative aimed at mobilizing $1 billion in concessional, high-risk capital and grants to de-risk private sector investments and accelerate the development and uptake of climate insurance solutions for Africa’s agri-food sector. In addition, Dr. Bashir is a member of the eminent High-Level Panel on Closing the Climate Protection Gap at the Centre of Disaster Protection (CDP) in London.