faculty members
Vusi Thembekwayo
South Africa
Vusi Thembekwayo is a venture capitalist best selling author renowned enterpreneur and global business people he was named one of the top 12 speakers in the world buy MeetingsNet for his inspirational and transformational impact on businesses.
Vusi is the go to guy for many CEO and executives navigating of disruption and change.
Vusi has worked in 37 countries across six continents helping leaders make necessary but painful shifts in their businesses. He is a regular contributor to CNBC and Forbes and has appeared on BBC, CNN and Bloomberg.
Supported by research team, Vusi combines global experiences with locally relevant content, highlighting opportunities, and guiding business leaders towards exponential growth. It is this value that has organisations calling Vusi back again and again.
He is equally comfortable on the factory floor, as he is with CEOS, tailoring each address to perfectly aligned with his audiences.
Edith Njage
Kenya
Edith Njage is a Social and Serial Entrepreneur based in Africa. She holds a Master of Science in International Business with a major in Disruptive Innovation and a Master of Science in Finance, both from HULT International Business School. Edith also holds Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Finance and a Bachelor in Business Management with a major in Economics.
She is a Mentor to 3,656 young people in Africa as the Director of Westlands Job Creation LTD which has managed to create tens of thousands of jobs in 12 African countries.
Edith is the Co-Founder and current CEO of Arielle for Africa LTD which aims to create 113,000 jobs in Africa through disruptive business models, mentorship and funding for entrepreneurs. They are currently working with entrepreneurs in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana.
Edith is also the Co-Founder and CFO of Creative Brain Academy which provides a career control centre to keep millennials lifelong employable. Founded in the Netherlands and present in 40 developed countries, moving to developing countries this year.
She has been awarded an associate member title of Association of Business Executives; worked with over 70 cultures and has spoken on different platforms around the world. She maintains Exponential finance and business consultant skills used by companies all over Europe and the USA.
Kwame Opoku
Ghana
Kwame A.A Opoku is an Award-Winning Futurist, Global Business Keynote Speaker, 2x Tedx Speaker, Brand Architect, Serial Entrepreneur and a Social Media/Digital Marketer. He was awarded the 2017 Africa Youth of the Year at the African Youth Awards and named among the Top 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow by the St. Gallen Symposium and 100 Most Influential Young Africans. On December 1st, 2018 He was announced Ecowas Youth Ambassador. He was recently named one of the Top 100 Speakers From Ghana, making him one of the youngest to ever make the list.
As an entrepreneur, he is CEO of the RESET GLOBAL PEOPLE , a leading communications, marketing, events and SDGS-aligned Agency with a bank of super creative and talented minds connecting, informing and creating inspiring work focused on youth engagement and policy, and helping young people succeed. The Agency runs 6 Flagship Initiatives, the THE GLOBAL SDGs YOUTH SUMMIT, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP FESTIVAL, The AFRICAN WOMEN CEOs SUMMIT, TOP 100 WOMEN CEOs in Africa List, the RESET FESTIVAL and a host of Initiatives including Masterclasses, Courses, Digital University Tours and Global Goals Campaigns. He is also a self-published author.
He is one of the most recognised voices on the Continent in the Area of Exponential technologies and has since founded Future Governance Forum.
He is also the Founding President of Institute of Future Learning, a collaborative learning platform and educational institute focused on raising the next crop of exponential thinkers and innovators. HE is an itinerary speaker on the subject of Cyber Security, AI, Robotics, Blockchain and other EmergingTechnologies. He is the founder of the Ghana AI &Blockchain Forum and CO-Founder of the Digital CEO Summit which runs in 8 African Countries.
Kwame is a dynamic millennial who brings international experience to driving transformation and youth empowerment in Africa.
He is currently the Vice Chair, West Africa for the Young CEOs Business Forum, one of the World’s leading Organizations, where he heads operations in 16 Countries.
Steve Harris
Nigeria
Steve Harris helps high performance individuals and institutions bridge the gap between their performance and potential.
He is exceptionally good at High Performance Coaching & Business Acceleration. In May and September 2015 as well as in April 2016, he was listed among the World’s Top 100 Business Coaches to Follow on Twitter.
He has been featured on The Economist, Slate Magazine and other news, print and digital media. In June 2019, he was featured on Forbes Africa. ‘I’m tough on my clients because they come to me with a destination they want to get to, but they’ve never been and it’s my responsibility to get them there; and I take it seriously’.
He is also a certified member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), a member of the Life Coaches Association of Nigeria (LCAN), the American Association of Small Business Consultants, Texas, USA and the International Certified Consultants Association, Canada.
Nancy Nnadi
Nigeria
Nancy Nnadi is a successful serial entrepreneur who is the founded three thriving companies: Agunancy Nig Ltd, Gidco Telecoms, and The Nancy Nnadi Academy. Her passion is geared towards empowering business owners with the knowledge they need to bridge the divide in business. This has motivated the series of training organized by ‘The Nancy Nnadi Academy’ for business owners.
She also functions as keynote speaker in not a few programs across the states in Nigeria, where she is seen inspiring and educating business owners on how they can soar in business. Also, she is an author of the e-book, ‘Boss Money’.
Atinuke Babatunde
Nigeria
Atinuke Babatunde is a branding and marketing expert who loves to help business owners find clarity in their branding and marketing. She teaches proven strategies that have helped thousands of business owners and holds a MSc from the University of Lagos and an MBA from Lagos Business School, graduating with a distinction in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Currently, she is a Doctoral Research student at the Edinburgh Business School and has over 18 years working for Multinational companies with specialization around Research, Media, Branding and Marketing. She works in one of the largest Entertainment platforms in Africa, where she heads 3 units.
She has trained thousands of business owners in various workshops, online courses, consulting sessions and speaking engagements. Her company has been given an award for Social Good based on the work done since she started in 2017. She is an Associate member of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON).
Debola Deji Kurunmi
Nigeria
Debola Deji-Kurunmi, fondly called DDK, is the President/ Founder at Deborah Initiative for Women, a non-denominational Christian ministry in 5 countries equipping women to live for Christ and further the Kingdom Agenda.
She is the Executive Director at Ideation Hub Africa, an accelerator for Africa’s social innovators, change makers and development entrepreneurs, which hosts Development Dialogue, Nigeria’s leading conference for NGOs leaders, Social Entrepreneurs and Changemakers.
She is also Founder/ CEO at IMMERSE Coaching Company, an online personal transformation institute helping women launch a higher version of themselves. IMMERSE has an alumni of over 10, 000 women across 9 countries from its suite of Programs since 2014.The Coaching Company has recently evolved into IMMERSE Inner Circle a subscription-based online coaching membership providing courses coaching and community to women.
propel vessels of revival working through ministry, missions and marketplace.
A World Bank Project Facilitator, Certified Workplace Personality Profile Analyst and Job Evaluation Analyst with the prestigious Thomas International, her corporate career spans academic research, learning and development, management consulting and social sector advisory in organizations including Human Capacity Development Consultants, Phillips Consulting and RegCharles Foundation.
Daniel Sarpong
Ghana
Daniel is an author, a speaker, and a global sales coach popularly known as Africa’s Greatest Sales Coach. He has trained thousands of business executives, startups, and global business leaders from over 20 different countries. He also works as a professional brand and digital marketing consultant; he has an infinite experience in this field of digital marketing and branding, having planned ideal digital marketing strategies and ensured smooth and professional execution for brands such as LG Ghana, Lenovo Gh, Electromart, Ezone Electronics,
Twellium Industrial Co Ltd(Rush Energy Drink), Alliance Marketing among others.
He is highly self-motivated and a result-oriented gentleman who apart from being committed to continuous learning, focuses on productivity not just activity. His passion for his career and desire to make positive inputs and contributions in every environment he finds himself is his long suit.
Daniel is not a fan of religion as well as religious patterns and trends but he is a lover of God as he has experienced and also understands how spirituality is an advantage in career, life and in generally living your dreams.
Very jovial, daring, adventurous and the people’s person that he is, he loves to travel, involve in political and intellectual debates, inspire others, meet new people and have fun with friends.
Padebi Ojomo
Nigeria
As a Transformational Business Consultant and Trainer with foresight and creative imagination, Padebi Ojomo
has an impressive history of ambitious business experiences and a record of delivering revolutionary sales
transformation to her clients. She has a consistent record of positioning organisations for success, spurring
Millions of Naira of revenue growth, launching new revenue streams and delivering business training that
demonstrates financial success.
Padebi is a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Speaker, a Certified DISC Behavioral Analysis
Consultant, a Serial Entrepreneur, and a Facebook Certified Digital Marketing Associate with years of experience
providing outstanding training for hundreds of small business owners and aspiring Entrepreneurs. She is the
founder of the Elite Business School, an online school that supports the modern-day Entrepreneur to create a
“Leveraged Income System”, and also the Founder of The Business Success Network Africa-A Digital Marketing
and Leadership Development Agency in Lagos Nigeria.
Padebi has been in business for 17 years and in the training and public speaking field since 2009, she has taken
her years of working in sales and marketing for startups and combined it with her speaking talent to create and
deliver sales courses and various training. She is known for her dynamic, motivating and humorous speaking
style, she has delivered training through her online business school and has worked alongside various
governmental organisations to provide training workshops to over 1, 500 recent University Graduates and
women in business.
She is fondly called “The Business Growth Expert”; she is a practitioner and leader in the use of ARV Advantage (A:
Avatar R: Relationship V: Value) for organisational transformation, a marketing methodology she created to
support organisations in attracting and retaining the ideal customers leveraging digital tools and platforms.
Before her training and public speaking experience, Padebi operated various businesses such as Purple Signature
Limited, Chic Carpenter Limited (the first indigenous online furniture e-commerce store in West Africa), Business
Savvy Chic Academy and Kashmere Stores. Padebi has landed coverage in print outlets such as The Guardian
Newspaper and she is passionate about leading disruptive sales and marketing innovations among small
businesses.
Padebi has an innate ability to identify and actualise valuable ideas and her strength comes through her unique
ability to use her business experiences to understand the knowledge and skills her training participants need to
increase their sales performance, she then designs and delivers her training in a way that excites and encourages
participants to practice the new skills to alter their business trajectory.
Padebi is also a Mentor at the Tony Elumelu Foundation and she has a Diploma in Interior Design from New York
Institute of Art and Design. She has strengthened the brand of any business she has ever served and her goal is to
support 1,000 businesses in building a loyal community of lifelong buyers.
Padebi lives in Lagos State, Nigeria, when she is not making contributions to small businesses and communities or
helping organizations map out profitable marketing strategies, she can be found spending quality time with her
husband and two daughters.
John Obidi
Nigeria
John Obidi is a New Media Consultant, International Speaker and Personal Development Trainer. He is a highly skilled, compelling visionary and phenomenal resourceful person bringing practical intelligence and transferable solutions to both the workplace and marketplace as a whole; and doing so in the most innovative and unconventional ways, unlocking admiration and gratitude from clients and industry stakeholders everywhere. In 2018, John was voted amongst Avance Media’s 100 Most influential Young Nigerians, coming in 2nd in the final rankings. In December 2018, he won The Future Awards Africa Prize for New Media. John is a leading consultant on online digital marketing in Africa and is the founder of HEADSTART AFRICA, a community of over 120,000 business and career professionals. As a thought leader in personal development, leadership and online marketing, John’s blog, podcasts, webinars, workshops, masterclasses, conferences and speaking engagements are acclaimed to be practical, disruptive, paradigm shifting, forward looking and highly progressive. He has served as keynote speaker in Brazil, UAE, Ghana, Zambia and Nigeria. John is available as keynote speaker and panelist for conferences, workshops and knowledge sharing platforms.
Dr Glory Edozien
Nigeria
Dr Glory is a LinkedIn Visibility Coach and Lead Consultant at the Inspired by Glory Academy, where she teaches mid-senior level career women how to build visibility and establish thought leadership on LinkedIn, so they can get the recognition they deserve, earn more money and climb the corporate ladder.
Dr Glory’s training and consulting clients include Schneider Electric, Access Bank, Sterling Bank, Shell Women Network, AIICO Insurance, OCEAN DEEP DRILLING ESV NIGERIA LIMITED (ODENL), FCSL Asset Management Company Limited, Access Bank, Association of Professional Women’s Bankers, Addosser Micro Finance Bank, Women in Finance NG, Women Inspiring Impact Network, to mention a few. Her personal coaching clients and course participants include mid-senior level executives in companies such as Shell, SAP, ECO Bank, Unilever, The British Council, Sterling Bank, BBC, IBM and a combination of NGOs and government establishments.
Her clients have received high profile appointments, key partnerships, commendations in their careers, published in recognized media, launched their own platforms and gotten clarity on their thought leadership brands as well as their next career moves. Till date she has provided training and coaching services for over 500 women.
Dr Glory is an alumni of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers and has been listed as one of Nigeria’s 100 most inspiring women. She has been featured in many notable magazines and platforms including Guardian Life, Ebony Life TV, Genevive Magazine and Arise.
She holds a PhD in Real Estate and Planning from the University of Reading, UK and is a Certified Expert in climate change and renewable energy finance and regularly consults on climate change policy documents.
Karika Yonreme
Nigeria
Karika Yonreme is a Networking and people strategy expert. She has leveraged her years of
experience in business development strategy for international companies in Africa, The
Middle East, Europe and South America, to partner with executives, entrepreneurs, and
professionals to grow their personal brands.
She has leveraged her skillset in Stakeholder management, business planning, project
management, and leadership to manage key areas of one of the biggest Oil and Gas
projects in Africa worth over $10 Billion.
In addition, she has educated over 4000 entrepreneurs and professionals in areas of
personal branding and networking. The results have been their Personal development,
business visibility, and career acceleration.
Furthermore, she leads the leadership development at an academy that has curated
curriculums to empower over 5000 female professionals and entrepreneurs globally.
Karika is a business leader that is contributing to the socio-economic development of
African through strategy and technology.
Paul Foh
Nigeria
Paul Foh, Nigeria’s number 1 sales coach is the CEO of Katalyst Consulting, a sales recruitment, training and software company. Paul Foh is also the CEO of 3D Transportation a company specialised in road transportation. He has spoken in the prestigious TEDX conference twice, featured on CNN and other publications. He has done sales training for GT Bank, Lagos State Government and everything in between. He is married with 3 children.
Ifeoma Williams
Nigeria
Ifeoma is the 21st century ‘Glocal’ Effective Communications and Image Enhancement Coach. A lawyer by training, Ifeoma practiced law in two of Nigeria’s leading law firms; Aluko and Oyebode and Strachan Partners, before becoming a certified image consultant from the prestigious Aston and Hayes Image Consultancy in London.
Ifeoma is one of Nigeria’s foremost image enhancement expert, certified Marshall Goldsmith executive coach, public speaker, teacher, master trainer and strategist. Ifeoma has held many management positions and worked with leading management teams across Africa in the development of effective “communications” as a strategy for winning teams. She delivers this most specialised and qualitative service through Coaching, Speaking, Consulting or Training on topics such as Civility in the work place, Ethics and Compliance, Leadership, mentorship and more.
Damola Oyekunle
Nigeria
Damola is a Digital Marketing Consultant and the Creator of Facebook Ads Accelerator with over 5 years of experience in all aspects of online sales, marketing, lead generation, and Internet marketing. Damola is currently the CEO of Dptrax, an inbound marketing agency helping clients generate more traffic, leads and sales online.
As a Digital Marketing Consultant, Damola has played a key role in the launch of online marketing campaigns for local, regional and international businesses and brands. Clients range from a broad variety of industries including health, fitness, ecommerce, immigration, and others and has earned his clients hundreds of millions of naira.
Damola’s also well known for helping business owners with their online marketing campaigns. Some of his most notable clients include Kaymu, Jobberman, Pedisbox, 101Migration, l5Lab, Decagon Institute, TriciaBiz, Naijabrandchick, and Babybliss amongst others.
Bankole Williams
Nigeria
Bankole Williams is a consultant par excellence and a peak performance coach who has a proven record of helping organizations develop their human capacity to surpass their annual financial targets. He is a renowned force in consulting; assisting no less than twelve prominent banks in Nigeria develop and deploy solutions for long-term profitability and sustainability. For his exceptional work in human capacity development. In 2019, he was given the coaching icons award.
He is also a social reform with a goal to solve the problems of unemployment and underemployment through his foundation– Live Your Dreams Africa Foundation. He has received several awards and recognitions for his inspiring social work in youth and social development by state governments, including Lagos State, CrossRiver State and Abia State.
His foundation is the 2019 recipient of the Google.org Award for Youth Empowerment in Africa. Through his foundation, over 21,000 youth have been empowered and in 2019, his foundation Created 392 jobs in Lagos. Bankole is presently on a mission to create 1,000 jobs across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.
Bankole Williams is a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming(NLP). He is a UK certified life & career coach and a Certified Management Consultant(CMC) from the International Council for Managing Consulting Institutes (ICMCI). He is also a Fellow of the International Management Consultants Certification Board(FIMCB). He is also widely regarded as a behavioral change expert. He is an emergent force to be reckoned with in the field of management consulting with over 10 years of experience in human resources and consulting fields. He is also a recipient of the Lagos State award of excellence in youth & social development.
In his quest to understand and optimize human potential, Bankole has gained management and career experience, first at Guaranty Trust Bank, where he was an invaluable member of the
human resources team while at Guaranty Trust bank, he discovered his passion for workforce activation and manpower development which led to his move to the training department where he also facilitated trainings for staff in the bank, after which, he joined are put able consulting firm – visible impact.
He is the founder & principal consultant at LYD Consulting; affirm committed to delivering consulting interventions that lead to transformational change. Bankole Williams has designed, managed and facilitated several customer service and personal / workplace mastery training programs. He has also facilitated management and leadership retreats for several organizations.
He is an expert at delivering training solutions on product lines such as self mastery, emotional intelligence, executive coaching, change management, business communication, team bonding, superior service delivery, leadership, selling skills, employability, enterprise
development etc.
His facilitation skills are no doubt prolific, as he currently provides consulting interventions for banks and different organizations, some of which include, The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), The World Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Access bank, Diamond Bank, Skye Bank, Union Bank, Heritage bank, StanbicIBTC, StanbicIBTC pensions, First Bank, Fidelity bank, Oando, Konga, Google, NLNG, UTC and the Nigerian Stock Exchange to mention a few. He Has facilitated various culture transformation initiatives for Ashaka Cement, team bonding retreats for Heritage bank and Stanbic IBTC, Executive management retreats for DPR, the Polo Luxury and NLNG.
Ken Ndubisi
Nigeria
Ken Ndubisi is a renowned social media consultant, paid traffic specialist. He is the founder and Head of Operations at TCY Africa, an ed-tech company that provides digital marketing education to entrepreneurs and small business owners. He has worked with companies like MAX.ng, Printivo, Hotels.ng, WhoGoHost and the Lagos State Government.
He has been invited to and spoken at key notable digital conventions all over Nigeria.
He is a Facebook Blueprint Certified Digital Marketing Associate, a Facebook Blueprint Certified Media Buying Professional and a member of the Facebook Blueprint Trainer Network.
He was also listed as one of Business Day’s top 12 Instagram accounts that promote entrepreneurship and SMEs.
Ken is also the convener of TCY Africa on Facebook, a community with over 8,000 members focused on helping entrepreneurs, marketers and business professionals take their business to the next level with the help of Facebook Ads.
Jordan Nwachukwu
Nigeria
Jordan Nwachukwu is a Video Marketing Expert who works with brands to create videos that sell. Jordan’s confidence in video as the ultimate delivery channel for marketing, is founded on his simple but powerful philosophy that: Seeing is Believing & Believing is Buying.
Jordan is currently the video marketing lead at Digital Nexus Interactive, a fast growing digital marketing agency in Nigeria that manages over N100m in monthly ad spend for its clients.
Jordan is also the founder of Pixelhd Studios, a video marketing lab that offers cutting edge production, training and coaching services to the Nigerian business community. Jordan is the author of Attention Hacking, a radical blueprint for creating unforgettable content.
Jordan holds a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Owerri.
Lamide Johnson
Nigeria
Lamide Johnson is a storyteller & author.
Trained in Business and Entrepreneurship from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA, ‘Lamide has helped entrepreneurs make huge positive changes using the power and influence of storytelling.
He has authored four books including “StoryHack: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Mastering the Business of Storytelling”.
He has mastered the art of helping leaders inspire and engage their team, creating a meaningful connection between employees and the higher purpose of the business in alignment with their ambition for the future.
‘Lamide is passionate about young entrepreneurs, helping them build high-performance companies.
Ify ogodor
Nigeria
With over 18 years experience in the beauty industry and 10 years in fashion, Dr. Ifeoma Anyanwu popularly known as IfyOgodor has successfully built a name for herself in the fashion and beauty industry. Born as the second child in a family of six and a graduate of English from University of Ibadan, Dr. Ifeoma became a fashion entrepreneur by following her passion. She owes her success to two things: God and perseverance.
Dr Ifeoma Anyawu is the power behind OGODOR Fashion House, an Abuja based fashion house, located in the heart of Wuse 2 at No 10b, Sakono Street, opposite AP plaza, Wuse 2, that caters for women who have an eye for style.
For 10 years, Dr. Ifeoma’s name has been synonymous with the pinnacle of glamour and grace, creating extraordinary, beautiful and timeless designs. Throughout her career, Ogodor’s garments have graced the bodies of popular figures including celebrities, business executives and political giants in the country.
Ogodor Fashion House is a designer brand based on the idea of edgy simplicity and unpretentious luxury. The brand stands for style and thought-through women’swear design that has its own flow, unconcerned with the fast-paced tempo and globally imposed ever-changing trends. The integral part of Ogodor Fashion is an ethical approach to fashion design, sourcing and manufacturing.
The approach is very individual and Ifeoma is involved in the whole process. With more than 10 years of experience in designing, Ogodor has also directed, produced, styled and photographed most of her collections. The design process starts with detailed concept research, development and building the collection piece by piece. Garments are meticulously crafted and produced as limited or small-scale editions with the option of made-to-measure. The design range is broad and includes ready-to-wear, traditional wear, casual wear, exclusive evening wear and custom-made bridal gowns. Therefore the customers are women who recognize its design quality and appreciate Ogodor’s philosophy.
It is worthy of note that Ms Anyanwu’s entrepreneurial journey does not begin and end with Ogodor fashion House, she also runs strands.
Strands is a beauty parlour that exclusively offers a quiet and peaceful atmosphere to enhance beauty with our world class and state of the art facilities. Strands provide a large selection of beauty services and treatment which includes massage, waxing facial, body scrub, oxygen therapy etc. Strands offers a complete head to toe beauty solutions which brings a striking change in the looks of our customers, while Ogodor is a fashion house that makes ready-to-wear dresses and provides accessories. Ogodor is staffed with well focused and well-trained tailors committed to giving the best services. Dr Ifeoma Anyanwu has over 50 members of staff working tirelessly to deliver the best.
It is also worthy to note that she has well over 20 Awards to her name in both FASHION & BEAUTY Industry out of which she has won The Female Entrepreneur of the year awards on different occasions.
She just recently started a Mentorship Academy called B.A.B.E. MENTORSHIP ACADEMY (Brain, Attitude, Beauty, Enterprise) where she is grooming the youths on how to leverage on “whatever your hands finds to do..DO IT”
Edirin Edewor
Nigeria
Edirin Edewor is a Multiple Amazon Bestselling Author, an award-winning Entrepreneur,International Speaker, Coach, Principal Consultant and Founder at Edagho Solutions with footprints in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and the UAE. She is a foremost Thought Leader on Mindset and Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs, and Online Publishing for Personal and Business Brands.
She is the founder of the Online Publishers and Entrepreneurs Network (OPEN), a community of over 29,000 Authors, Writers and Entrepreneurs, dedicated to helping Africans tell their original stories from their African perspective; showcasing Africa’s literary skills by helping writers become published as well as profiting from their skills using new media. Till date, she has helped over 1,200 authors get published online and in print, with more than 100 Amazon bestsellers emerging.
She is also the convener of the annual Breakthrough Experience Business Retreat (BXBR) in Dubai, an event where she invites speakers and business executives for a 5- Day luxury Retreat and Business Strategy Session; as well as the School of Influence- a platform for empowering entrepreneurs with the mindset, skill sets and tool sets to build income, impact and influence.
Edirin is committed to work that focuses on youth empowerment, women-focused organizations, education, and employment as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She has collaborated with several NGOs and organizations directed at youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, education for the girl child and for Women’s Equality, such as the LCCI (Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry), WED (Women Entrepreneurship Day), WELTI (Women Economic and Leadership Transformation Initiative), AXA Mansard, Google’s WomenWill Initiatives in the Republic of Benin and Lagos Chapters, Facebook’s Boost Your Business and Community Leadership Circles Initiatives, Redrick Accelerate Workshops and more.
Edirin Edewor has been nominated for, and has won many awards, including: the SkillUp Africa Hero Award, 2019; Ladies of Honour Award for Leadership, 2019; Iconic Brand Award for Young Personality of the Year, 2019; Nominee, The Future Award Prize for New Media, 2019; Nominee, The Entrepreneur Africa Prize for New Media, 2019; Nominee, Unsung Heroes Award for Exceptional Millennial, 2019. Her Facebook Community has been listed in the top 100 Facebook Groups for Entrepreneurs by WSJ Bestselling Author Nathan Latka. She is also listed as one of Nigeria’s Top 100 Influential Young Nigerians by Avance Media. She is named in leading ranking media platform YNaija Power List of Most Powerful Persons in Media Under 40 in Nigeria and many more recognitions.
Dr. Malik Haruna King
Nigeria
Dr. Malik Haruna King is a medical doctor, digital marketing consultant, and CEO of VidPride Limited, a digital marketing and online education company that helps businesses generate traffic, leads, and sales using online videos, paid advertising, and sales systems.
Dr. ‘Malik Haruna King was recognized by YouTube as one of the top YouTubers in Nigeria alongside the likes of Sisi Yemmie and Mark Angel Comedy; and as one of UNESCO’s 7 International “Powerful Influencers” of 2020.
He has successfully grown multiple fully-monetized, 100000-Subscriber YouTube Channels for himself, his students, and his clients.
In about 30-36 months, he grew his personal YouTube channel to over 90,000 subscribers, over 20 million video views, with several viral videos in the Health and wellness niche. Also, he has actively generated over100,000 leads for himself and his clients using YouTube.
From YouTube AdSense, affiliate marketing, products sales, and other monetization models, he consistently makes 6 figures monthly (with Social Blade estimating his channel earnings, in the upper limits, at $32,800/year in 2019).
He has been invited to speak on YouTube Marketing on popular platforms and events including Akin Alabi’s Youth Enterprise Conference (YECO) and TALKATHON 2018; and invited to teach and train by International NGOs like WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, and IPPF.
He has been featured by indigenous Brands like First Bank, Diamond Bank, DUFIL PLC (Indomie), The LaCasera Company, etc.
He has raving testimonials from his over 100 students of his signature YouTube Profits program, and clients of his YouTube Management and Marketing services.
Tosin Olaseinde
Nigeria
Oluwatosin is a professional accountant with over 10 years of experience spanning across accounting, audit, financial management and taxation. She is the Founder/CEO of Money Africa, an edtech platform that enhances financial literacy and investments leveraging on technology
Money Africa has reached over 100,000 people online and offline as it positions as one of the leading personal finance platforms in Nigeria
Oluwatosin is a Washington Mandela Fellow, she was a finalist for The Future Awards In 2019, she was selected as one the top 100 women by The Leading Ladies Africa, she was one of the top 8 traders by CNBC Africa in 2012, a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. Oluwatosin has spoken at TedX, Featured on BBC UK, Al Jazeera, Guardian and several others.
Alice Kavata Nzau
kenya
Alice Kavata is the current COO (Chief Operations Officer) at Arielle for Africa and the lead tutor for the
Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting for Business modules. She possesses valuable experience in
building systems for efficiency and effectiveness, corporate finance and impact investing and strongly
believes in a value-based approach in empowering entrepreneurs with a holistic learning experience.
She currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya and pursuing a Master of Science in Development Finance from
the Strathmore Business School. She holds a Managerial Finance professional certification from the
London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in
finance (First class honors).
Naomi Osemedua
Nigeria
Naomi is a Renowned Mindset Coach and Global speaker who has featured in High impact events and spoken on stages across Four Continents.
She is also known as the SPARKLE QUEEN, as she sprinkles her “Sparkle Effect” on everything she touches.
As a Mindset Coach she works with Impact Driven Entrepreneurs/ Institutions who want more but are struggling with feeling stuck and lack clarity for the next step. She instead, helps them gain self-awareness as they cut out the noise holding them back, realize their true essence so they can go from BACKSTAGE to CENTRESTAGE and impact their world like only they can.
From Nigeria, to Zambia, Dubai, Egypt, India and the USA, Naomi continues to impact thousands of entrepreneurs and personal brands with her message. She is a Philanthropist and founder of Hajara’s Purse – A COVID 19 Miracle distributing funds to those who desperately need support.
Listed among the top 100women Inspiring in Nigeria …Naomi is on a Life mission to Die Empty.
Tempitope Jimoh
Nigeria
TEMITOPE JIMOH is a Chartered Accountant and a Licensed Tax Practitioner committed to helping Nigerian businesses make their business accounting and taxes as simple as ABC
She is passionate about helping small businesses owners cut millions of Naira off their tax bill by being tax compliant.
She has a vast knowledge in taxation and how to take advantage of all tax savings available to you as a small business.
She is the founder of Simple Finance, a tax awareness page on Instagram for small businesses.
Rehema Mugendi Kiarie
Kenya
Rehema Mugendi-Kiarie is currently a Lecturer at the Riara University, School of Business. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Communication from Daystar University, an MBA (Marketing Option) from University of Nairobi and is currently pursing Doctorate Degree in Marketing .She has a cumulative experience of 6 years as a Lecturer her core areas being Management and Marketing. At Riara University, she is one of the Champions for the blended learning programme, a program meant to transform our classrooms for the 21st century student. She has authored a book Chapter on Impact of Mobile Payment Applications and Transfers on Business, Social media and Technology and has authored a publication on Influence of Electronic Marketing on Customer Retention a case study of Safaricom among other works. She is currently authoring a book chapter on Firms Business Strategies during and after COVID-19 pandemic. Internationally, she has attended many insightful conferences to enhance her career one of them being the annual Belt and Road Initiative in China, Shanghai 2018. She is an ardent writer having written various articles across various newsletters. Her passion for social media doesn’t go unnoticed, she has trained dozens of people on how to use social media to their advantage specifically Business advantage and has studied the same on different levels. Prior to joining Riara, she worked in various capacities in NHIF (National Health Insurance Fund), SBM (formerly Chase bank), Redport Building systems among other companies. She is a member of the Academy of International Business Sub-Saharan Africa and the Top Marketers Club. Rehema is also partnering with the Arielle for Africa an International NGO in training local SMEs on Business Management Principles especially in the field of Sales and Marketing. Away from work, she has a passion of creating beautiful spaces (Interior Design), a conservationist and is an urban farmer!
Feruz Semere
Eritrea
Feruz Semere is an experienced Salesperson, graduated from University of Stavanger (UiS) and demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry, Norgesgruppen-Kiwi. She has majored in Business Strategy for her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She pursued her Masters degree in International Business with specialization in social entrepreneurship, business risk management and disruptive business models.
As part of her postgraduate degree at Hult International Business School, she developed a feasible business idea into a social enterprise start-up which gained her strong skills in project management, strategic planning, organisational development, company pitching and team leadership. This experience helped her realize where her real career ambition lies. Her goal is to become a social entrepreneur whereby she can use her academic and professional qualifications for a greater purpose: to help solve social issues and create a lasting impact on people’s lives.
Feruz is the Co-founder and CBDO at Arielle for Africa LTD. She currently resides in Londonand works as Sales and Business Development Representative in SAP, one of the world’s leading software companies. She is a go getter but more than that, her heart is for the people and helping the people. Her linguistic achievements in more than four languages enables her to travel and connect with people from different cultures and backgrounds.
Sam Obafemi
Nigeria
Sam Obafemi is an unconventional thinker. He likens himself to an Octopus whose primary preoccupation is to solve problems, and in fact, where possible, help people avoid them. He is a trained computer scientist turned behavioural change therapist and small business developer.
He is a UK certified Life Coach, trained in Positive Psychiatry from Sydney University, Australia, first Nigerian Anger Management Therapist from Century Anger Management, USA. He’s a Master NLP Practitioner and an Emotional Intelligence Expert.
He is the President of Sam Obafemi Behavioural Change Academy (@sobcaonline) and also the lead Operations Strategist of a business innovation platform called Business Study Group. He is also the Creator of DIARY OF A COACH (DOAC) Online Community where he shares empowering thoughts about life. DOAC is on https://doac.butwhatdoiknow.ng