Bankole Oloruntoba is the CEO of the Nigeria Climate Innovation  Center www.nigeriacic.org, a Climate Technology Partnership program of the World  Bank with the help of the Government of Nigeria focusing on the growth of a viable green economy in Nigeria. The NCIC has, since its inception, incubated over 60 green ventures and seed funded 16 ventures in total of $160,000 USD and developed knowledge on the emerging Nigeria Green Economy, the center has worked with several partners to create growth structures in Nigeria including solving scale challenges.

Bankole is currently the Honorary Consul to Finland in Lagos, Nigeria and has a first degree (BSc. Economics) from ABU Zaria, an executive certificate in Building Brands from the Lagos Business School (LBS) and an MBA from Businesschool Netherlands (BSN).

He is a social and business tactics engagement specialist with a deep background in entrepreneurship development, business development and innovation management. Bankole started the Abuja startup Ecosystem and has supported the setup of over 15 innovation hubs in Nigeria. Bankole has shown strength in the identification and building of strategic work/business partnership.

As a thought leader in Digital and Climate focused Start-ups and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development in Nigeria/West Africa, Bankole sits on the board and advises several organizations, governments, dozens of Hubs and Businesses in Nigeria and West Africa. He brings a wealth of experience in Green Innovation Programmes Design, financing and Sustainability Management, Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship (IDE) Development, Startup Business Development and Ecosystem Advisory.

Bankole is an engaging Speaker, Convergence Coordinator and a fantastic listener.

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Naomi Emeka-Nwokolo is the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Nigeria, a country Network of the United Nations Global Compact- The world’s largest corporate citizen sustainability initiative. She is also the managing partner of AOP Legal practitioners- a commercial law firm located in Lagos Nigeria. She is the founder of the Women Rights Protection and Rehabilitation Centre, a nongovernmental organization with the mandate of promoting women’s right through the use of National, Regional and International legal instruments.

Before joining the Global Compact Naomi was a tenacious human rights lawyer with LEDAP Nigeria and The Nigerian Coalition for the International Criminal Court where she successfully litigated over the human rights of indigent persons in Nigeria, Labor rights of employees who were wrongfully terminated from work and victims of sexual and Gender Based Violence. Naomi is a passionate advocate for corporate sustainability and human rights.

She has an LLB degree from The Enugu State University and a Bachelor of Laws from the Nigerian Law School. She’s a certified sustainability expert from the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, United Kingdom.

Her interests are Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Corporate Sustainability, Inclusive Business, Gender and Nation Building.

Obinna Ukachukwu is a business growth expert and thought leader, with keen interest in development finance and tech venture building. He has led significant strategic investments in tech businesses that aim to tackle problems in various impact areas, including health, education, energy, and entertainment.

He is an action-oriented business leader dedicated in achieving high quality and sustainable health system in sub-Saharan Africa through financing, defragmentation, tech innovations and to awaken the local capital in Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing the region to generate funding for its sustenance and become less dependent on external aid.

Obinna has successfully redefined what it means to finance the Education and Health sectors by developing and implementing viable business models that stimulate financing, an achievement that has triggered interest and active participation from notable players in the industry. Obinna’s invaluable contributions include motivating stakeholders to provide quality drugs at significantly lower prices in public hospitals and transforming the health care logistics framework to serve persons in remote areas.

He is currently championing a massive investment drive as he seeks to solve for Nigeria’s emergency care services, general capacity building in the health sector, and is working with key partners to actively reduce cost and increase accessibility of pharmaceuticals.

In addition to addressing education financing concerns with the development of 0% interest loans, Obinna is leading the transformation of Nigeria’s public higher education institutions into digital educational institutions that provide hybrid and specialized education, due to the support by private sector entities and impact institutions like the Sterling One Foundation, this transformation comes at no cost to the public institutions.

For almost 2 decades, Obinna has led in top organizations such as Sterling Bank Plc, Advans Micro Finance Network, Stanbic IBTC, Hygeia HMO and He sits on the board of several organizations. Obinna holds his background in Electrical Electronic Engineering, but veered into finance few years after graduation. He holds an MBA from The University of Manchester Business School, also a Fellow Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (FCMA UK) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He is blessed with a beautiful family and draws motivation from the fact that dreams and values are eternal even though life itself is finite.

Olasubomi Sofowora is a Brand Communications professional and Social Impact Champion with about a decade and a half experience in different capacities.

‘Subomi served as the Chairperson of the Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Women Network, which was set up to improve gender diversity and promote women development within the organisation. During her tenure she was able to scale up the activities of the network leading to a special Recognition Women’s Empowerment & Leadership and for Championing Childcare by the IFC Nigeria 2 Equal programme.

She was also the Extension Services & Knowledge Management Manager at FMN after her role as the Brand Marketing & Program Manager of the Agro-Allied Division for almost five years. Prior to this role, ‘Subomi worked in the advertising industry for 6 years where she managed accounts of various leading brands across different sectors. She also at a time worked with Food Concepts Plc. handling the Marketing and PR activities of the Chicken Republic and Butterfield brands.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta. She also has a master’s degree in management from the University of Lagos, a certificate in Business Sustainability Management from the University of Cambridge, UK and is currently a Fellow of the Advanced Leadership in Social Impact Fellowship at Queen’s University, Canada.

She is the initiator of Woven Impact Network; a non-for-profit organisation set up to systematically tackle developmental issues with initiatives that are primarily focused on empowering grassroots women. She is also an advisor to His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II on SDGs since his appointment by the UN Secretary General as a UN Sustainable Development Advocate. Stemming out of his UN SDG Advocate role, ‘Subomi played a critical role in the set up of the Muhammad Sanusi II (MSII) SDG Initiative and she currently is on the Executive Management team as the Director of Engagement. She is the Vice President Sponsorship & Partnership of Aiesec Alumni Africa & Middle East and volunteers as a facilitator & mentor with the FATE Foundation amongst other impact-based activities.

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Temi Popoola is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd, the operating exchange of the demutualized Nigerian Stock Exchange. He is a successful C-suite leader whose unique blend of business acumen, financial expertise, global market growth performance, and operational insight has earned him a reputation built on verifiable career achievements.

A wall street trained investment banker, Temi launched his career in London, working as an asset manager where he gained extensive experience researching and assessing investment opportunities across Africa’s energy sector. In his next professional role, he expanded his expertise as an Equity Derivatives Trader with Bank of America Securities in New York, NY, USA. During this time, he fine-tuned his trading and investment advisory skills, working closely with both large corporations and private clients.

He returned to Nigeria after achieving success on Wall Street and joined UBA as Head of Structured Products and Investments for global markets. He subsequently led the Sales & Trading business at CSL Stockbrokers, a wholly owned subsidiary of FCMB. In both roles, he facilitated the flow of capital from global investors into Nigeria, particularly those from South Africa, London, the US, and Nigeria. Leveraging his expert knowledge of the Nigerian financial services industry, he became recognized as a leader in the industry and was subsequently recruited by Renaissance Capital in 2015 where he rapidly progressed into the CEO role, assuming responsibility for the West Africa operations of the firm.

During his six-year tenure at Renaissance Capital, Temi provided strategic market insight and leadership. He diversified the company’s revenue streams by adding fixed income, derivatives, structured products, financing, and wealth management. He oversaw a global workforce, expanded foreign investor capital opportunities into the Nigerian market, and introduced new processes, programs, and strategies to exceed corporate and client expectations.

Temi is passionate about business, collaborative team building, meeting organizational demands, and finance/investment banking. His greatest motivation is leading and guiding others to exceed expectations, and he uses his influence to help organisations exceed short- and long-term goals.
Temi graduated with a First-Class Honors Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos and holds a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a CFA charter holder and also obtained his NASD series 7 and 63 licensures.

Temitayo is a Professor of science, technology and innovation, and the Director of Higher Education at the British Council, Nigeria. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, a master’s degree in Industrial Mathematics and a doctoral degree in Public Policy (S&T policy). He is a registered Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE2 – 2017) practitioner and has over 16 years of experience in programme / project management at the United Nations, international NGOs, public organisations, and grassroots organisations. Furthermore, he has over six years of experience working within the education system in South Korea. 

Temitayo’s expertise is in delivering high risk sustainable development / research projects in education, science and technology, energy, climate, water, and green growth. His research interests are in the areas of national innovation systems, regional innovation systems, innovation clusters, metaverse, IoT, Blockchain, AI, big data, education ecosystems, and knowledge management. He has several published research articles and books in high impact peer-reviewed journals and has received numerous awards and recognitions for his research contributions.

Nwamaka Onyemelukwe is the Director, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability for Coca Cola Nigeria Limited. She is responsible for enabling sustainable business growth by building a  strong and consistent public policy and sustainable agenda for the Coca-Cola business in Nigeria. Amaka has a proven track record of improving lives and making a difference in communities where  Coca-Cola business operates. 

She is also a credible force in building the reputation and image of the Coca-Cola business in  Nigeria. Her exceptional contributions have been recognized and celebrated within the industry.  She has been honored with various award like FMCG’s Most Outstanding Sustainability  Professional of the Year, 1st runner-up for the Sustainability Professional Award of the Year from  the prestigious Sustainability, Enterprise, and Responsibility Awards (SERAs) 14th edition. She has  also been named as Top 50 PR and Communication professionals in Nigeria, amongst others. 

Before joining Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Amaka worked at Philip Morris International, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, where she was instrumental in bringing life-saving medicines to market,  improving health delivery outcomes to millions of patients across the English-speaking West  African sub-region. 

She is deeply committed to sustainable development and an advocate of diversity, equity, and  inclusion (DEI). She believes it is not only the way forward for businesses, but also humanity.

Marilyn is an Associate Director and currently leads the ESG & Sustainability Services Unit in KPMG Nigeria.

She has over fifteen (15) years’ experience spanning over business development, sustainable finance services, decarbonization services, sustainability and integrated reporting, sustainability assurance, impact assessment, sustainability strategy and stakeholder engagement, innovation management for sustainability (technology driven), United Nations (SDGs) integration and implementation, ESG integration, organizational development for sustainability – for Small enterprises and Large corporates. She is a sustainability professional with background in agricultural economics, public & development management.

She is also a chartered accountant and an appointed member of the Panel of Experts for Adaptation Benefit Mechanism on Climate Change-related matters for a DFI. including at Cop 27 and Propak West Africa 2022, KPMG Audit Committee Seminar, 6th International Nigeria Agro-food and Plastprintpack Exhibition/Conference and Institute of Internal Auditors 2022 Conference to mention a few.

She has also played a key role in several workshops and training courses at board and management levels facilitating discussions on ESG for several companies. Marilyn has managed several ESG projects across various sectors: Agriculture, FMCGs, Public sector, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, DFIs, Commercial Banks, Tech-star-tups and Energy.

Marilyn has served as moderator and panellist at a number of webinars/ seminars locally and internationally on ESG including at Cop 27 and Propak West Africa 2022, KPMG

Lydia is a systems strengthening and civic engagement expert, with more than 10 years of experience in capacity building, Transparency, Accountability, and Good Governance (TAGG) issues, extractives governance, fiscal responsibilities, policy formulation, Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI), results-based monitoring and evaluation, peacebuilding, and organizational development in Nigeria.

She has over 9 years of experience leading the implementation of development activities in Nigeria, over 5 years managing USAID-funded projects, including grants management, policy advocacy, strengthening civil society organizations and networks. Lydia has a proven record of leadership, excellent communication skills, building and maintaining positive working relationships with national and local government and stakeholders, partners, and donors.

Kola is a seasoned Investor, Entrepreneur, Non-Executive Director and company Chair, passionate about  seeing start-ups grow. 

He brings demonstrable success from leading investment in over 70 companies in Africa, India and the  US, including payments companies such as Paystack. 

Recognized as an entrepreneur, technology operator and investor with vast experience working in  Africa’s most significant economic market, he brings expertise across several sectors, including venture  capital, technology, media, agriculture, infrastructure, publishing and real estate and a significant  interest in the arts. 

Through Ventures Platform Foundation, he works on advocacy, research and social impact initiatives  that support youth entrepreneurship and innovation. He is the Chairman of the Board of Ventures Park  – an artsy Co-working space, VP’s flagship Innovation Hub Campus. He is a mentor on XL Africa, the  World Bank Accelerator and Google Launchpad Accelerator. He is also a board member and advisory  board member of various organizations ranging from ARM Financial Advisers Limited, Reliance HMO and  the Yemisi Shyllon Art Museum. 

Kola studied Electrical Engineering and then secured a Master’s in Business Administration degree with a  specialization in Finance. He has received further education from Berkeley University, Harvard  University, and the Lagos Business School. 

Kola is passionate about mentoring and advising young entrepreneurs who are creating solutions for  mass underserved -markets. This has put him on many stages both locally and internationally, where he  has delivered speeches, lectures, and talks on technology, entrepreneurship, social change, and various  other topics. He gave a TED talk at TEDxEuston where he spoke on the topic “Who will own our future  unicorns?”. He was also a speaker at Techcrunch’s first event in Nigeria, Techcrunch Startup Battlefield  Africa 2019. 

He has received multiple awards and has been featured in various lists such as The 20 most important  people in Nigerian tech, The ten most influential people in Nigerian Tech and #YNaijaPowerList2018 for  Technology and many more. 

In his spare time, he enjoys writing on topics he’s passionate about in his blog or on Twitter, reading 

Jacquelyn Mando is the Chief Operating Officer of Clean Technology Hub, an organization on the frontlines of driving Energy Access, Climate Action and Sustainable Entrepreneurship. She is a dedicated and professional management expert, and is experienced in leadership, organization development, and Corporate Operations. She has over 10+ years progressive experience in human resource management as well as IN management. 

Her professional experiences include executive level management, strategic program management, training/employee development, resource and budget forecasting, organizational development and employee relations. 

She has held a management position for nearly two years at Clean Technology Hub where she has led organizational transformation and restructuring. She is responsible for developing the Sustainable leadership project and has set up core succession planning principles and processes, and core leadership transition procedure. Along with other management staff, she is leading extensive decision-making around organizational expansion, and championing the communication of these transitions to partners and staff. 

Jacquelyn received a Bachelor of Arts in International & Comparative Politics from the American University of Nigeria. She is a certified trainer of women in the energy sector under the Power Africa Nigeria Power Sector Program (PA-NPSP), an initiative of the USAID.

With two decades in the world of work, Izin takes a vision and makes it a  reality through sound strategy, intrapreneurship, spokesmanship/influence  and project delivery. Her professional career includes roles at British  American Tobacco, Leo Burnett, the Nigeria Economic Summit Group,  and within the fast-moving consumer goods, advertising, think-tank and  start-up sectors.  

Today, she leads Voice Inc., a full-service marketing communications  agency delivering compelling storytelling, change communications and  marketing project management for technical, professional, and impact  brands. 

Her big passions include Trade in Africa and life coaching, both of which  she explores through her work as Editor-in-Chief at Supply Chain  Africa, and publishing/speaking services via the Un-age brand.  

She is an accomplished curriculum developer, and course facilitator,  covering integrated marketing communications, business digitization, e commerce, sales and Ikigai life-purpose modelling. 

Folarin leads Google’s Startup Ecosystem in Africa, which is dedicated to empowering startups across the African continent with the best of Google – its people, methodologies and advanced technology. He is responsible for managing the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, Black Founders Fund Africa and all startup-oriented initiatives across the continent. Standing at the intersection of business and technology, he is experienced in managing programs, building tech platforms, building and managing large databases, scaling businesses and connecting startups to the resources required for success. 

Prior to Google, Folarin was the Business Information Specialist at the Tony Elumelu Foundation, responsible for all their technology platforms, all business data for 500,000 entrepreneurs across Africa, the development of TEFConnect and several pillars of an entrepreneurship program that sought to empower 10,000 African entrepreneurs with $100m over 10 years. 

Folarin has facilitated $26m in funding to over 3,000 businesses since 2016. 

Folarin has an MSc in Information Systems & Business Analysis from Aston Business School and graduated in the top 10% of the year across all courses in 2015 which led to an invitation to become a lifetime member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Global Society for Business Excellence.

Mr. Eivind Fjeldstad is the business counsellor at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Abuja. He is the founder of the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) and served as CEO from 2011 – 2022. He has an MA in African Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, focusing on governance and politics in Africa.

In 2016/17 Mr. Fjeldstad served as President of the European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM) – a Brussels-based umbrella organisation with ten like-minded associations across Europe, together gathering 4000 European investors/companies working in and with Africa.

Prior to establishing NABA, Mr. Fjeldstad worked for 15 months as an advisor on Pemba/Zanzibar, Tanzania, observing the political development on the isles. He spent six months interning at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa, mainly working with the embassy’s election portfolio and business promotion activities. Mr. Fjeldstad has also carried out different voluntary work: he was Head of Finance for ISFiT 2005 (the International Student Festival in Trondheim) and he headed the ISFiT Dialogue Groups 2007, a conflict resolution initiative bringing students from three conflict areas together for 20 days.

Dr. Irene Robinson-Ayanwale is the Divisional Head Business Support Services| General Counsel of  Nigerian Exchange Limited, a leading multi asset, listing and trading exchange venue in Africa, with its  history dating back to 1960.  

In 2023 she received an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from École Superieure Universitaire. In 2022  she was selected by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) as one of the twenty-one (21) Women  Leaders of 2022, and was also named General Counsel of the Year at the 2021 and 2022 Esq Nigerian  Legal Awards. In 2021 she received a Highly Commended recognition at the 2021 African Legal Awards  in the General Counsel of the Year category. Under her leadership, her Legal Team was recognized as  one of the top 100 Legal Departments/in-House Teams in Africa Legal 500 GC 2018 Power List, won  the In- House Legal Team of the Year at the 2018 Law Digest African Awards, and has won six times  consecutively (including in 2022) the In-House Capital Market Team of the Year Esq Nigerian Legal Awards, and from 2017 – 2020 and 2022 -2023 been a finalist at the In-House Legal Team of the Year  (Large) African Legal Awards.  

From 2017 till date she has been the Chairperson of the Legal Committee of the African Exchange  Linkage Project (An initiative of the African Securities Exchange Association and African Development  Bank). She was a member of the Technical Working Group of the Presidential Steering  Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of the AfCFTA. From 2019 till date s he has 

been a member of the Domestic Engagement Sub-Committee of the Federal Government of  Nigeria’s National Action Committee on AfCFTA (NAC-AfCFTA).  

She has over 20 years’ experience which spans across the financial industry, capital market sector,  international trade, intra-African trade, international relations, ESG, labour law, intellectual property and  alternative dispute resolution to name a few.  

She is a Fellow of the Institute of Capital Market Registrars and Institute of Corporate Administrators. She represents Nigerian Exchange Limited on the Board of Trustees of the Investor Protection Fund of  Nigerian Exchange Limited and the Board of UN Global Network Nigeria Network. She is also the Co Chair of the Nigerian Coalition of Services Industry a technical association set up by the Nigeria Office  For Trade Negotiations.

Danish-born actor, producer and writer, Connie Nielsen’s achievements in the  arts range across leads in films such as the Academy Award winning Gladiator,  the critically acclaimed Brothers, One Hour Photo, and Demon Lover.

Connie  Nielsen also appeared as Hippolyta in DC Comics and Warner Brothers’  Wonder Woman, WWll and Justice League. Ms. Nielsen produced and starred  in Sundance/Channel Four’s current smash hit series, Close To Me.

She also  stars in, and produced, “The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen”, a critically  acclaimed biopic based on the life of Danish Writer, Karen Blixen, which  premiered in Cannes Series April 2022, and is scheduled for US & UK release  Q1 2023, for Viaplay and Zentropa, based on an original idea by Connie  Nielsen and Karoline Leth. She is the recipient of Best Actress Awards from The San Sebastian Film Festival, The Danish “Bodil” Awards, and The Empire  Awards. On April 28 2023 it was announced that Connie Nielsen will be  starring in Gladiator 2, opening 2024. 

Ms. Nielsen co-founded and is the President and CEO of Human Needs Project  (HNP) providing sustainable Infrastructure Services for informal settlements since 2010. In 2014 HNP opened the Kibera Town Center (KTC) serving residents with dignified services and access to jobs and education. A social  enterprise, the Kibera Town Center has transformed tens of thousands of lives  through more 2 million transactions since opening.  

Human Needs Project is the recipient of the 2015 Aspen Big Idea Award and in  2017 Connie Nielsen was awarded the Nelson Mandela Changemaker Award. She was the keynote speaker at major conferences including PTTOW! 2017,  The CSR Awards 2015, the Gates Foundation Sanitation Summit 2013,  Opportunity International 2012. 

Ms. Nielsen also founded Road to Freedom Scholarships in 2011, which  continues to educate children living in informal settlements.

Brenda Fashugba has spent almost 15 years working as an Arts Manager in both festivals and theatre. She was a pioneering producer of the Lagos Theatre Festival developing it for over 5 years to become the largest outdoor festival in West Africa. In 2015, she created a focus group known as Women in the Arts providing a networking platform for Women. The project launched its first festival showcasing female creatives in 2018, she also co-founded the Lagos Fringe that same year and in 2020 the Abuja Fringe Prior to joining the British Council as Head of Arts/Creative Economy lead for SSA, she was the resident producer at the Performing Arts Workshop & Studios where she produced over 100 theatre pieces.

She is a committed advocate against SGBV against women leading to recognition by the Obama Foundation where she was made an Obama Leader in 2018. In 2023, she received an award from the Brighton Fringe for her contributions to the Fringe.

Brenda is an ardent fan of film, history and architecture and in her spare time, she is flying to learn French. She lives in Lagos with her husband and 2 children.

Amina Oyagbola is an Independent Director and business management consultant with over  35 years’ experience in legal practice and Corporate Nigeria. As former Human Resources and  Corporate Services Executive at MTN Nigeria. Her career spans HR strategy and  transformation, legal consulting, women empowerment, banking and finance, oil and gas and  telecommunications. She is the Managing Consultant of AKMS Consulting (Business Advisory  and management Consultants), a partner, Oyagbola Chambers and a Chevening Scholar. She  obtained her undergraduate law degree from Ahmadu Bello University, her master’s in law  from Trinity college, Cambridge University, and an MBA from Lancaster University. She is an  alumnus of INSEAD, London Business School, IMD and Harvard Business School (Executive  Education). 

She is a Fellow, former Chair and Advisory Council Member of The Africa Leadership Initiative  – West Africa, part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, Member Nigerian Bar association,  Member CIPM and Chartered Fellow, CIPD UK. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a  Certified Ethics Officer, Chair, IoD Ethics Committee, and member, Women Corporate  Directors (WCD). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants and a member,  International Coaching Federation. A passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion.  She is the Founder and Chairperson of WISCAR (Women in Successful Careers), a leading  gender empowerment and strategic mentoring and leadership network for professional career  women. 

She was appointed to the Presidential Council on Support to Women and Girls in recognition  of her contribution to gender equality and women empowerment. She serves as a Director  on Boards and is married with children. 

Mr. Albert Nsengiyumva is the Executive Secretary of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). A consummate technocrat and education policy specialist with specialty in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Albert has extensive experience in information communication technology (ICT) research, policy development and implementation in Africa. For 18 years he served the government and people of Rwanda, where he occupied various cabinet positions including as Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of State for TVET in the Ministry of Education. 

Albert has solid grasp of government functionalities and has built a strong reputation around leveraging social capital to mobilize resources that support policy development, advocacy, and implementation. He has helped expand ADEA’s network across the world, building new relationships with various partners including multilateral development institutions, regional economic bodies, and philanthropic organizations.  

Ms. Abimbola Olufore Wycliffe’s career spans the private sector, public sector, and international civil service to date. 

In her current role as Head of Investment and Technology Promotion in Nigeria, covering  a few African countries, she has the responsibilities of coordinating, integrating, and  managing the day-to-day operations emanating from a 6-year work plan focused on  boosting investment, innovation, and technology flow in and out of Africa. Through our country desks and advisory programmes, she supports technology and impact hubs, large  firms, industrial clusters, and small businesses. In addition to collaborating with UNIDO  offices in the region, to implement their respective Country Programmes, she oversees  the development and implementation of impact programmes with key stakeholders like  governments, other development institutions and the private sector networks. Within the  first year in this role, she secured an extension of the office programme to 2027 with government commitment for counterpart funding. She also secured the UNIDO executive  board approval for the programme expansion beyond ECOWAS to partnerships with all AFCFTA member states, widening the potential funding pool and impact footprint. 

Prior to joining the United Nations, she worked as a Special Aide to the Honourable Minister of Trade and Investment for Nigeria to secure development funding for technology innovation from development banks, ensure credit access to MSMEs at single digit rate, provide shared/common facilities for MSMEs and coordinated Development Finance Institutions (DFI) partnerships with the Nigerian Government. Within this role, she developed two interventions with assistance from development partners, on the

impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on female led MSMEs and an assessment of Nigeria’s readiness for the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA). 

She worked on several national policy appraisal and development such as the National Petroleum Policy, National Gas Policy, Gas Flare Commercialization Programme, National Quality Infrastructure Policy, National Investment Policy, National Trade Policy and FMCG policies. She led the trade facilitation work at the federal ministry level and championed the finalization and approval of the Nigeria Quality Policy by the Federal Executive Council through the support of UNIDO and the World Bank Group to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Nigeria National Accreditation System (NiNAS). 

During the COVID pandemic, she led the sustainable production workgroup (One of the pillars of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19), focused on cushioning the effect of the pandemic on MSMEs and boosting local manufacturing of PPEs and medical supplies for self-sufficiency within Africa. An outcome of the Economic Sustainability Plan and the ongoing support to MSMEs, women entrepreneurs and start-ups, to provide shared/common facilities, coordinate financing and provide business development support that will ensure sustainable outcomes. 

She is the founder of the African Child Safety Foundation, advocating for sufficient food  and clean water for malnourished children around Nigeria, looking out for children in orphanages and Cheshire homes for disabled children. She also runs an online outreach group for women called the African Woman of Influence, with over 7,000 followers across Africa. 

She is the Chief Igniter at Vision Quest Africa Pan-Africanism Initiative, an institution working with women and young people to build the future workforce through alternative education, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality. She is also the founder of Ceres Agro, a company focused on packaging of agricultural produce to prevent food waste and using technology to change end users experience in the farm to market value chain. 

Earlier in her career at Power Africa, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programme, she managed the advisory programme to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources on the commercialization of gas as a transition fuel to a low carbon future. She also handled transactions on energy poverty reduction and access to energy in rural areas using renewables. 

She worked in the private sector for 17 years at the following companies: Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Total Energies and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company. 

She holds a degree in Physics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, an MBA from the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK, Supply and Logistics from the Manheim University, Germany, and an Executive Degree from the Lagos Business School (Pan Atlantic University) in Nigeria. 

She is fluent in English, Hausa, Yoruba, and French. She is a geophysicist and a trained negotiator. 

Kenneth Igbomor is an award-winning financial journalist, news anchor and television producer. He is currently the West Africa News Editor for Markets at CNBC Africa, where he heads the West Africa news desk. CNBC Africa is a multi-platform business media brand that focuses on business, money, finance and economic news originating  from sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenneth has a background as an agricultural  economist from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife  Nigeria, and he is very passionate about the development of the  African continent. His grounding as an Agricultural Economist turned journalist has enabled him to tell the Africa rising story from various perspectives through one of CNBC Africa’s flagship development focused show, Beyond Markets. He also anchors and produces Power Lunch West Africa where he interviews key decision makers in West Africa daily. Kenneth remains an unrepentant optimist on the future of the African continent. In his professional journey, he has worn many hats from his stint in Nigeria’s Insurance industry as a financial  

planner, to finally settling in the media industry as a financial journalist where he has honed his skills. Over the years, he has covered many Africa-focused events like World Economic Forum, the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, and the Global Gender Summit in Kigali to mention a few. Kenneth has a master’s degree in  

Media and Communication with a major in Media Enterprise from the Pan-Atlantic University. He has also been on the judging panel of various reputable global and continental journalism awards like the Association for International Broadcasting Awards, the Thomson Reuters Excellence Awards and the Pan-African Re-Insurance  

Journalism Awards. In his free time, he writes fantasy fiction stories and is passionate about ways to grow the African creative economy. 

Anna Ekeledo is the Executive Director of AfriLabs – a network organisation of over 400 technology and innovation hubs spread across 52 African countries and the diaspora; She leads the AfriLabs community to achieve its vision of a thriving innovation economy in Africa and heads a pan-African team to develop initiatives and build multi-stakeholder partnerships that support African innovation hubs and other stakeholders in raising high potential entrepreneurs that stimulate economic growth and social development in Africa. 

Anna is an international speaker, trainer, innovation ecosystem builder, and mentor. She is also an advisor in several advisory roles; she is a member of the Africa-Europe Foundation Digital Strategy Task Force, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the future of technology policy, and a member of the NESG Strategic Group on Mining and Manufacturing. 

Anna has a first-class degree in psychology from Covenant University, Nigeria, and an M.Sc. in International Marketing Management from Leeds University Business School, UK. 

She is a Skoll World Forum Fellow and has also been recognized as a top African economic and tech leader by bodies such as Choiseul 100 Africa and Agile 50, the World’s 50 Most Influential People Navigating Disruption, by Apolitical and the World Economic Forum.

Dele is an extensive business leader and manager with first rate and global executive education at Harvard Business School (General Management Program) & Lagos Business School (Advanced Mgt. Programme).

He has a background in Economics (1st & 2nd degrees) and an MBA in Finance, and has built competencies in helping corporates across all key sectors including Oil & Gas, Telecoms & Power, Transport, Agric, Manufacturing, etc meet all their banking and finance needs.

In his previous role as Divisional Head, Corporate Banking in one of Nigeria’s commercial banks, he had the responsibility for the Bank’s wholesale businesses in the Oil & Gas; Telecoms & Power; Real Estate & Construction; Agric. & Export Finance; and Manufacturing sectors. He provided strategic leadership to 6 teams of senior Sales, Credit and Relationship
Managers to develop and grow the Bank’s balance sheet footprints across services, manufacturing, infrastructure & development sectors with direct P&L responsibility.

Mr Emmanuel Birech possesses 19+ years of experience across the Africa region and currently the Regional Lead, Africa Non-profit Industry under Microsoft Tech for Social Impact.

He has previously been part of the development of the Channel for Indirect & Cloud Solution Providers for Sub-Sahara Africa as well as held Sales Leadership roles in Microsoft Enterprise Commercial & Public Sector segments, Azure Specialist & Consulting Services Sales Lead.

Etemore is the Projects Lead for The Impact Investors’ Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded in partnership with The Ford Foundation, Africa Capital Alliance, BusinessDay Media Limited, Bank of Industry and Dalberg Advisors. She was previously the pioneer Executive Secretary of The Knowledge Exchange Centre (KEC), a non-profit organization focused on bridging the skills gap for young unemployed graduates. While at KEC, Ms Glover was responsible for translating and implementing the five-year vision and strategic plan of the organization. She has worked on several youth development programmes with the government and has a wide range of experience in banking, research, monitoring and evaluation, project management, strategy and planning.

As the head of the Impact Investors’ Foundation, she is responsible for implementing its vision and strategies, and coordinating projects. In the last year, Maria established a task force consisting of private and public sector actors in Nigeria to set up a National Advisory Board (NAB) for Impact Investing, the highest national body responsible for promoting social investments in the country and building the market infrastructure. Etemore led the establishment of the Nigerian NAB, which will be under the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, the umbrella body with 33 NABs across 28 countries and regions. She also engages with development finance institutions (DFIs), bilateral and multilateral agencies, local and foreign investors to grow impact capital and investment in Nigeria.

She is problem-solver, learning and development strategist and trainer with extensive knowledge and experience in development and management of capacity building programmes for youths; programme evaluation; budget; fundraising strategies; leadership; NGO management and consultancy, research, finance and impact investing.

Etemore is also an MSME Consultant with over 10 years knowledge in setting up and running startups. She is an Associate Member of the Learning and Development Network International. Ms Glover holds a double honour in Economics and Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Leicester. After transiting to the nonprofit sector, she further obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in NGO and Development Management from the University of East London, UK.

Lucy is the Country Director Nigeria and Director West Africa, British Council. She is accountable for strategic leadership of the British Council’s largest operation in Sub Saharan Africa. She graduated from the University of Bradford, where she studied Politics and French and studied Political Sciences at L’Institut d’Etudes Politique in Aix-en-Provence, France.

With a career that has spanned over two decades, Lucy has worked in contract management, project and programme management, global change management where she led multi-million dollar global change programmes. She established the first business partnering function in the British Council between corporate services departments and the global business; a model that is now well embedded in the organisation. In 2001, after just four years at the British Council, Lucy secured a Senior Management Position in the organisation and was the youngest member of the team.

Lucy has travelled to over 40 countries in her career with the British Council and this has shaped her views and leadership style. She is passionate about people, and through coaching, mentoring and modelling leadership, she enables women to unlock and achieve their potential.

Motunrayo Fatoke is a 24-year-old GPE youth leader championing access to quality education in marginalized communities in Nigeria.

She currently works with The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre as the Senior Programmes Assistant (Education Investment). She designs projects focused on improving access to STEM education for girls and young women in Nigeria and co-plans the Education Innovation Summit (NEDIS), which has a core focus on bridging skill gaps to improve innovation in Africa.

Nurudeen Lawal is an educational leader with more than 22 years of technical, supervisory, and management experience in implementing international development programs to improve education quality, equity, and access for vulnerable children and youths in Nigeria and in South Sudan.

He has held management positions; as Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party on the USAID funded Northern Education Initiative Plus, Project Director for the DFID/UNICEF/FHI360 Reading and Numeracy Activity project, Teacher Development Specialist on USAID Room to Learn project in South Sudan, Senior Teacher Education Advisor and Acting Deputy Chief of Party on USAID’s Northern Education Initiative (NEI) Activity.

Nurudeen has thus led the two most significant mother-tongue Early Grade Reading interventions in Nigeria. Nurudeen has also consulted for USAID Nigeria – Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector Project (COMPASS)- Education Specialist, DFID Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (Education Quality Specialist), DFID Teacher Development Programme, USAID Education Crisis Response Project and USAID Nigeria – Sesame Square.

Previously, he lectured in the now Michael Otedola College of Education and Lagos State University. Nurudeen’s special interest is in education reforms and teacher education.

Nurudeen Lawal is currently the Chief of Party of the USAID Funded Leveraging Education Assistance Resources in Nigeria (LEARN) to Read project.

Obi Asika is acknowledged as one of the key African voices in the cultural, creative, innovation, and sports sectors.

He is a prestigious member of the core group of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Nigerian Start-Up Act, and has worked on significant legislation in the spaces affecting creative industries, copyright, IP, innovation, sports, and the entertainment industry. Presently, Obi Asika is driving a new ecosystem platform for the tech, innovation, and connected industries called The Omniverse which is launching in 2023. Obi Asika sits at the nexus of culture, content and technology.

He continues to influence policy and leaders to bring more attention to these sectors, including sports, entertainment, technology, art, fashion, culture, and the wider creative industries.

Mr. Onyemelukwe is an African and Global media, entertainment and music expert.

Mr. Onyemelukwe has worked in media and entertainment in the U.S., Nigeria and across Africa. He started his career at The Disney Company in Burbank California immediately after completing his B.A. in Fine Arts from The University of Southern California.

After returning to The African Continent, in 2009, he joined Viacom Media as MTV Network, Business Development Manager, Nigeria, where he created campaigns for the likes of LG, Coca Cola, and Cadbury among many others. Mr. Onyemelukwe acquired a master license to Trace TV in West Africa in 2011 and his company was acquired by the Trace Group in 2019. Mr. Onyemelukwe is widely recognized for turning Trace into a market leader in the region.

He has launched many popular TV channels such as, Trace Naija, Trace Jama and Trace Gospel on DSTV, and STV Music on Startimes. Mr. Onyemelukwe holds an MBA and an Ma. in Information Technology from Boston University.

Tinuade T. Awe is the Chief Executive Officer of NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), an independent regulatory subsidiary of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (formerly known as The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)).

NGX RegCo is a self-regulatory organization (SRO) licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide regulatory services within the Nigerian Capital Market. Prior to attaining this position, she was the Executive Director, Regulation at The NSE. Ms. Awe was a member of the Executive Committee of The NSE from 2012 to 2020. Additionally, she served as Secretary to the Council of The NSE from 2011 to 2015; Head of the Legal Department from 2011 to 2012; and Head of the Legal and Regulation Division from 2012 to 2017, in which role she also served as the General Counsel.

Before The NSE, she worked as an Associate with Banwo & Ighodalo in Lagos, Nigeria; then as a Law Clerk, at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The Hague, the Netherlands; and later as an Associate Legal Officer, United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) in Geneva, Switzerland; after which she spent seven (7) years as an Associate at a top New York law firm with a global presence, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Ms. Awe has a passion for education and for periods between 2007 and 2008, she took time off from her career to indulge this passion, working as Associate Director of Admissions (Anglophone West Africa) with the Johannesburg based African Leadership Academy.

Ms. Awe has been a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Central Securities Clearing System Plc. since 2018. She was a Trustee of the Investors’ Protection Fund (IPF) of Nigerian Exchange Limited from 2016 to 2021. She also served on the Board of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria for two (2) consecutive terms from 2013 to 2021. During her tenure on the Board of the FRC, she chaired the Corporate Governance Committee, which had Board level responsibility for monitoring the implementation of the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance (NCCG) 2018. Furthermore, she was a member of the Senate’s Technical Advisory Committee on the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) Amendment Bill 2020. In June 2023, she was appointed a member of the Financial Reporting Council’s Adoption Readiness Working Group for the Adoption of the International Sustainability Standards Board’s IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 in Nigeria.

She is a life member of the Institute of Directors (IoD); a Fellow of the Compliance Institute of Nigeria (CIN) and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), the Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR), and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers Nigeria (CIS).
Ms. Awe graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Obafemi Awolowo University (1991); and finished at the Nigerian Law School with First Class Honors (1992). She holds Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degrees from Harvard Law School (2000), where she was a Landon H. Gammon Fellow; and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1994), where she was a British Council Scholar. She is admitted to both the Nigerian and New York Bars.
Ms. Awe is the recipient of a number of awards and honours, including the General Counsel of the Year Award at the 2018 African Legal Awards, and was selected by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) as one of twenty-one (21) Women Leaders in the exchange world in 2021. Her interests include travelling, African art, and gender and development.

Victor Okhai is a producer, scriptwriter, cinematographer, director and film consultant. One of the founders of the Directors’ Guild of Nigeria, he was a scriptwriter with the New Village Headmaster, the New Masquerade and Second Chance all on NTA’s network service. He was also Assistant Director/Assistant Producer for Zanani, a 16mm feature for UNESCO/NFC and Assistant Director, Doctors’ Quarters a medical series on MNET.

He has produced and directed several home movies and television series including The Line-Up, My Dream, Jand Hustle, Dream Again, Konkoroma and Chill Pill. His
short doc ‘Waiting for Hassana’ has been screened at sundance film festival, Sheffield doc etc and won at the River Run film festival an Oscar qualifying festival and had a special jury mention at the Seattle film festival. He also worked on Half of a Yellow Sun and Joy another film that qualified for the Oscars in 2019.

He has been filming features for the BBC world service news and the series “African Dreams”, Africa on the Move and Eco@Africa for DWTV and has shot and line produced for most of the major global television networks including Aljazeera and CNN. Victor Okhai who holds a B.A in Mass communication and an Msc in Public Relations from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, a professional certificate in film/TV production from the University of Carlifornia Los Angeles and attended courses in film production at NAFTI (Ghana)/CIFAP (France), Deustche Welle Akademie (Germany) amongst others. He has just graduated with a Doctorate in Business Leadership with the University of Nigeria Business School Enugu.

Currently the President, First Take Productions, Director, the International Film and Broadcast Academy Lagos, and formerly the Director of Studies at the ITPAN training School, Lagos, Victor Okhai has been an external lecturer with the National Film Institute, Jos for over ten years, teaches Visual Storytelling at the MultiChoice Talent Factory and was the consultant for the formation of the PEFTI film institute also in Lagos and the design of its curricullum and has
trained film makers in various African countries.

Victor Okhai has sat on the jury of several film contests and festivals including the 1st Nigerian international student’s film festival organized by the National film institute, held in Jos Plateau State from 18th – 21st January, 2006, “Killing Africa, Healing Africa” – Pan African Short Film competition (West African zone) 2007, The Audio Visual Awards TAVA 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, African Movie Academy Awards AMAA 2008, Chairman Jury Go Festival, 2011, 2012, Shnit
short film festival 2012 etc. He was also the president of the Digital Jury of the 33rd edition of the Cairo International Film festival held in 2009 and was invited back to chair a Symposium on the future of African cinema at the same festival in 2010. He was also a member of the international jury (features) Pan African film festival – FESPACO in Ouagadougou Burkina faso in February 2013 and member Abuja international film festival documentary jury 2013, member, features jury and facilitator at Ecrans Noir 2018 in Yaounde. He has also been on the juries of reels international film festival, African International film festival – AFRIFF and Eko international film festival for the last couple of years and is also the founder and Director of IN-Short Film Festival, the biggest short film festival in Sub Saharan Africa. In 2022, he was appointed head judge at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) Africa’s Oscars and head of the jury of the Kano Indigenous Languages film festival (Kilaf). A member of the NOSC, Nigeria’s selection committee for the Oscars, Victor Okhai is also a member of the panel of assessors for the NMMA, Nigeria Media Merit Award Committee and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group. He was recently appointed a member
of The Nigeria – South Africa Audio Visual Co-operation Implementation Forum.

A recipient of the prestigious International Visitor’s Programme fellowship of the German Foreign Ministry, Victor is who has just been elected the National
president of the Directors Guild of Nigeria, the President, Lagos German Alumni Association, Board Member, Nollywood Business Forum. In 2013, He was nominated as Africa’s foremost film promoter by Tanzania based Africa Film Development Association. He is also a board member of the African Film Consortium –AFC and Mokolo – an Africa film database supported by the German foreign Ministry. He is a the immediate past president of the Command Jos Old Students Association and is currently the President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria and Secretary of the Federation of Guild heads. He is also a member of the special project’s committee of the UNN Business School and a member of the advisory board of the Los Angeles based The African Diaspora Foundation-ADF.

Victor Okhai who belongs to a number of professional bodies is a Fellow of the International Professional Managers of the United Kingdom, Fellow – International Expert Consultants of the United kingdom (IEC-UK), Member – Directors Guild of Nigeria, Association of Movie Producers, Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria , Cinematographers Society of Nigeria, Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria and Associate Registered Practitioner in Advertising (Arpa).

He is in great demand as a teacher and resource person on leadership and on film locally and internationally. He is a member of the national advisory committee on film development in Nigeria to the Nigeria film corporation.

A polyglot who speaks all the major Nigerian Languages and some foreign languages, Victor Okhai who is widely travelled with a network of professional connections globally is happily married to his friend Brydget and they are blessed with children.

Public Relations Professional with over 20 years’ experience spanning multiple industries including Entertainment, Beauty and Healthcare, ICT, Food & Beverages.

Responsible for building and sustaining Nestlé Nigeria’s image, influence and reputation, also managing the company’s corporate communications, public affairs and sustainability priorities.

Since joining Nestlé in December 2016, Victoria has significantly increased and sustained the company’s superior share of voice in the market year on year. She brings Nestlé’s commitment to protecting and regenerating the environment for future generations to life through proactive sustainability initiatives, working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

She strengthens and highlights Nestlé’s social impact by building synergies between the company and its stakeholders and communities, and by telling the company’s impact story across multiple touch points. Victoria is Passionate about building connections and creating opportunities for people and communities to achieve their maximum potential.

She leverages insight gained from working with a broad variety of businesses, decision makers, influencers and governments to help organizations drive business and social impact by harnessing relevant communications and relationship management strategies. Listed on GLG Communications’ PR Power List 2023, Victoria has been recognized as one of the 50 Nigerian PR and Communications professionals who have made significant impact and who are leveraging PR to make a difference in business and in society.

Dr Igazeuma Okoroba is an industry-agnostic sustainability expert with an African market focus. She has over 20 years of experience in civil society, media, oil & gas, telecommunications infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.

Her life’s purpose is to transform industry through sustainability innovation for the prosperity of Africa. She has held diverse roles in the value chain of Strategy, Project Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability.

Presently, she leads sustainability in one of Africa’s largest manufacturing firms, driving the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). She supports academia and civil society to bridge the town and gown divide. As a speaker and mentor, she mobilizes volunteers for active citizenship. Her advocacy focuses on UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 – sustainable cities and communities, indigenous knowledge, gender and climate action.

Dr Okoroba holds an M.Sc in Sustainable Development from the University of Exeter, UK, and a PhD in Development Sociology, from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

She is a fellow of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Nigeria (ICGN) and the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP). She also serves on the board of several non-governmental organisations.

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji was born in Lagos on March 28, 1991, to Reverend (Mr) and Reverend (Mrs) Aboyeji. He is a Nigerian native of Isin LGA in Kwara State. He attended Primary School at St Saviour’s Primary School Ebute-Metta, Lagos. After earning his secondary school certificate from the Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja in 2007, he continued to the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies.

Iyinoluwa is currently the CEO and General Partner of Fund for Africa’s Future (popularly known as Future Africa), Africa’s largest seed stage investor which has invested millions of dollars into over hundred startups across Africa.

Prior to that he co-founded Flutterwave, a billion-dollar global payments platform connecting African businesses and individuals to the global economy and served as its Founding CEO from May 2, 2016, to October 5, 2018. In those years, he led the company to become one of the fastest growing payments technology businesses of all time, processing over $2 billion across over 50 million transactions.

In May 2014, Iyinoluwa co-founded Andela, Africa’s largest engineering organization that provides training for African software engineers which has provided training and jobs for over 100,000 African software and tech professionals. The company has received investments from Mark Zuckerberg and Google Ventures, amongst others.

Iyinoluwa has also served his country as the youngest member of Nigeria’s Presidential Council on Industrial Policy and Competitiveness and as the Deputy Director General for Madam Obiageli Ezekwesili Campaign for President in 2019. He has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a Forbes 30 under 30 honouree amongst other awards and fellowships.

Sade started out in legal practice, working with the firms of Adepetun, Caxton-Martins, Agbor & Segun and Aluko & Oyebode.

She joined British American Tobacco (BAT) in 2003, and over a period of 11 years worked in various management roles and jurisdictions. She was seconded to BAT Middle East and North Africa in 2006.

She shared EXCO responsibility for the strategic management of the 6 countries including the United Arab Emirates making up the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) business unit.  From 2008-2013 she covered the BAT West Africa Area markets as Area Legal Director.

In 2013, Sade was seconded to the BAT company headquarters in the United Kingdom with Regulatory and Marketing oversight of the company’s Eastern Europe, Middle East & African (EEMEA) country markets.

From 2014-2018, as Legal, Public Affairs and Communications Director, Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd, a member of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling BV group, she drove a consumer first strategic agenda.

Sade joined Nigerian Breweries Plc in 2018, as the Corporate Affairs Director.  As Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc she has led the delivery of the dynamic ‘Brew a Better World’, sustainability agenda of the company.

Mr. Sammy Dalmeida graduated from the University of Lagos with B.Sc. (Hons) Insurance in 1990 and holds an MBA Degree from Business School Netherlands. He is a Chartered Insurance Broker, being an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK. He worked with Foresight Insurance Brokers, SCIB Insurance Brokers, and Colximate Insurance Brokers before he joined DBLS Insurance Brokers (subsidiary,  Diamond Bank PLC) in 1998 as pioneer Head, Client Services. 

He joined NAL Merchant Bank PLC as Insurance Manager in March 2000 to set up the Bank’s Insurance Agency. He subsequently set up NAL Insurance Brokers Limited in May 2001. He is a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, Fellow, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, and a Fellow, Institute of Directors. He is also an Alumnus of the Owner Managers’ and Chief Executives’ Programmes of the Lagos Business School and has attended several Executive Management courses, locally and internationally.

He also sits on the Advisory Boards of Heckerbella Limited and AEC Legal. Sammy is also a Finance enthusiast and currently pursuing an M. Sc in Global Finance at the City, University of London.

Seun Alley is the CEO and co-founder at Fez Delivery Co – a last-mile delivery technology platform in Nigeria. Prior to Fez Delivery Co, Seun spent more than a decade at Fidelity and First Bank, where she started from her Youth Service to managing Organisational Structure at the latter.

Seun has held Director roles at some of Africa’s biggest startups. She was the Director of Operations, and Director of Government Relations and Partnerships at Nigeria’s Unicorn, OPay. Seun Alley was also Chief Operating Officer at Bloc, a Fintech Infrastructure company.

Seun started Fez Delivery out of personal experience in 2018. Today, Fez Delivery helps the likes of Kuda, OPay, Flutterwave, MoniePoint, Dang, Sterling Bank, Wema Bank, Guinness Nigeria, Red Bull, Mo Organics and many more fulfil their last-mile delivery promises to their customers.

Fez Delivery is backed by Ventures Platform, Google, Techstars and other leading African VCs

Temi Dalley is an adept HR leader with over two decades of experience – locally and internationally. She is a seasoned professional with an exceptional reputation in strategic leadership, people management, business acumen, driving transformational change among others.

As the Chief Human Resources Officer at Sterling Bank Plc., she is responsible for building a competent and agile workforce to meet the rapidly changing demands of today’s workplace. She leads a team of Human Capital experts whose mission is to create a truly humane and enabling work environment in the digital age, fueling Sterling Bank’s differentiation in the business landscape.

Temi has a first degree in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, M.A in Human Resource Management from the Middlesex Business School, UK, and also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), UK, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Nigeria (CIPM), among other professional bodies.

Listed among the 101 Most Influential Global HR leaders by the HRD World Congress (2018) and 2020 HR Leader of the year by the HR people Magazine Awards, Temi is keen on driving innovation and future-focused best practices that enhances the HR profession and sustainable organizational success.

Tendai is a Manager at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Africa network based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She joined GRI in 2013. Passionate about the systemic importance of sustainability thinking in corporate strategy, she works with a wide range of partners in the wider Sub-Saharan area to promote transparency and accountability for organizational impacts on the economy, the environment, and people, including impacts on their human rights using the GRI Standards.

Tendai holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Social Policy and Development with distinction from the University of Johannesburg.

Tunde Kara is aco-founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Vendease. With a 14-year career, building brands and leveraging technology to solve problems for businesses in Africa, he has become a driving force behind Vendease’s exponential growth.

Before founding Vendease, he had gathered a wealth of experience in business development and growth strategies across diverse markets. His innovative strategies have led the Vendease team to serve over 4,000 food businesses in Africa.