Theme: In Africa for Africa

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Alliance Franciase Ikoyi
9 Osborne Rd, Ikoyi, Lagos 106104, Lagos
Ikoyi, Lagos, 101233
Nigeria

Akin Akingbogun

Civil Engineer

Akin is a registered Civil Engineer with about 20 years post-university cognate experience mostly in the downstream Oil & Gas, (construction and Project Management, Operations & Process development), engineering consulting (business strategy, innovation, marketing and HR training) and banking (Renewable Energy, business strategy and electric mobility) industries. Akin is actively involved in thought leadership and in promoting the adoption of electric vehicles within the transport sector in Nigeria. Akin is a successful life coach, a mentor, and a leader par excellence. He actively engages in leadership and HR training sessions (formal & informal) and is a volunteer class teacher and counselor to youths, newbies, or wannabe life coaches and distressed youths. Akin loves to write and has authored 5 published books. He runs a blog (akinakingbogun.com) where he shares his life experiences weekly and has posted online over 350 short fiction stories since 2019.

Audrey Odogu

Social Development and Sustainability Professional

Audrey Odogu is a social development and sustainability professional with non-profits and development programs across Nigeria and Africa. Her work in the social development sector focuses on closing the digital gap through strategic digital skilling programs, education, youth (TIVET) skilling, reskilling for employment, grantmaking, managing and building non-profit capacity. Audrey holds a Master’s Degree in Managerial Psychology and a Bachelor's in Library and Information Science. She is a certified sustainability professional and a Member of the Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria (SPIN), a certified Strategy and Planning Expert from Lagos Business School (LBS) and serves as a board member of Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation. She is an award recipient of the 2023 Top 50 Women in Management Africa (WIMA) and 2024 Top 50 African Women in Development (AWID) by Donors for Africa Foundation.

Babs Omotowa

President, NUTM

Babs Omotowa (Dr) is a renowned global leader across the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, and Nigeria, where he has held several senior executive and Board positions across oil and gas, technology, banking, education and manufacturing industries. Previously the MD/CEO of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited; Global Upstream Vice-President of Shell International; Director Shell Petroleum Development Company, Non-Executive Director of West Africa Gas Pipeline Company and Nigerian Economic Summit Group, and a former Global President of the UK Institute of Procurement and Supply. Babs is a first-time Author with a book “Storeroom to Boardroom” an Amazon bestseller and a finalist of the UK business books in 2022. He has also been a speaker at Harvard University, MIT USA, and the World Economic Forum. He is a renowned visionary, and strategist, and epitomized by his core values of Integrity, Courage, and Excellence.

Boluwatife Omotayo

CEO/Founder, gamp

Boluwatife Omotayo is a Nigerian entrepreneur with a Postgraduate Diploma in Technology, Entrepreneurship, Management, and Design from the Nigerian University of Technology and Management. He is the founder of gamp, a VC-backed startup that provides device insurance and financing for Africa's digital workers, thereby enabling broader access to digital technologies across the continent. Boluwatife has been recognized as an Anzisha Prize fellow by the MasterCard Foundation. Before founding gamp, Boluwatife played a pivotal role in propelling Carry1st to its status as Africa's top mobile game publisher, demonstrating his prowess in growth strategies and market penetration. His entrepreneurial journey began with founding TAB Digitals Technology, underscoring his dedication to technological accessibility. He also serves as a Board member at one of the Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria.

Chidi Koldsweat

Founder/CEO of Donors for Africa Foundation

Chidi Koldsweat is the Founder/CEO of Donors for Africa Foundation where she works actively with Governments, Funding Institutions, the Private Sector, Philanthropy Organizations, NGOs, and Social Impact Leaders to break the cycles of poverty in Africa. Her core competencies include connecting social entrepreneurs to donors and impact investors, designing sustainable development programs, managing donor funds and projects across Africa and providing sustainable business and social solutions for social entrepreneurs. She has trained over 8000+ social impact organizations through its accelerator programs, helping them raise over $30M in direct and indirect funding. Ms Koldsweat has reached over 51,000 individual accounts, providing weekly knowledge to the global development community and is a recepient of multiple cross continent awards and recognitions.

Jordan Ajibola

CEO and co-founder, Shipbubble

Jordan Ajibola is the CEO and co-founder of Shipbubble, a leading shipping platform that is transforming the logistics landscape in Nigeria and Africa as a whole by empowering e-commerce businesses by connecting them with a diverse network of delivery partners to manage all their logistics operations. Jordan's academic background includes a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Covenant University and a postgraduate diploma in Management from the Nigerian University of Technology and Management. This strong educational foundation, combined with his deep industry expertise from a stint at Amazon Logistics has equipped him with the skills to drive innovation and efficiency within the logistics sector. Under Jordan's leadership, Shipbubble has rapidly expanded its user base. Jordan is dedicated to driving e-commerce growth in Africa, and his efforts have positioned Shipbubble as a key player in the continent's logistics ecosystem.

Kadaria Ahmed

Executive Director, Daria Media

Kadaria Ahmed is a respected and highly influential Nigerian/British journalist and media entrepreneur, trainer and formerly strategic communications advisor. She sits on the board of trustees of the International Press Institute Nigeria and has been recognized as one of the 5 most influential people in the Nigerian media landscape. Kadaria has advised respected private sector companies, public institutions and investors on managing complex relationships with government regulators, media, local communities’ capital markets & investors while also providing communication training for private sector executives. She has M.A in Television from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Bayero University Kano. She is a Chevening Scholar.

Ola Brown

General Partner - HealthCap Africa

Dr Ola Brown is the founding partner of Healthcare Capital Africa also known as ‘Healthcap’; a pan-Africa investment company focused investments that create a healthier world. There are two arms to our business our infrastructure investing arm that focuses on healthcare/clean energy & social infrastructure and our venture capital arm that invests in pre Series A start ups in fintech and healthtech. Healthcap has invested in nearly 30 start ups in fintech and healthtech. On the infrastructure side Healthcap has a pipeline of almost $800m in healthcare, clean energy and clean water projects across the continent. She previously founded a tech enabled urgent care services marketplace called Flying Doctors Nigeria which has provided services in over 100 countries and has responded to over 5000 urgent care requests.

Paul Onwuanibe

Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, of Landmark Group

Paul began his career in the ‘built environment’ with a formal education in Architecture, Property Development, and Construction Management and a London Business School MBA with merit in “Value Engineering”. Paul has 35 years of experience in the professional property environment with experience in the design and execution of development projects (Africa, USA, Europe). Paul has won several international awards due to his deep and passionate interests and contributions to real estate in Africa. He is a member of the prestigious Young Presidents Organisation, YPO and sits on the board of several national and international companies like MTN’s Yellow Digital Bank, Chairman of the board of Lakeshore Cancer Centre, Board director at Kimberly Ryan Ltd, Carbon Bank amongst others, he is also one of the renowned lions on the Nigerian business reality show "Lion's Den" and is a two-time TEDx Speaker. Paul is happily married to Dr Ikunna Onwuanibe and they are blessed with two children.