Just #AWeekAgo , you joined us at #CUHebron for our #TEDx event. On behalf of the team,the #Licensee says #THANKYOU! to the #Speakers ,#Attendees and those that collaborated online we say keep gathering #IdeasWorthSharing and see you in 2017!
On the 11th of November, 2016 from 11am to 4pm in the Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies multipurpose hall the first Independently #TED event (#TEDx) was held at #CovenantUniversity .The event adopted the custom name #TEDxCovenantUni.
The aim of the event was to promote the sharing of imaginative ideas to proffer solutions to world problems under three major tracks; #Technology, #Environment and #Health.The audience was made up of students, alumni, staff members, and attendees from outside the University community. The program had 3 sessions with 2 breaks in between. There were 8 speakers and 4 #TEDtalk videos played in between.
#Whogohost ( Nigeria's first indigenous domain hosting platform) was a partner and gave out free and discounted domain names to participants.
The event witnessed a good turn out with over 60 participants, despite obstacles faced such as change of venue and speakers, it was indeed a good first step to more of such events.
Please find the profile of the speakers below
Charles Ayo
Researcher, Administrator, Computer scientist.
Charles who holds a Bsc, M.SC, and Ph.D in Computer science was the 3rd Vice chancellor of Covenant University. He is a member of a number of international research bodies, a senior Fulbright scholar, a recipient of the Ford Foundation Teaching innovations award & a honorary distinguished member of the centre for Democratic Governance in Africa.
Kunle Adewale
Artist, Art Therapist & Social Entrepreneur.
Kunle is the CEO of Tender Arts, a non-profit organisation which positively impacts children and young people with focus on education, talent development, community development and civic engagement. He is also the International director of programs for Healing Through Art at ICEHA, VA USA.
In 2015, he became a Mandela Washington Fellow and earlier in 2014 was nominated for Global Teacher Prize by Varkey Foundation in United kingdom.
Chris Okagbue
Model, Actor, Creative Director.
Chris started his career by appearing on billboards, newspapers and TV commercials of Multinationals like MTN, Cadbury Plc, Nigerian Breweries plc, Coca-Cola, Airtel e.t.c, He has won multiple competitions and awards including the Gulder Ultimate search season 8, earning the right to the prestigious title of “The Ultimate man”. As an actor he has featured in movies and soap operas like A wish, Playing safe, Lotanna, Tinsel and many others. He has graced various covers of renowned Nigerian & International magazines.
Rajiv Sharma.
Strategy Consultant, Public speaker & Coach
Rajiv is a program director at NLP Nigeria-Ghana, he has contributed over two decades at Management & Leadership level for diverse business houses. He specialises in Employee Engagement, Business Development, Strategy Execution, Operations Excellence , Gap Analysis and Change Management. He consults for various sectors including banks, oil & energy, Telecommunication, FCMG, Manufacturing, IT & service companies in many countries.
Lekan Fabilola
Author, Entrepreneur, Social change agent.
Lekan is the Director of Alphatouch limited, an idea generation, corporate strategy and contents provision company with a specialised interest in indigenous and cultural ideas. He is the author of Ancient wisdom: Owe yoruba, a compilation of 500 Yoruba proverbs with English and further explanations, a book which received commendation from former president Olusegun Obasanjo & Ooni of Ile-ife. One of his major goals in life is to bind Yoruba with technology.
Joshua Ajitena
Marketing Consultant, Public speaker, Project & Events Manager.
Joshua is a UK-based Nigerian, world-renowned motivational speaker and chief executive of Genero Living, a network that inspires, educate and challenge individuals to be creative. He has a Masters in Marketing communications and consultancy, and is currently a motivational speaker and writer, delivering sessions in schools, colleges, and universities all over the UK.
Joshua Alade
Humanitarian, Blogger, Speaker.
Joshua Alade is the team lead of NextGen Africa Initiative, a youth focused education organization that is passionate about young people and their ideas. At NextGen, he works with volunteers, youth leaders, school heads, community and religious leaders consulting on youth development, youth participation in community development and education. He is currently pursuing a postgraduate diploma in Youth Development with the Centre for Youth Development, Zambia and the University of Minnesotta.
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