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Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Founder of African Institution of Technology
Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Founder of African Institution of Technology
Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the Founder of African Institution of Technology, a 501(c)3 U.S. charity. He holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA, and MBA from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He obtained BEng from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (Nigeria) where he graduated as his class’s best student.
A US semiconductor industry veteran, his working experiences include Diamond Bank, Analog Devices Corp, and NNPC. In Analog Devices, he worked in the team that designed a generation accelerometer for the iPhone, and he created the company’s first wafer level chip scale package for the inertial sensors. Dr. Ekekwe is a selection board member of the $100 Million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program. He has written many books, authored many technical papers, and invented technologies. The African Leadership Network has honored him as a “New Generation Leader for Africa”.
Yinka Ogunde
CEO Edumark
Yinka Ogunde
CEO Edumark
Yinka Ogunde has an interesting professional life that cuts between the Marketing Communication Industry and the Education Sector. She began her professional life in the Advertising sector as a Copywriter at Promoserve before moving to the Client service Department. She moved into the world of Entrepreneurship in 1999 by setting up Goals and Ideas, a fully registered Advertising Agency that worked on various Multinational Accounts. She eventually ventured into the Education Industry bringing in her vast experience in the world of Marketing Communications to support Educational Institutions. She serves on various Boards and NGOs across the Country.
A well sought and engaging speaker on Leadership, Marketing, and Education related issues. Yinka's outfit Edumark is a leading provider of Marketing Communication services to top institutions in various parts of Nigeria. Yinka is also a certified Coach, Speaker, Trainer with the John Maxwell Team.
Bill Flynn
Multi-Certified Growth Coach
Bill Flynn
Multi-Certified Growth Coach
BILL FLYNN has more than thirty years of experience working for and advising hundreds of companies, including startups, where he has a long track record of success. He’s had five successful outcomes, two IPOs, and seven acquisitions, including a turnaround during the 2008 financial crisis. Bill is also a multi-certified growth coach, has a Certificate with Distinction - Foundations of NeuroLeadership and is a Certified Predictive Index Partner. Bill has also authored a best-selling book - Further, Faster - The Vital Few Steps that Take the Guesswork out of Growth. Away from work, he is an avid reader and athlete, and enjoys volunteering locally. When he is not off cheering on his collegiate-champion daughter, Bill lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with his wife, dog, cat, and four chickens.
BILL FLYNN has more than thirty years of experience working for and advising hundreds of companies, including startups, where he has a long track record of success. He’s had five successful outcomes, two IPOs, and seven acquisitions, including a turnaround during the 2008 financial crisis. Bill is also a multi-certified growth coach, has a Certificate with Distinction - Foundations of NeuroLeadership and is a Certified Predictive Index Partner. Bill has also authored a best-selling book - Further, Faster - The Vital Few Steps that Take the Guesswork out of Growth. Away from work, he is an avid reader and athlete, and enjoys volunteering locally. When he is not off cheering on his collegiate-champion daughter, Bill lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with his wife, dog, cat, and four chickens.
Bolaji Osime
CEO of Global International College
Bolaji Osime
CEO of Global International College
Mrs. Abolaji Osime is the CEO, Global International College and Secondary School She is a lawyer with a Master’s degree in Law from the London School of Economics, University of London, She is the CEO of Global International College, Nigeria’s Foremost Secondary & Sixth Form College. She has run and managed GIC in the last 14 years. Her students on successful completion of their course are guaranteed entry into a U.K, Canadian, US, and Hungarian Universities.
She consulted for the Federal Ministry of Education, where she led the transformation task team for Education Economy and Competitiveness. She also led other ‘initiatives such as the Innovation and Vocational Enterprise Institutions and the establishment of city-wide Career Centres. She was also the Lagos State Team Leader for ESSPIN (Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria).
Trisha Calella
Director, Product Partnerships at Digital Promise
Trisha Calella
Director, Product Partnerships at Digital Promise
Dr. Trisha Callella works with Digital Promise Global at the intersection of education, technology, and learning sciences research. She was a teacher, instructional coach, Director of Educational Technology, and Director of Innovation for K-12 school districts in the United States sharing her passion for globally connected learning. Trisha is the published author of over 50 teacher resource books where she turned research into actionable practices emphasizing innovative pedagogical approaches and activities. As an international speaker, she has presented on topics ranging from literacy to STEM and entrepreneurship. With a passion for technology, she has worked with many startups as an advisor, consultant, and pedagogical designer. She received her doctorate from USC in Educational Psychology: Learning Sciences, co-created and leads the Cotsen Principals Tech Network, and is on the faculty of Western Governors University working with teachers earning their Masters degrees. With Digital Promise Global, she is focused on helping educators and edtech companies design learning experiences to best support the full diversity of learners through the Learner Variability Project.
Rotimi Eyitayo
Creative Director, Team Masters
Rotimi Eyitayo
Creative Director, Team Masters
Rotimi Eyitayo is also the creative director and project manager of the Team masters National Spelling Bee Competition. He is also the convener of the Nigerian School Conference a platform that seeks to engage, empower, and also equip school owners, school heads, and stakeholders in Nigeria’s educational sector.
As a vibrant and dynamic speaker, Rotimi Eyitayo has facilitated several pieces of training, team bonding events, retreats, & strategy sessions for organizations both within and outside Nigeria. Some of these organizations include Zenith Bank, NLNG, Ministry of Special Duties (Akwa-Ibom), GTBank, Oyo State Government, StanbicIbtc, Union bank, Finicky Company, Apecs International Ltd, Sixth Sense, Maritime Academy (Oron), Discovery Camp, DSTV, Manny Waters Group Ltd and Purple Bubble Ltd.
Ronke Adeniyi
Proprietress PoshBabiesandKids
Ronke Adeniyi
Proprietress PoshBabiesandKids
RonkePosh, as she's popularly called, is a serial entrepreneur who loves to empower people. She owns the best preschool in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria called PoshBabiesandkids and also a Children’s Entertainment Company called PoshPartyPacks. RonkePosh is the Founder of the Helps at Homes Initiative which focuses on Parenting in the 21st Century and the proper recruitment of domestic workers in homes in order to prevent risks to families.
Okeyinfu Ajayi
MD Busy Minds Center & Sound View Consulting
Okeyinfu Ajayi
MD Busy Minds Center & Sound View Consulting
Mrs. Okeyinfu Ajayi is an experienced and hugely certified Evidence-Based Educational Entrepreneur and Start-up Business consultant. She founded Busy Minds Center in 2013 and has grown the organization to enviable heights in the education landscape in Nigeria. Okeyinfu is a curriculum integration expert and an Assessment Lead with certifications from notable educational institutions including the prestigious Harvard Graduate School of Education in Boston, Rutgers Business School in New Jersey and Evidence-Based Education in the United Kingdom.
Okeyinfu is an entrepreneur with an infectious passion for helping individuals and businesses build systems that make for personal and professional excellence. This led her to creating Ka’Vabe, which is a Tech and Business Process Optimisation firm with the goal of providing Byte Size Tech and Sustainable Business Solutions to MSMEs in Nigeria; Especially Female Owned Businesses. She has ample experience consulting with non-profits as well as for-profit organizations via her social enterprise concerns, particularly in establishing organizational structure and functionality in their operations.
When she is not glued to a computer or reviewing curriculum, she is the convener of the PLN Hangout, a platform geared towards supporting female entrepreneurs and educators in Nigeria and beyond. She also runs a free Leadership and online teacher training institute which has succeeded in raising the capabilities of over 450 Educators. If you need someone to help you birth your ideas, she is your go-to person and she loves to be called a Teacher. She is a wife, the mother of two children and an aunt to several nieces and nephews.
Okeyinfu is a firm believer that in inherent passions but also strongly posits that passion alone without the necessary adaptive mindset, leadership skills, and requisite protocol will not sustain the growth of your business beyond the launch phase.
Angela Ajala
Executive Director of Ladela Schools
Angela Ajala
Executive Director of Ladela Schools
Angela Ajala has served as the Executive Director of Ladela Schools since January 2004.
She has been in the Education and Training business for more than three decades.
Most recently she veered into Agricultural business and undertook the position of Managing Director of Global Ladela Agro- Allied Farms (GLAF), a company empowering a new generation of Agripreneurs in all aspects of Agriculture, from virtual farming to training to export, etc.
Angela is a Goldman Sachs Scholar and an Alumni of Enterprise Development Centre, Pan- Atlantic University Lagos.
She currently serves as an Advisory Member of the Board of the Enterprise Development Centre.
Angela belongs to a number of Organisations and International NGOs.
She is the immediate Past President of Business and Professional Women (BPW) an International NGO that develops the professional, business and leadership potential of women on all levels through advocacy, mentoring, networking, skill-building, and economic empowerment programs around the World.
She currently sits on the Board of Business and Professional Women.
She was instrumental to the setting of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) and among the four-member committee that drew up a constitution to guide the then-new Association in 2004. Today she sits on the Board of the FCT Chapter of the Association and is a mentor to many Schools.
She is currently the National President of African Women Entrepreneurship Programme, Nigeria Chapter, an engagement Initiative that targets African Women Entrepreneurs to promote business growth, increase trade both regionally and to U.S Markets through the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), they also create better business environment and empower African Women Entrepreneurs to become voices of change in their communities.
Angela is a Qualified Quality Assessors Manager and is the Council Chair of Skills Care Development Organisation, a Sector Skills Council for Education and care responsible for guiding the system for the development, classification and recognition of skills, knowledge, understanding and competencies acquired by individuals in the Education and Care Industry. To also promote quality care in Education and Health Organisations through the National Skills Qualification Framework.
She is a Certified Education Coach and an Internal Verifier under the NSQF.
Angela was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She is married with two children and two grandchildren. She loves reading.
She earned a BA and MA in English from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and has over the years gone for many short courses in different specializations ranging from Business Innovation and Strategy to Leadership, Counselling, Agriculture, etc.
She has held the following positions, and some are still ongoing:
- Member, Governing Board of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
- Chairperson Board of Trustees, Educate Nigeria Initiative.
- Director, School Resource Centre.
- Director, Ultimate Health.
- Mentor and Lead Coach: Department of Quality Assurance, Education Secretariat, FCT.
- Board Member, The Irede Foundation.
- Board Member, Team Member.
- Member of Board of the Nigeria American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) representing the African Women Entrepreneurship Programme there.
Angela has received many awards for contributions in fields of deep interest.
She is an Author, a Coach, Mentor, an Educational Administrator per excellence, Business Consultant and Collaborator in numerous Development projects.
Peter Triumph
School Growth and Operations Consultant
Peter Triumph
School Growth and Operations Consultant
Peter Triumph is a former Classroom Teacher at Marvelous Nursery and Primary Schools. A former administrator at Jacob'sWell Montessori School. The Lead Strategist at The Relevant Enterprise Impact Leaders Club, PortHacourt, and the Former Ambassador at Impact Your World Leadership Initiative.
He studied Business Administration/Management at the University of Port Harcourt. He is a renowned Educator, a School Growth and Operations Consultant, a TEDx Speaker, and a prolific author.
Henry Anumudu
Founder Sharing Life Africa
Henry Anumudu
Founder Sharing Life Africa
Henry Anumudu is the Founder of Sharing Life Africa, a nonprofit that works with teachers, government and grassroots communities to ensure that every child can access a quality education regardless of economic background.
Through his online advocacy in the past three years, Henry has shaped how teachers are reflected in society, leading to an increased adoption of the teaching profession by young Nigerians.
In the words of former Federal Minister of Education, Dr. ObyEzekwesilli:
"Henry Anumudu is probably one of the Best Ambassador of the Teaching profession that I have ever known. I am a fan!"
Henry Anumudu is an Alumnus of Teach For Nigeria.
AccelerateTV named him, “The Man Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders.”
Bankole Gbemiga Afolabi
Senior Education Officer, Lagos State Ministry Of Education
Bankole Gbemiga Afolabi
Senior Education Officer, Lagos State Ministry Of Education
Bankole Gbemiga Afolabi is an Educational Officer with Lagos State Ministry of Education since Year 2011. During this time, she has taught students from the Senior Secondary 1 level up to 3 with outstanding results in the regional examinations. She is a teacher/trainer who loves to mentor young ones and create in them the hunger for critical thinking, thus making them desire to change their world.
She and her colleagues created an organization for teacher training services and learner mentorship programmes. Within one year of existence, they have succeeded in training more than one hundred teachers in their school district on better and more improved teaching expertise. They aim to cover the other five districts by September, 2020
Bankole Gbemiga Afolabi is a Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Award recipient.
She is happily married with three (3) children.
Mazen Mroue
Chief Operating Officer of MTN Nigeria
Mazen Mroue
Chief Operating Officer of MTN Nigeria
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Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Founder of African Institution of Technology
Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Founder of African Institution of Technology
Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the Founder of African Institution of Technology, a 501(c)3 U.S. charity. He holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA, and MBA from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He obtained BEng from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (Nigeria) where he graduated as his class’s best student.
A US semiconductor industry veteran, his working experiences include Diamond Bank, Analog Devices Corp, and NNPC. In Analog Devices, he worked in the team that designed a generation accelerometer for the iPhone, and he created the company’s first wafer level chip scale package for the inertial sensors. Dr. Ekekwe is a selection board member of the $100 Million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program. He has written many books, authored many technical papers, and invented technologies. The African Leadership Network has honored him as a “New Generation Leader for Africa”.
Yinka Ogunde
CEO Edumark
Yinka Ogunde
CEO Edumark
Yinka Ogunde has an interesting professional life that cuts between the Marketing Communication Industry and the Education Sector. She began her professional life in the Advertising sector as a Copywriter at Promoserve before moving to the Client service Department. She moved into the world of Entrepreneurship in 1999 by setting up Goals and Ideas, a fully registered Advertising Agency that worked on various Multinational Accounts. She eventually ventured into the Education Industry bringing in her vast experience in the world of Marketing Communications to support Educational Institutions. She serves on various Boards and NGOs across the Country.
A well sought and engaging speaker on Leadership, Marketing, and Education related issues. Yinka's outfit Edumark is a leading provider of Marketing Communication services to top institutions in various parts of Nigeria. Yinka is also a certified Coach, Speaker, Trainer with the John Maxwell Team.
Henry Anumudu
Founder Sharing Life Africa
Henry Anumudu
Founder Sharing Life Africa
Henry Anumudu is the Founder of Sharing Life Africa, a nonprofit that works with teachers, government and grassroots communities to ensure that every child can access a quality education regardless of economic background.
Through his online advocacy in the past three years, Henry has shaped how teachers are reflected in society, leading to an increased adoption of the teaching profession by young Nigerians.
In the words of former Federal Minister of Education, Dr. ObyEzekwesilli:
"Henry Anumudu is probably one of the Best Ambassador of the Teaching profession that I have ever known. I am a fan!"
Henry Anumudu is an Alumnus of Teach For Nigeria.
AccelerateTV named him, “The Man Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders.”