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TEDxLagos
TEDxLagos is an independent TEDx event held annually in Lagos, Nigeria. Like other TEDx events, the event obtained a free license from TED to hold the conference, with organizers agreeing to follow certain principles. In 2018, the refreshed TEDxLagos hosted 12 speakers at the Muson Centre. History TEDxLagos was founded as an independent TEDx event by the original organizers of ''TEDxGbagada''. In 2018, TEDxLagos reviewed numerous candidates and hosted 12 speakers on August 18, 2018 at the Muson Centre, Lagos Island. The hosts for the pre-recorded event were Nigerian comedian Bovi and Award-winning media entrepreneur Uche Eze founder of '' BellaNaija'', who is also a TEDGlobal Fellow. TEDxLagos partnered with the Skoll Foundation and Union Bank of Nigeria for the 2018 event. 2019 * Vivian Oputa * Nireti adebayo * Nse Ikpe-Etim * Clare Omatseye * Olumide Soyombo * Alade Maryam and Okechukwu Emmanuel * Victor Sanchez Aghahowa * Ayorinde B James * Otto Orondaam * Isioma Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Femi Leye
Oluwafemi Abolade Leye, known professionally as Femi Leye, is a Nigerian guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer. His music is a hybrid of African ethnic sounds, Contemporary Soul, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Funk and Yoruba Music. Early life and education Femi was born in Ogba, Lagosto the family of Francis Babatunde Ogunleye and Grace Folake Ogunleye,he has two siblings Dare Ogunleye and Tosin Akpoguma (Nee Ogunleye) He graduated from Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, with a degree in Food Science and Technology. Career He grew up listening to his father's vinyls of artists like King Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. At age 14, Femi taught himself how to play the guitar, with heavy influences from musical legends like Jimmy Dludlu, Lionel Loueke, George Benson, Norman Brown and Wes Montgomery. After graduating from college, he worked with different artistes in Nigeria in the studio and on stage. He had a residency with his band Femi Leye Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uche Eze
Uche Pedro (born by Uche Eze; 26 July 1984) is a Nigerian entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of ''BellaNaija'', a media tech brand known for entertainment and lifestyle content. Under her leadership, BellaNaija's social footprint has grown through its collective brands - BellaNaija.com, BellaNaija Weddings and BellaNaija Style - to be the largest on the African continent with more than 200 million impressions each month. Early life and education Uche was born and raised in Nigeria, where she finished her primary and secondary school education. Uche holds a Honors Business Administration degree from the Ivey Business School, where she graduated with distinction in 2006. In 2020, she graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a Masters in Public Administration. Career Uche worked for Shell Canada, Cadbury Middle East & Africa Unit in the UK, and Cadbury in Nigeria. In July 2006, she founded ''BellaNaija''. She claimed the idea for establishing BellaNaija came while s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokini Peterside
Tokini Peterside-Schwebig is a Nigerian entrepreneur, business woman and art collector. She is the founder of ART X Collective, a cultural management company in Lagos, Nigeria. The company's flagship fair, ART X Lagos, is the leading international art fair in West Africa. Early life and education Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Peterside grew up between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, where she studied at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Westminster School. She graduated with a First Class honours degree in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2015, she attended the business school, INSEAD, where she obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and lived between France and Singapore. Career After graduation from university, Peterside embarked on a career in marketing, and subsequently became Head of Marketing at Moët Hennessy, part of the LVMH group, in Nigeria. She founded her company in 2012, and provided strategy, business planning and marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simidele Adeagbo
Simidele Adeife Omonla Adeagbo, (born July 29, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Nigerian skeleton racer who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She is Nigeria and Africa’s first female skeleton athlete. She was the first black female Olympian in the sport. In 2022, she won the woman's mono bob event in the 2022 EuroCup, held in Germany. In so doing, she became the first athlete from Africa to win an international sled race. Before competing in skeleton, Adeagbo competed in triple jump, last competing in 2008. Early life Adeagbo was born in Toronto, in Ontario, Canada, to Nigerian parents. She moved to Ibadan, Nigeria when she was an infant, and lived there for six years before moving to the United States. Career Adeagbo served as a Nike body double for Serena Williams. Adeagbo is a marketing manager for Nike in South Africa since 2012. On August 18, 2018, Adeagbo spoke alongside other noteworthy speakers, to a sold-out audience during the '' TEDxLagos'' spotlight eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ade Olufeko
Ade Abayomi Olufeko . (born 1980), is an American-born designer, technologist, and entrepreneur primarily active in Lagos. His international work in humanities has been leveraged by Consortiums, NGOs, and high-impact leaders. He is the founder of Visual Collaborative, an American festival, and publishing platform that partners with artists, scientists, lawyers, and innovators on socio-economics. In 2003, he became a recipient of the IBM Gerstner Award for exceptional service during a malware epidemic. Olufeko's long-standing involvement in technology, exhibitions, keynotes and lectures at institutions such as the University Of Oxford, Yale University, Harvard Business School and Columbia University, has been covered by various media, such as ''Leadership'' news and Voice of America. Early life and education Ade Olufeko was born in the Upper Midwest city of Minneapolis. He is of Ijebu heritage. His late father, Abayomi Sr. was an accountant, His mother, Olubola, a busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonye Cole
Tonye Patrick Cole (born 11 January 1967) is a Nigerian businessman, he is the co-founder and former Group Executive Director of Sahara Group an energy conglomerate with operations spanning the entire energy chain in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to East Africa and beyond. The Group operates in 38 countries around the world with over 4,000 employees and annual turnover of $11 billion. He was directly responsible for building the Group's global expansion and upholding her corporate governance principles, maintaining her status with global institutions like the World Economic Forum, where he was a key member of Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI), The United Nations), where he was a pioneer member of the advisory board of the Private Sector Advisory Group for the UNDP Sustainable Development Group Fund (SDG-F), The African Philanthropy Forum amongst others. In addition to founding and running one of Nigeria's largest energy conglomerates, he also spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yewande Sadiku
Yewande Sadiku (born 27 July 1972) is a Nigerian investment banker and former public servant. She was the executive secretary and CEO of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission from 8 November 2016 to 24 September 2021. Education In 1992, Sadiku graduated from University of Benin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry. She went on to get a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Warwick in 1995. Career She worked at Nigeria International Bank Limited (now Citibank Nigeria) from 1992 to 1994. In 1996, she joined Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (later to be known as Stanbic IBTC Bank), rising to become chief executive officer of Stanbic IBTC Capital in November 2012. In 2014, Yewande raised funding for the adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, into a full feature film where she (Yewande) served as Executive Producer. She became executive director, corporate and investment of Stanbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunde Kelani
Tunde Kelani (born 26 February 1948), popularly known as TK, is a Nigerian filmmaker. In a career spanning more than four decades, TK specialises in producing movies that promote Nigeria's rich cultural heritage and have a root in documentation, archiving, education, entertainment and promotion of the culture. He is also known for his love of adaptation of literary material into movies as most of his works have followed that style of filmmaking, including ''Ko se Gbe'', '' O le ku'', ''Thunder Bolt'', ''The Narrow Path'', '' White Handkerchief'', ''Maami'' and ''Dazzling Mirage''. At an early age, he was sent to Abeokuta, to live with his grandparents. The rich Yoruba culture and tradition he experienced in his early years, coupled with the experience he garnered at the London Film School where he studied the art of filmmaking, prepared him for what he is doing today. Early life Tunde Kelani was born in Lagos but, at the age of five, he was sent to live with his grandparents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola
Bilikiss Adebiyi or Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola is a Nigerian entrepreneur who founded the Lagos-based recycling company Wecyclers and is currently the Director General of the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) and Managing Director of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK). She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. Early life Adebiyi was born in Lagos, where she went to the Supreme Education Foundation secondary school. She entered the University of Lagos, but she left after a year to complete her studies in America. She graduated from Fisk University and then went to Vanderbilt University, where she earned a master's degree. She worked for IBM for five years before deciding to study further. She was accepted to study for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Wecyclers She came up with the idea of a recycling business during her second year at MIT, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gbubemi Fregene
Gbubemi Fregene, better known as Chef Fregz, is a Nigerian chef. Early life and education Gbubemi Fregene was born in Abeokuta. He grew up in Benin City. He studied Industrial relations and human resource management at Covenant University and cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute, France. Career Gbubemi started his culinary internships at Oakwood Park and Protea Hotel in 2004 and continued at Oleander Lodge in 2007, while studying. In 2009, he started his own catering service called DVARD Catering Service. Fregene left Nigeria in early 2010 to study at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Paris, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ..., earning a Diploma in Cuisine. At the institute, he learned classical French cooking techniques while also experiencing d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somi (American Singer)
Laura Kabasomi Kakoma (born on June 6, 1981), known by her stage name Somi, is a Grammy-nominated American-born singer, songwriter, playwright, and actor of Rwandan and Ugandan descent. Somi is the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a Jazz category. Biography Somi was born in Champaign, Illinois, while her father was completing post-doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. When Somi was three years old, her family then moved to Ndola, Zambia, while her father worked for the World Health Organization. In the late 1980s when her father became a professor at the University of Illinois, they returned to Champaign, where Somi attended both University Laboratory High School and Champaign Central High School. She earned her undergraduate degrees in Anthropology and African Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She also holds a Master's degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayo Oviosu
Tayo Oviosu is a Nigerian-American businessman who is the founder and group CEO of Paga, a mobile payments company that is focused on digitizing cash in emerging economies. Nigeria is Paga's first market. Oviosu obtained a master's degree in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He formerly served as Manager Corporate Development at Cisco Systems in San Jose California and was vice president at Travant Capital Partners in Lagos, Nigeria until 2009, when he started Paga where he is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer. Tayo Oviosu has also co-founded Kairos Angels. Education Oviosu is a graduate of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Southern California. He also has a master's degree in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University in 2005. Career After graduating from USC, Oviosu started his career at Biomorphic VLSI as a Semiconductor Chip Design Engineer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
