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Art of 

Technology 

Lagos 2.0

SMART DATA
SMARTER LAGOS

A Data-Centric Lagos Is A Smart Lagos.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Art of Technology Lagos 1.0 [AOT Lagos 1.0] curated by Eko Innovation Centre was a Lagos-State-powered Innovation & Technology conference that brought together about 2000 technology organizations, policy makers, government officials, venture capitalists, product designers, cultural architects, software engineers /programmers, creative architects, innovators and tech enthusiasts to drive innovations that will pave way for the evolution of a smarter, digital, more efficient and a more competitive Lagos.

The outcome of the conference was the launch of Lagos State Innovation Masterplan and other developmental initiatives.

In 2020, our conversation is themed SMART DATA, SMARTER LAGOS.

AOT Lagos 2.0 will facilitate multi-stakeholder discussions, exchanges and collaborations along the data value chain as an enabler of SMARTER LAGOS; identify and leverage the outcomes of data and its insights to the development of smart cities, build and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to actively participate in Smart Lagos development process and chart a vision for the next phase of development to cement Lagos as Africa’s key tech hub.

You cannot afford to miss all these things!

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VENUE

ORIENTAL HOTEL, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS

DATE

DECEMBER

3rd-4th

2020

9AM

DAILY

CONFERENCE

 SPEAKERS

MICHAEL SEIBEL

CEO, Y-COMBINATOR

Folashade Adefisayo

HON. COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION, LASG

Bayo Adekanmbi

CTO, MTN NIGERIA

Maya Horgan Famodu

Founder, ingressive capital

Godson OGUMKA

CEO, PAN-AFRICAN SPARK

Eyitayo Ogunmola

FOUNDER, UTIVA

Ada Nduka Oyom

Founder, She CODE AFRICA

Ugochukwu Jay Chikezie

Founder, tremendoc

Adia Sowho

MD, Nigeria for Mines

Hakeem Fahm

Hon. Commissioner for science & Tech, LASG

NNamdi AZODO

HEAD OF PRODUCTS,
ALAT BY WEMA

Tope Aladenusi

Head, Cyber Risk Services,
Deloitte West Africa

Oyaje Ijoko

CEO, Layer3

Dr Abasi Ene-Obong

CEO, 54gene

Joseph-Olivier BILEY

CEO, WeFLY AGRI

Odunayo Eweniyi

COO, Piggyvest

Dr Abasi Ene-Obong

CEO, 54gene

Joseph-Olivier BILEY

CEO, WeFLY AGRI

KEYNOTE

 SPEAKERS

Our Keynote speakers feature experts in Innovation, big data, blockchain and artificial Intelligence. Their talks will explore new realities and suggest ways local Tech Innovators can become and remain competitive. They’ll decode the complex advances in these fields to reveal a constantly evolving world that is changing in exciting ways to create the world we currently inhabit, and the future. Whether your company is on the verge of a high-tech breakthrough, or about to take off, these top technology keynote speakers can help you. Their takeaways will help you revolutionize your organization, markets, customers, and society at large.

                           

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

GOVERNOR LAGOS STATE

                           

Andrew Nevin

ADVISORY PARTNER PWC

                           

KOLA AINA

FOUNDER VENTURE PLATFORM

                           

Juliet Ehimuan

WEST AFRICA GOOGLE

                           

Amauche Emenari

DOCTORAL RESEARCHER M.I.T

PANEL

 SESSIONS

Our panel discussions will provide leading innovators, thought-leaders, and technology companies an opportunity to engage on how to increase the understanding and awareness of the opportunities and challenges of new technology and exponential change. It will explore how to support collaborative platform(s) to facilitate the sharing of the best ideas and innovations to inform policy and inspire collective action for scale and global impact.

FUTURE OF WORK

The Connect between the Ecosystem and the Talent

                           

FAREED AROGUNDADE

WORKSTATION

                           

OLATUNBOSUN ALAKE

LAGOS STATE GOVT

                           

JOSEPH OLOFINSOLA

Deloitte

                           

LANRE PHILLIPS

HP

TECH INFLUENCE

Influence of Tech on Culture and Behaviour

                           

LEKE ALDER

Consultant Leke Alder Consulting

                           

ADDY AWOFISAYO

GOOGLE

                           

OLUSEGUN ADENIJI

FINANCIAL EXPERT

HARD TALK

Frank Conversations for a more collaborative Ecosystem

                           

VICTOR ASEMOTA

Interaction Design Foundation

                           

IYINOLUWA ABOYEJI

ENTREPRENEUR

                           

MIKE OGBALU

VERVE

                           

MEGHAN CURRAN

ACUMEN

BREAKOUT

 SESSIONS

FUNDING:

BEST PRACTICES

To compete in the tech space you need funding; to hire talent, pay bills, scale etc. How do you compete when better funded competitors exist in the market? Is bootstrapping still an option? Foreign VCs are beginning to fund local startups. How does this affect the future of the local tech ecosystem?

The Chinese are coming! How does the rise of Chinese startups like Opay and PalmPay, with Warchests of $50m and $40m respectively affect the industry? This session will educate Nigerian VCs about how best to approach investing in the tech space, enlighten the audience on what VCs look for when investing and point out red flags to watch out for both as a startup and a VC.

                           

UCHE ISIUGO

EMERGING INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL

                           

TOYIN ADEGBITE-MOORE

Sheafam & Tam Limited

                           

COLLINS ONUEGBU

SIGNAL ALLIANCE

WOMEN IN

TECH

There are less women studying STEM courses or working in related fields. The tech ecosystem can look like a men-only club but there are women making major contributions in startups we all know and love. You’ll find women in software development, marketing, product management, and other roles in tech, but is the tech space the career first choice for most ladies? What unique opportunities exist for women?

This session will highlight the achievements of women in Tech and encourage female tech enthusiasts to take their places and live their dreams in the tech space.

                           

ODUNAYO EWENIYI

PIGGYVEST

                           

TOYIN OSHINOWO

FIELDINSIGHT

                           

IQUO UKOH

ENTOD MARKETING

                           

TEMIE GIWA-TUBOSUN

LIFEBANK

Building

MVPs

Building an MVP is less expensive than building a full-fledged product that nobody needs or wants. Product failure can be very expensive. There are many reasons startups fail but starting with an MVP helps reduce failure as a result of a bad product. When then do we have startups building solutions looking from problems? Why don’t some startups get sufficient feedback before they build and launch?

This session will help to minimize product/startup failures.

                           

SOLAPE HAMMOND

IMPACTHUB

                           

BAMKOLE PETER

ENTERPRISE DEV CENTRE

                           

TITILOLA ORIDAMI-BRIGHT

LAGOS WATER CORPORATION

Consumer-Centric Products,

Not Apps

Developers and techies can get carried away with using the latest and the greatest technologies, throwing buzzwords around, but all these mean little or nothing to the people going to use what is built.

Successful products are all about making life easier for consumers, reducing time, effort and money needed to get things done, and delighting the consumer, isn’t it? Is there a secret formula for great products? This session will bring understanding of how to get consumer feedback effectively and show how great features and products are consistently created.

                           

AZEEZ OGUNJOBI

BRIMATEL

                           

WOLE ODETAYO

OPACUS TECHNOLOGIES

                           

AYOTUNDE COKER

RACK CENTRE

                           

TOMI OTUDEKO

HONEYWELL GROUP

SPONSORSHIP

/EXHIBITION

PACKAGES

PLATINUM

PACKAGE

₦10M

5 minutes video recording session [with Q&A] about business/product [to be uploaded on our website]

Advanced networking with speakers

5 minutes Virtual Speaking Slots

Virtual Exhibition Booth to host live products and demos

Virtual Sponsors Arena to host company logo and other details

Facilitated 1:1 meeting with attendees

Networking lounge access [physical]

Special email blast with company details

Session promotions in social media and featured snippets, etc.

Company details on event webpage and other printed materials.

Named as Platinum Sponsor of the conference

60 seconds advert played in-between sessions

DIAMOND

PACKAGE

₦5M

5 minutes Virtual Speaking Slots

Virtual Exhibition Booth to host live products and demos

Virtual Sponsors Arena to host company logo and other details

Facilitated 1:1 meeting with attendees

Networking lounge access [physical]

Special email blast with company details

Session promotions in social media and featured snippets, etc.

Company details on event webpage and other printed materials.

Named as Diamond Sponsor of the conference

60 seconds advert played in-between sessions

GOLD

PACKAGE

₦3M

Virtual Exhibition Booth to host live products and demos

Virtual Sponsors Arena to host company logo and other details

Special email blast with company details

Session promotions in social media and featured snippets, etc.

Company details on event webpage and other printed materials.

Named as Gold Sponsor of the conference

SILVER

PACKAGE

₦1M

Virtual Sponsors Arena to host company logo and other details

Special email blast with company details

Session promotions in social media and featured snippets, etc.

Company details on event webpage and other printed materials.

Named as Silver Sponsor of the conference

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AGEN

DA

Day 1

DECEMBER 3RD

8.00

AM

Accreditation

8.55

AM

Mr Governor's Arrival

9.00

AM

National Anthem

9.10

AM

Welcome Address

9.20

AM

Executive Speech

9.50

AM

1st Keynote

10.20

AM

Mr Governor's Pavilion Inspection

10.40

AM

Breakout Session

11.40

AM

1st Product Launch / Demo

11.45

AM

Plenary – 1

12.25

PM

2nd Product Launch

12.40

PM

2nd Keynote

1.20

PM

Plenary – 2

2.00

PM

3rd Keynote

2.40

PM

Vote of Thanks / Lunch

Day 2

DECEMBER 4TH

8.00

AM

Accreditation

9.00

AM

National Anthem

9.10

AM

Welcome Address

9.20

AM

1st Keynote

9.50

AM

Product Talk -1

10.00

AM

Plenary – 1

10.40

AM

Product Talk -2

10.55

AM

Breakout Session

12.00

PM

Product Fair

3.00

PM

Vote of Thanks / Lunch

Day 2

DECEMBER 4TH

8.00

AM

Accreditation

9.00

AM

National Anthem

9.10

AM

Welcome Address

9.20

AM

1st Keynote

9.50

AM

Product Talk -1

10.00

AM

Plenary – 1

10.40

AM

Product Talk -2

10.55

AM

Breakout Session

12.00

PM

Product Fair

3.00

PM

Vote of Thanks / Lunch

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

GOVERNOR LAGOS STATE

Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s dream is to see a Lagos where everything becomes smart. A tech-lover, emotionally intelligent and a committed leader who is doggedly passionate about Greater Lagos.

A B.Sc and MBA graduate from the University of Lagos. He is also an alumnus of the John F. Kennedy School of Government,
the London Business School and the Lagos Business School. Before he became the governor, he was the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC).

He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD).

He is a tech-lover, listening governor who is strongly committed to taking Lagos to a greater height.

Before governance, he was at United Bank for Africa as the Head of Foreign Money Market; and First City Monument Bank as a Deputy General Manager/ Divisional Head.

At AOTLagos 2.0, Mr. Governor will review the Smart Lagos journey, present the progress made so far to the stakeholders; while painting the renewed picture of the Smarter Lagos.

BOS is the 15th Executive Governor of Lagos State.

Dr. Andrew S. Nevin, PhD

ADVISORY PARTNER PWC

Andrew NevinDr. Andrew S. Nevin, PhD has had a unique 34 year global career as a thinker and a doer, working at the complex intersection of economics, strategy, capital markets, social enterprises, and investment and in his professional career has previously lived in Asia, North America, and Europe. 

He has been based in Nigeria (the world’s 7th most populous country) since early 2012.In Nigeria, Andrew is a nation-builder and public intellectual, playing a number of key roles to advance Nigeria’s and West Africa’s economy and society, including:

Partner – Financial Services Leader and Chief Economist at PwC Nigeria
Andrew is PwC West Africa’s Financial Services Leader across Assurance, Tax, and Advisory. His own clients include numerous African banks, insurance companies, and capital market players. He also works with global companies looking to expand their footprint in Nigeria and Africa. 

As Chief Economist, he leads Nigeria’s best economics team and is one of the pre-eminent voices speaking about the Nigerian economy, both in the media and as keynote speaker to numerous conferences. 

He also leads many engagements with public sector entities and IDAs focused on the biggest challenges in the Nigerian economy and society, including capital markets, housing, and innovation. 

All of these roles combine to create one of Nigeria’s most dynamic television, print, and social media presences, as Andrew advocates for the changes that will unlock Nigeria’s enormous human and economic potential. In addition to being continuously in the Nigerian media, he has been quoted in the Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, and Newsweek.

In PwC UK, prior to joining PwC Nigeria, Andrew led the writing PwC’s global response to the 2008 Great Financial Crisis (Day After Tomorrow) and subsequently developed PwC’s first global megatrends and future of financial services perspective – Project Blue. Before joining PwC, he spent 10 years living in China and was the President of United Family Hospitals (China’s pre-eminent international hospital chain) during the SARS crisis in 2003 through early 2005. Andrew started his career at McKinsey & Company, serving in the Toronto and Paris offices. 

He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University, an MA in Philosophy and Politics from Balliol College, Oxford University (where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar and scored 2 goals in the 100th anniversary Blues ice hockey match vs. Cambridge), and a BSc (Hon) in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. In April 2011, he was named Strategy Consultant of the Year for 2010 by the Management Consultants Association in the UK. 

Andrew is a Canadian citizen.

Kola Aina

FOUNDER VENTURE PLATFORM

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.

 

Recognised 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 organisations 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 specialisation 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 books and spending time with his family.

Juliet Ehimuan

Juliet Ehimuan, named by Forbes as one of the top 20 power women in Africa, and by the London Business School as one of 30 people changing the world is the Director leading Google’s business strategy in West Africa and Next Billion Users initiative in Africa.

Under her leadership, the Google team has made significant impact on local content development, infrastructure deployment, and digital capacity building; receiving an award for most outstanding contribution to local content development from NIMES and the NCC.

Juliet has actively contributed to developing national strategies including Nigeria’s broadband plan in 2013, and ICT incubation strategy in 2012. Recent investments include commitment to provide free digital skills training to 10 million youth in Africa, training for 100K developers and an Africa Scholarships program for current and aspiring developers, including support for female developers through developer groups and a women techmakers event; funding and mentoring of technology startups in Africa through a launchpad Accelerator program, and a Google Impact Challenge providing $20Million in funding to nonprofits advancing the course of education and economic prosperity in Africa.

She has over 20 years experience primarily in technology, oil and gas, and new media industries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Juliet holds an Executive MBA from the London Business School, a Postgraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge; and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She is a recipient of the London Business School Global Women’s Scholarship, and at Cambridge University was awarded Selwyn College Scholar and Malaysian Commonwealth Scholar. She is a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

At AOT Lagos 1.0, Juliet will be speaking on The Tech, the Tension and The Smart Lagos, which highlights overcoming various challenges in building a modern tech metropolises.

Amauche Emenari

DOCTORAL RESEARCHER M.I.T

Amauche Emenari a doctoral candidate studying the root of intelligence at the MIT Media Lab. He currently works as a member of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group specializing in using biological and machine learning techniques to build structural models of the central nervous system. His interests and work focus on how we can develop new forms of artificial intelligence that closely mimic the performance of biological intelligent systems. 

There is a biological basis to all everything that exists in the mind. My research seeks to understanding how the interaction of complex neural circuits leads to thoughts, perceptions, learning, memory, and behavior with the goal of creating general intelligence systems that learn faster, respond faster, and require less energy to function. Prior to arriving at MIT, he designed and developed neuroscience-themed crowdsourcing platform at the National Institutes of Health. He has worked in industry as a software developer on Apple’s iPhone software team, on Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure team, and on IBM’s high-performance microprocessors team.

Outside of his research he works on projects related to application of new technologies (Machine
Learning, Blockchain, Photogrammetry, and Robotics) to address challenges in cyber security, finance, education, and governance. He travels around the world teaching short courses on machine learning and robotics.
He was born and raised in Washington D.C. He received three degrees in Biomedical Engineering,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University and a master’s degree in Neuroengineering from Boston University.

Fareed Arogundade

MANAGING PARTNER Pacific Vanguard

Fareed is a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur with global experience across a diverse set of industries including advertising, energy and real estate.

He is the Managing Partner for Pacific Vanguard Limited, Director of Midland Resources Limited, worked as Business Development Executive for Ikot Abasi Power and is the Founder and CEO of Workstation International Co-Work Limited (Workstation). Fareed is also a member of the Advisory Group on Technology and Creativity for the Federal Government of Nigeria.

It’s not Fareed’s resume stripes that led to his successful career, but his passion for improving life in his country and making a positive impact across Africa and emerging markets. His work has been featured in Forbes, TechCabal, Africans Building Africa, TechMoran, Business Day, Arise TV, Techpoint, Disrupt Africa, The Guardian, Konbini and Channels TV.

Fareed holds a BBA in Finance from the Howard University School of Business. In his spare time, he likes exploring new restaurants, discovering new cities and cultures, observing and investing in the stock market, and visiting art galleries.

Olatunbosun Alake

Mr. Olatunbosun Alake is an Information Technology & Business Management executive with about 10 years of experience. He has functioned in different spaces including Product Management, Business Intelligence, Application Development & Business Development across Telecoms, Media & Entertainment industries.

Beginning his career as a technology consultant in Philadelphia, U.S.A, Mr. Alake managed technology related issues for clients across the hardware and software spectrum. His transition to Nigeria saw him take up a position as Technical Learning & Development Specialist at IPNX Telecoms Nigeria Ltd. where he deployed and managed technical and generic organizational learning programs that contributed to significant improvements in organizational productivity.

He subsequently worked in various functional and leadership positions at IPNX where he was the Head of the Business Intelligence Unit tasked with developing and managing the Business Intelligence Architecture.

Olatunbosun is an avid problem solver with a keen eye for identifying problems and gaps and proffering solutions that deliver value for consumers.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer & Information Science from Temple University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He also possesses a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in General Management.

He is also an alumni of Harvard Kennedy School where he complete various courses including Certificate in Decision Science and Choice Architecture, Organizational Management, Leadership & Management for Executives, Managerial Finance, etc.

Joseph Olofinsola

Joseph has over 21 years experience in consulting, ten of which have been in human capital management. He is an expert in Talent Management Strategies, Executive Selection (Recruitment), Competency Modeling, Total Rewards Strategy, Project Management, Performance Management, HR Strategy, Customer Service Delivery, Staff Audit and Alignment. Joseph is a professional member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Lanre Phillips

ENT ACCOUNT MANAGER HP

Olanrewaju Phillips’ experience spanned over 20 years in the FMCG, Banking and Teleco. He has thrived in intellectually stimulating and dynamic work environments that have ensured growth and development. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Ibadan, and MBA/MSc Economics from the University of Jos. He also has a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from the Swiss Management Centre. He has trained extensively on Organisational Behaviour, Business Branding, Customer Service, Strategy, Leadership, Sales Techniques and Entrepreneurship. At HP, he is the Enterprise Account Manager, Public Sector, developing strong relationships within the public sector domain while connecting with key executives and stakeholders.

Leke Alder

Consultant Leke Alder Consulting

Leke Alder is the Founder & Principal of Alder Consulting, Nigeria’s premier creative intelligence organisation, with offices in Lagos and London ( www.alder-consulting.com ).

He is credited with introducing branding as a discipline to Nigeria and has consulted on policy, politics and business at the highest levels at home and abroad. He has consulted
on policy formulation for the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Federal Ministries of Information & Communication,  Education, Foreign Affairs, Solid Minerals Development,
and others. He has also consulted on political strategy and communication campaigns at national and sub-national levels.
He was appointed by the Federal Government to the Board of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and was Chairman of the Board Tenders Committee as well as Chairman of the Communications Committee. He served on the Board for 4 years. He served as a member of the Steering Committee of Nigeria’s hosting of the World Economic Forum on Africa and the Chairman, Sub-Committee on Media, Host Broadcasting & Advertising. He has served as a panelist at the Annual Africa Business Conferences of Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School and Kellog School of Management. He was a speaker at the Financial ADFocus Conference, South Africa, the School of Media & Communications (SMC), Pan African University (now Pan Atlantic University), EDS, Pan Atlantic University; the Nigerian Bar Association; Women in Management & Business (WimBiz) Annual Conference and The Platform. He is the author of several books and a mentor to young people. He publishes the popular #letr2jack and #letr2jil (every Saturday) as well as #Illuminare (every Sunday) on Twitter. Leke Alder is a lawyer, polymath and a philanthropist. His foundation, the Leke Alder Foundation (www.lekealderfoundation.org) supports 9 orphanages and has impacted the lives of over 150,000 individuals with food aid, medical finance and scholarships.

Addy Awofisayo

Addy Awofisayo works with Google as YouTube Partnerships Manager in Nigeria. She is responsible for managing strategic relationships across the EMEA market with external partners and stakeholders; leading projects with internal cross-functional teams; assessing new business & growth opportunities and implementing strategies that drive subscribers and revenue results.

Prior to this, she worked with CBS in Business Development, Discovery in Content Strategy and Partnerships, Clinton Foundation in Program Management and Microsoft as a Business Finance Manager as well as Goldman Sachs and PwC.
Addy holds a Master’s Degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Virginia,

Victor Segun Adeniji

Segun has spent the greater part of the last 32 years in the financial services sector. His experience encompasses multilateral development finance, investment banking and asset management at top-flight institutions, most notably The World Bank/International Finance Corporation (IFC).

In 2002 he was a member of the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission Committee on Corporate Governance that drafted a muscular corporate governance code for listed companies.

A natural problem-solver, Segun possesses strong writing, analytical and managerial skills. He is an avid writer with a particular interest in fiction, political speechwriting and all genres of writing that both educate and inspire.

He is a co-author of Economies of Help: The Concept Behind the Consortium for Humanitarian Intervention (International Psychology Bulletin, June 2015) – a collaborative, first-of-its-kind initiative that will focus on solving the complex issues involved in community crises (such as outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease), healthcare inequities, humanitarian emergencies and/or relief situations. Segun and his wife, Olufunke, recently co-founded Communities United to Remove Epidemics Initiative (the CURE Initiative). This Lagos-based NGO seeks to use proven psychological principles to reduce the outbreak of epidemics in resource-poor countries through creative interventions based on triggering behavioural change.

Segun read economics at Pembroke College, Cambridge University where he earned BA and MA degrees in 1986 and 1990, respectively. In 1986 he was awarded a Blue for representing the university at boxing in the lightweight division.

In 2001 he was nominated as one of the 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. Segun and Olufunke have been married for 20 years and they have three extraordinary children.

Victor Asemota

MANAGER, AFRICA Interaction Design Foundation

Victor Asemota is a Continent Lead/Manager-Africa at Interaction Design Foundation (IDF). The Interaction Design Foundation is a non-profit educational organization which produces open content and Open Access educational materials online with the stated goal of “democratizing education by making world-class educational materials free for anyone, anywhere”.

He is a board advisor for Assets and Resource Management (ARM) Financial Advisers. Victor Asemota is a partner in Alta Global Ventures, which supports passionate entrepreneurs from the top ecosystems around the world. Alta Global Ventures work closely with founders to expand internationally and grow their companies into the global iconic companies of tomorrow.

He is the founder of Alterno Capital Group, and also the founder of Afrinnova accelerator. Afrinnova is about encouraging and enabling African innovation for Africans.

Victor Asemota has an MBA in Business Administration, University of Benin. He also has an Msc in IT and Management from Sheffield Hallam University. Victor also attended Harvard Business School (Executive Education, Launching new ventures).

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is an entrepreneur in the public interest. He is passionate about partnering with missionary talent and capital to build an African future. He spent the last few years as the CEO of Flutterwave, a business building payments technology and infrastructure to connect Africa to the global economy.

Over 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 with annual revenues of millions of dollars a year. It also attracted significant investment from experienced players in the global payments arena such as Y Combinator (investors in Stripe), Greycroft (investors in Braintree), Greenvisor Capital (Led by the Former CEO of Visa), Mastercard amongst others.

Prior to helping to co-found and lead Flutterwave, Iyinoluwa co-founded Andela – Africa’s largest engineering organization with over 1000 software engineers which has received investment from Mark Zuckerberg and Google Ventures amongst others. Iyinoluwa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies from the University of Waterloo; and sits on the board of several institutions including Paris’ Share Africa Project, Rainbow Educational Services Limited and Filmo Realty.

He served as the Deputy Director General for Madam Oby Ezekwesili’s 2019 Presidential Campaign, he is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree and a member of Nigeria’s Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council.

Mike Ogbalu

CEO VERVE INTERNATIONAL

Mike Ogbalu is the CEO at Verve International. He is an Electrical/Electronic Engineer and a fellow of the International Academy of Cards and Payment, with an MBA from the prestigious Lagos Business School, a strong affinity for business development, product research, IT strategy design and support. With over 7 years of sound IT industry experience and several years of retail banking experience covering technology planning, deployment and management of enterprise-wide infrastructure, Remittances, Retail product sales, Electronic Banking, Product Management and Project Management. With participation ranging from team member to group leadership.

Significant achievements include, managing the implementation of Visa range of card products in a record 3 month time frame, leadership role in UBA’s e-banking infrastructure consolidation, impressive management of a small business group profit center and the repositioning UBA’s Cashfast money transfer and MoneyGram products to achieve industry leadership!

Mike managed the e-banking portfolio of Ecobank Nigeria which covers Credit, Debit and Prepaid card issuing, Channel Acquiring, Mobile Payments, Internet banking, and Alert services for a period. Now, he is preoccupied with building the most successful Mobile Money service in Nigeria and indeed Africa.

Mike has facilitated in courses on remittance and cards for the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management and was a panelist at MSCC’s maiden conference on payments in Egypt and at Visa’s conference on financial inclusion at Cape Town.

Meghan Curran

WEST AFRICAN DIRECTOR ACUMEN

Meghan Curran is the West African Director at Acumen. Acumen is a West Africa Fellows program, that brings together 20 extraordinary individuals from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia and equip them with the knowledge, support system and practical wisdom to drive positive change in society.

Meghan oversees Acumen’s work investing in early stage social enterprises and cultivating a community of social change leaders through the West Africa Fellows program. In addition to programmatic oversight, Meghan is responsible for strategy, fundraising and managing operations in the region.

In 2012, Meghan Curran became a strategy consultant which facilitated the launch of a secondary business unit for Community Enterprise Solutions. Prior to this, she was a programme development consultant, and a centre manager at Grameen America Inc.

She graduated from the American University, with a BA, political science and public communication. She also has an MBA from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business.

Uche Isiugo

CEO Emerging Infrastructure Capital

Dr. Uche C. Isiugo, Jr. is the CEO & Managing Partner of Emerging Infrastructure Capital, LLC. He is an Investment, Project Finance & Commercial Management executive with a solid track record in investment execution and development at the intersection of innovative clean energy, technology startups and infrastructure. He has had broad responsibility in project finance structuring, commercial, operations, asset management, project development, power marketing and regulatory as Director at Key Capture Energy (New York) and Portfolio Manager at NextEra Energy (Florida).

At NextEra Energy, the world’s largest generator of Wind and Solar energy, Uche was the Lead Portfolio Manager of the utility scale energy storage portfolio group, and jointly managed the $10 billion project finance and investor tax equity portfolio of 11 GW in Solar & Wind projects, which garnered the Business Management Innovation Award. Prior to joining NextEra Energy, 

Uche worked in the Citigroup investment banking team, where he supported the execution of key transactions, including power asset acquisition bids and technology mandates. Preceding his work at Citigroup, Uche was employed for several years at The Boeing Company where he provided corporate financial analysis, guided investment decisions, and in 2009, won first place in the annual VP Finance Award across over 25 other finance teams for generating record corporate savings.

Uche also works as an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University and teaches Mergers & Acquisitions in the Executive MBA Program. He holds dual Bachelors degrees in Finance and Economics from Temple University, an MBA from Seattle Pacific University, and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics

from the University of New Orleans. Emerging Infrastructure Capital (EIC) is an investment and operating platform that builds, owns, operates, and finances innovative assets at the intersection of clean energy, technology and infrastructure. Focused on opportunities across Africa, U.S. minority and women-run companies, EIC combines specialty financing, ingenious business models, world-class industry experience and best practice operational management to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns and sustainable, impactful outcomes in communities. EIC has offices in Palm Beach (Florida, USA) and Lagos (Nigeria).

Toyin Adegbite Moore

HEAD Sheafam & Tam Limited

Prior to joining AVPA, Oluwatoyin (Toyin) headed Sheafam & Tam Limited a consultancy firm specializing in business process management, strategic and change management for both non and for-profit organisations in the US and Nigeria.

Toyin has provided project oversight on department audits at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Petroleum Industry Regulatory Bill through the Facility for Oil Sector Transformation (FOSTER).

Her work in strategy development and organizational transformation has led her to work with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company among others.

Toyin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvin College, where she dual majored in Political Science and French. She also holds several training certificates in management, facilitation and team-building from the Corporation for National Service; fund development from Indiana University and affordable housing from Federal Reserve Bank. She is also a certified facilitator and trainer.

Collins Onuegbu

FOUNDER SIGNAL ALLIANCE

Collins Onuegbu is the Founder and EVC of SIGNAL ALLIANCE. Signal Alliance is a foremost Technology Company with over 23 years of industry experience and in strategic partnership with Microsoft, Cisco and other OEMs. Today, Signal Alliance is the biggest Microsoft LSP in West Africa, billing more than 60% of Microsoft Enterprise accounts.

He is also the Founder of SASWARE, a subsidiary of Signal Alliance. SASWARE is a key player in the startup investment ecosystem in Nigeria, Sasware investments include Fintech, Healthtech, Renewable energy, Agriculture and Enterprise technology.

Collins Onuegbu finished from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with B.Eng in 1988, He also attended Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School(OPM, Leadership) in 2008 and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford( Private Equity) in 2016.

Odunayo Eweniyi

CO-FOUNDER PIGGYVEST

Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, PiggyVest. She previously co- founded pushcv.com, one of the largest job sites in Africa with the largest database of pre- screened candidates. She has 5 years’ experience in Business Analysis and Operations and is a First-Class graduate of Computer Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria.

She was named one of Forbes Africa 30 under 30 Technology in 2019 and one of 30 Quartz Africa Innovators 2019. She sits on the advisory board of TrainFuture, an Education Technology company based in Switzerland, as well as the Gender Lens Acceleration Best Practices Initiative, a collaborative effort of Village Capital, US and the International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (WeFi). In 2019, she was named SME Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa by The Asian Banker’s Wealth and Society and she is the youngest Nigerian on Forbes Africa list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa 2019.

She was also one of the featured speakers at the World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting in 2019. She is one of Business Day’s Spark 2019 Women to Watch and made the World Women in Fintech Power List for 2017; the YNaija Most Influential People in Technology 2017 and 2018; she is a 2018 Westerwelle Young Entrepreneurs fellow; and she is a recipient of The Future Africa Awards Prize in Technology 2018.

In honour of her work, she was named one of 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria 2019 by Leading Ladies Africa, one of 50 most visible women in Tech by Tech Cabal in 2019. She works to support the inclusion of women in technology by working with hubs and female- focused networks like For Creative Girls, GreenHouse Labs, She Leads Africa, Itanna etc. She is also the cofounder of the women’s community, Wine and Whine Nigeria.

Oluwatoyin Oshinowo

Oluwatoyin Oshinowo Ph.D. is a product management professional with over 9 years experience, with a passion for product development within the Nigerian Tech space. With a Ph.D in Engineering and a Masters in Engineering from Warwick University, her work experience includes Lead, Online Infrastructure Management for GTBank Nigeria (www.gtbank.com) with projects which include the SME MarketHub www.smemarkethub.com, GTBank Internet Banking Redesign, and the general management of all GTBank’s web and mobile apps. Another notable role was being the Product Lead for the Nigerian Stock Exchange website redesign (www.nse.com.ng). At present she is the VP of Product at Fieldinsight.

She is also an advocate for individuals living with Sickle Cell Anaemia.

Iquo Ukoh

Iquo Ukoh, a marketing veteran, is CEO at ENTOD Marketing, an organization that provides marketing services to companies in West Africa.

Prior to this, she was at Nestle Nigeria for over 30 years serving as the Marketing Services Executive Director until her exit. She is the first female Marketing Manager and first woman to sit on the board of directors of Nestlé Nigeria. She also sits on the board of Saro Lifecare Ltd.

She is exceptionally skilled in Marketing Management, Food & Beverage, Market Planning, Business Planning, and Sales Management.

Her sterling career spans through the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, National Institute of Medical Research, Lagos and Nestle Nigeria.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition/Dietetics from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and was trained at the Lagos Business School, London Business School and the Institute of Management Development (IMD) Switzerland.

Iquo Ukoh is a fellow of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) and also a member of the American Marketing Association. She is a member of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Dieticians Association of Nigeria, and Ist Vice President, Advertisers Association of Nigeria, as well as a council member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (Membership & Privileges Committee).

Temie Giwa-Tubosun

FOUNDER LIFEBANK

Temie Giwa-Tubosun studied International Public Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She has over 10 years of health management experience with the Department For International Development (DFID), World Health Organization, UNDP, and the Lagos State Government. In 2014, the BBC listed her as one of the 100 Women changing the world. She was also recognized as an African Innovator by Quartz and the World Economic Forum. She is the Founder and CEO of LifeBank; Africa’s healthcare supply chain engine. The company helps hospitals discover essential medical suppliers and delivers them in the right condition and on time.

Solape Hammond

SA SDGs LAGOS GOVERNOR

Solape Hammond is the Special Adviser on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Investments to the Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria as well as the acting Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment.

Solape is a corporate executive with over 20 years’ experience in Management Consulting, Risk Management, Banking and Financial Advisory.

She is Co-Founder and CEO of Impact Hub Lagos, an innovation hub for entrepreneurs which provides work space, offices, consulting services and capacity build ing programs that inspire, connect and enable impact. Impact Hub Lagos is part of the rapidly expanding Impact Hub network of over 16,000 members across 90+ open hubs in 50 countries worldwide.

She is also the Founder and CEO of Ten Talents Limit ed, a business advisory firm providing business planning, Recruitment, strategy development, process improvement, organizational transformation, risk management, performance management, programme management and financial advisory services.

Solape commenced her consulting career at Accenture, leaving as a Manager in the Finance and Performance Management Market Unit. She has also previously worked in Credit Administration and Risk Management for a Merchant Bank and served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a financial advisory firm based in Lagos with clients across Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia and other parts of Africa.

Solape earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from INSEAD.

Peter Bamkole

PIONEER Enterprise Development Centre

Peter Bamkole, Pioneered the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University in January 2003 – now one of the top enterprise development centers in Africa and a model which has been replicated in four African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda). As the Director of the Center, he is responsible for the overall program development, capacity building and support services to entrepreneurs. Trained as a Mechanical Engineer in the UK under the British Petroleum scholarship, with MBA from IESE Business School in Spain and alumnus of Lagos Business School (Chief Executive Program), his 35 years cognate experience spans both the public and private sectors. (Oil Industry; Water Supply and Education).

He led the Goldman Sachs 10,000 women initiative in Nigeria, and was a consultant to the project in Liberia. He initiated and led several partnership programs with diverse stakeholders such as British Council, Etisalat, Federal Government of Nigeria, Diamond Bank, Stanbic IBTC, Access Bank and MTN. With the support of The Coca- Cola Africa Foundation, he is developing a new generation of nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs in Nigeria.

A certified Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) trainer, Peter consults widely in Sub-Saharan Africa on entrepreneurship development and practice. He is a member of the University Management Council, served on the National Council on MSME and the Youth Learning Advisory Committee of the MasterCard Foundation, Canada. He chairs the Advisory Board of both Supreme Education Foundation and International Breweries Foundation.

Peter Bamkole received the 2017 member of the year award from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE); he was also the recipient of the 2017 Alumni of the year award from the Lagos Business School. In November 2018, Peter Bamkole was conferred with the fellowship of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria. His current interest is designing new learning methods and e-support for SMEs.

Titilola Bright-Oridami

Engr Mrs Titilola Bright-Oridami (MNSE) is an Engineer and seasoned Water and Sanitation Expert Working with the Lagos Water Corporation.

She has been deeply involved in Engineering design of water supply and distribution systems. Has managed several water supply and distribution projects in the past which has boosted water supply to many parts of Lagos Metropolis.
She was Awarded the Next Generation Water Leader by the Global Water Leaders at the Global Water Summit 2019 in London.

She Won the Water Brainstorming Challenge Organized by the Polish Investment & Trade Agency in 2019 Program Committee Member –IWA (International Water Association) World Water Congress and Exhibition 2020 

She has keen interest in performance improvements programmes in the water sector .She championed the short-term performance improvement programme of the Lagos State Water Corporation which was a huge success, where the utility recorded improvement in water supply from 38% capacity utilization to over 60% and the revenue collection improved from 42% to over 145% which earned the Lagos Water Corporation recognition of efforts to ensure Operational Sustainability for Africa’s Largest City, at the Global Water Summit in Paris in April 2018

Titilola Is a graduate of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, MSC in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Lagos she has attended several trainings within and outside Nigeria on water supply management.

Azeez Ogunjobi

CEO BRIMTEL GLOBAL NETWORK

Abdulazeez Ogunjobi is a vibrant entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Brimatel Global Network. He received his first B.Sc in Information Technology and a second B.Sc in Physics and Education.

During his illustrious 9-year career as a product manager and business developer, he has led various teams of Software Engineers and Business Developers who have gone on to build profitable businesses and products with huge user-adoption.

His passion for education and technology led him to co-found Simbi Interactives, a start-up that usestechnology to build educational products to foster learning across Africa.

Wole Odetayo

CO-FOUNDER OPACUS TECHNOLOGIES

Wole Odetayo is co-founder and CEO of Opacus Technologies Limited, a subsidiary of the LoftyInc Group, which he also co-founded and serves as Managing Partner and which operates Wennovation Hub, Nigeria’s first technology incubator. OpacusTech’s product ProNoV has a mission to alleviate poverty by improving profitability of pharmacies that serves poor communities through a platform that fuses smart inventory management, bulk breaking, and financial services to the underbanked, ensuring positive economic and health outcomes.

He studied Medicine and Surgery at Igbenedion University and is an Acumen fellow.

Ayotunde Coker

Dr Ayotunde Coker has over 30 years’ international experience across Europe, USA, Asia and Africa. He was born in Nigeria, went to school in Lagos, and university in the UK.
His distinguished career of 28 years in the UK, included roles as Senior Management Consultant Cap Gemini UK, CEO eMCSaatchi UK, Director Egg Bank the first European Internet Bank, Global Applications Director BP, Chief Technology Officer UK Criminal Justice, Group IT Director, UK Ministry of Justice. In 2007, he was Chair of the UK Government Enterprise Architecture Board.

He returned to Nigeria in 2009 as Group CIO of Access Bank, and then MD/CEO of Emerging Markets Payments, West Africa. As MD/CEO, he has led Rack Centre to be a household name and leading brand in Africa with global recognition and numerous international awards. He is Secretary General of the Africa Data Centre Association. He has gained significant experience in building, running and transforming companies across Africa.

He has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Wales, is an award-winning post graduate alumnus of Cranfield University UK, Fellow Institute of Directors (UK), Fellow British Computer Society, Honorary Senior Member Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He holds a PhD (Honoris Causa) by ESCAE University, Republic of Benin.

Tomi Otudeko

HONEYWELL GROUP

Tomi Otudeko is the Head of Innovation and Sustainability at Honeywell Group where she is responsible for driving the Group’s innovation strategy, group wide communications and stakeholder engagement. She is also Director of Itanna, Honeywell Group’s corporate venture investing platform

Tomi is a programme delivery expert with deep expertise in operational excellence and joined the Group in November 2017 to help set up Itanna.

Prior to joining Honeywell Group, she led the implementation of integration activities for First Bank of Nigeria across 6 African countries and was Head, International Banking Coordination for its International Business; coordinating the implementation of strategic initiatives, business development and group management activities across multiple regions. Prior to this, she was responsible for implementing transformation initiatives in operations at First Bank.

Before joining First Bank, she was an Investment Manager at Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited. She has also worked at IBM UK as a Business Development Specialist with a focus on process/service improvement through Strategic Outsourcing.

Tomi holds an LLB in Law from King’s College London and an MSc in Economics with Merit from the University of Manchester. She is a Prince2 (Practitioner) certified project manager and holds a Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Stanford University.