RAPHAEL YEMITAN, PH.D

RAPHAEL is a Manager at PwC Nigeria and holds a Ph.D. in Statistics with over 10years of industry experience in providing Analytics and Business Intelligence consultancy services for clients in the region. Since joining PwC he has designed business intelligence solutions for clients in different sectors of the economy.

Prior to joining PwC, he worked in various capacities at MTN Nigeria, Financial Derivative Company Limited, and as a freelance business intelligence and analytics professional with experiences in business intelligence, business strategy, performance analysis, business insight and forecasting as well as predictive analysis. His main area of expertise is to analyze and assess large data sets using various data mining tools and has extensive experience with business intelligence and predictive analytics systems.

He has a B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Statistics and is a Chartered Statistician, RSS UK as well as a Chartered Scientist, Science Council UK.
His areas of expertise and skills span Data Science, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence, Business Strategy, Business/Data Modelling, Management Reporting, Feature Engineering & Modelling and HR Analytics.

MR KASHIFU INUWA ABDULLAHI

DG NITDA

Born on February 21, 1980, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi is a graduate of Computer Science from the prestigious Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. Mr Abdullahi is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT Sloan – trained strategist with 15 years experience in IT operations, business transformation and solution architecture, across both private and public sectors. He attended Leadership and Management courses at Harvard University in the USA, University of Cambridge in the UK and IMD Business School in Switzerland.

As the 1st Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Nigeria’s Public Sector, he is also a Certified Project Manager and Solution Architect. He also has many professional certifications in Networking, Telecommunications, Service Management and Solution Design.
Mr Abdullahi has worked for nine years (2004 – 2013) at Galaxy Backbone and held several positions such as Network Engineer, IP Network Field Engineer, Senior Network & Lead, IP Operations Team, and Senior Solution Architect & Lead, Technical Solution Design.

In 2014, Mr Abdullahi joined Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as a Technology Architect, where he dedicated his time to developing Technology Architecture Repository that gives 360 view of the Bank’s IT Infrastructure and facilitated ease of decision making on new IT investment. He was part of the team that executed software license rationalization that has increased cost savings for the Bank in license annual subscriptions.
Mr Abdullahi was a key resource in the development of IT standards for the apex bank, which has reduced mean time to deploy/integrate new system by over 20%. One of his major achievements as a Technology architect was the production of 7 Solution Architectures for critical IT initiatives that helped in achieving cashless society in Nigeria.
He joined NITDA in 2017 as Technical Assistant to the Director General/CEO. Being the IT regulatory body in Nigeria mandated to implement National ICT policy, he managed execution of strategy which has increased ICT contribution to Nigerian GDP by over 13% in Q2 2018. He also coordinated Local Content initiatives that has increased ICT local production by over 200% in 2017.
Mr Abdullahi is a member of both Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and the British Computer Society (BCS).

OLUWAFEMI AMINU

OLUWAFEMI is currently the Chief Risk officer for eTranzact International Ltd. He is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria and has an MBA from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium. Prior to joining eTranzact, Femi had worked in a leading Consulting Firm, a global Telecoms & System Integration company and has held strategic positions in top financial services institutions in Nigeria with responsibilities that encompassed Information Technology, epayment, Risk Management, Information Security, IT Audit, Project Management and Compliance.

He has developed and implemented a number of security and risk management strategy across a couple of financial institutions in addition to project managing several technology implementations in the Financial services, Aviation, Telecoms, Oil and Gas, Logistics and IT services sectors. He is a seasoned professional with over 20 years experience who successfully integrates strategic thinking with strong technical hands-on and analytical competencies. In addition, he holds a number of professional certifications.

SALAM A. SINA

SALAM (MCITP, MCTS, CCNA, CCNP, CCSI, CISSP, MCSA, MCSE, MCPD and MCT) is a Cloud Solution Architect, writer, consultant, vendor to Microsoft, An official Microsoft cloud ambassador and a certified trainer. He has worked in the IT industry for over 19 years in various systems management, system architecture, design, and implementation roles. For the past 9 years, he worked as freelance, technical director and co-founder at MCT Global Services, IT Research fellow and SME at Digital Bridge Institute. He is currently working with FMCG Group of company as Head of IT and MIS Manager. He holds a master’s degree in Information Technology and has wide experience in (field) production environment and in teaching different age groups. As a programmer he has worked in various sectors and used several technology tools for Software/Database Development to achieve excellence. He has worked effectively in other area of IT such as; Oracle Database Programming, SAP, PMP, Security, Linux, UNIX and others. Based on his profile with Microsoft Corporation, he acts as a trusted advisor to many customers and pre-sale on any Microsoft technology, product and services.

He is an enthusiastic and effective professional with Proven Success in Systems Optimization, Strategic IT Solutions, Trainings, Design, Architecture and management principles, He has excelled in translating business requirements into a solid architecture of today’s technology that serves as the foundation for IT reference. With proven experience as a team leader and mentor, agile team player with strong interpersonal skills and outstanding communication, effective in collaboration with colleagues, business partners and stakeholders. He is innovative and consistent with the aim of adding value to the company, satisfying the customer and improve his career.

VILIUS BENETIS

VILIUS is from European Cyber Security Company NRD Cyber Security, where his work includes designing CSIRT/SOCs for nations, sectors and organisations, early warning systems and forensics labs, incident response capabilities, development of national methodologies for identification and monitoring of critical infrastructures, national situation awareness in cyberspace. Vilius is an active researcher in FIRST.org, GFCE, ITU (at CoE for Cybersecurity and Q3/SG2), Trusted Introducer, ECSO. He also contributes to ISACA’s existing and to be released publications on Cyber Security, trains CSX Fundamentals Workshops and speaks at European, American and African conferences.

Dr. Benetis mainly focuses on projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and East Europe. Vilius has graduated from Kaunas University of Technology, as well as from Danish Technical University in BSc in Computer Science, MSc and PhD in Teletraffic Engineering. He additionally serves as Cybersecurity Industry Professor at KTU.

STEPHEN AMBORE

STEPHEN currently overseas Digital Financial Service in the Financial Inclusion Secretariat of Nigeria, domiciled in the CBN. In his role, Stephen is responsible for working with stakeholders to facilitate the development of DFS and Fintech policies that would improve the use of technology to drive the objective of Financial Inclusion. Stephen is actively involved in important local and international conversations and efforts that are shaping the global Fintech and DFS ecosystems. He has presented, reviewed and contributed to several professional and peer reviewed academic papers on DFS, Fintech, Mobile Financial Services and Cybersecurity at national and international platforms and has also published and reviewed academic Journal papers on internationally reputable journals on the subject matter.

Prior to his current role, Stephen had led the implementation of various technology enabled business change initiatives including an enterprise DR initiative, Cybersecurity and Enterprise Systems and Security implementation for the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was the Programme Manager for the Payment Systems Cybersecurity review.

Stephen has held the CISA designation since 2006 and is also a PMP and P2P certified project manager and a PECB certified Business Continuity Implementer. He holds 5 other technology related certification as an evidence of his achievements and contributions in the Information technology practice.
Stephen is a fellow of the Harvard Business School Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance, Boston MA; Fellow of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Leadership Program in Financial Inclusion, Boston, MA and MDP from London School of Business and Finance. He holds a Btech and an MSc degree in Computer Science, and is currently a PhD candidate in Cybersecurity for Mobile Financial Services at Bournemouth University, UK

DR. OBADARE PETER ADEWALE

PETER is the Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Digital Encode Limited. He is arguably the most credentialed cyber security professional in Africa, a PAN-African Cyber Security Thought Leader, Fellow British Computer Society (FBCS), Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP), the First Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT) in Africa, First Certified Blockchain in Africa, Second COBIT 5 Certified Assessor in Africa and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Qualified Security Assessor (PCIDSS QSA). He is a seasoned Cyber Security Expert and GRC Technopreneur with over 47 (Forty Seven) international professional certifications to his credit.

Peter’s skills and experience spans Cyber Security, Information Security, Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, Computer Forensics, Business Continuity, IT Governance, Risk Management and Compliance. He is a Platinum Team Member of Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), as well a Senior Member of Risk Managers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN).

Peter is the recipient of FATE Alumni Model Entrepreneur Award (FAME), 2017 and African Leadership Magazine Medal of Honor Award in Business (2018). He is an alumnus of FATE Foundation and US Department of State Exchange program. He is also a distinguished alumnus of executive education at Harvard Business School, Harvard School of Government, MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT Professional Education and Oxford University – Said Business School.

PROFESSOR STEVE A. ADESHINA

STEVE is currently a Professor Computer Engineering and Vision at the Nile University of Nigeria where he also serves as a Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration). He graduated with a B. Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Ilorin), a Master of Information Science degree (Ibadan) and a PhD in Computer Vision from the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

After a very successful computing career in the private sector, Adeshina joined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in year 2000 where he pioneered the setting up of the ICT department and led teams to deliver several Information Technology interventions in Elections including delivering the Electronic Voters’ register in 2010/2011. He served as a consultant to INEC (2016-2018) and a resource person to The Electoral Institute.

His research interest is in using Computer vision techniques in analyzing medical images. He is currently working on automated cancer detection and diagnosis. Additionally he has also done tremendous work in using technology to achieve good governance and has published several papers in the area of electronic voting.

ZION ATHORA

ZION is an Associate Director in the Tax Service Line of EY in Nigeria with over 14 years tax experience. Prior to joining EY, He worked in the tax team of PwC in Nigeria and at some other time as a Senior Tax consultant in a Government Tax Authority in Nigeria. He currently works in the EY Tax – People Advisory Services (PAS) team and focusing on mobility tax, social security and delivering services focused on clients’ ‘people’ agenda.

He has a Bachelors degree in Accounting, M.Sc. Banking and Finance and is a fellow of both CITN and ICAN.

Zion has wide experience in tax advisory and compliance services, having worked in the public sector tax authority, the professional practice in Nigeria and currently focusing on providing employment tax advisory services, expatriates tax compliance and advisory, social security advisory services, payroll management services, mobility tax advisory, compensation and benefits management. He has also been providing advisory services to executives’ & other high net worth individuals in dealing with their compliance requirements in Nigeria.
Furthermore, Zion has been extensively involved in assisting clients (multinationals & local companies) in mediating and resolving various controversies with the tax and regulatory authorities in Nigeria. His wide relationship with the various tax and regulatory authorities built through constructive engagements over time has always been useful in this regard.

NATCINO UGO ONOCHIE

NATCINO is a lead consultant with Elevation Consult Ltd and a Research Assistant with University of Abuja. He studied Tech. Ed (Electrical/Electronics) at first degree, M.Sc. on ICT and presently PhD on Computer Science (Cyber Security). He is the founder of CIG blog (Cyberspace Intelligence Group), Inventor PDIA (Password Delay Intelligence Algorithm). He has researched on BVN protection in Nigeria, Agro-terrorism on food and drugs, Dark part of Artificial Intelligence amongst others.

He is a Chartered Project Manager (CPM), a Certified wireless network administrator (CWNA) and a member of the following professional bodies: ISACA, FIRST (Forum for Intelligence Response Security Team), ICSIC (International Cybersecurity and Intelligence Conference), IEEE/SEM, Guild of authors and publishers and IJSER (International journal of science and engineering research).

Natcino is married with 4 kids and lives in Dallas and Abuja.

ADENIJI OLUSEGUN SAMUEL

ADENIJI holds MBBS in Medicine and Surgery with postgraduate studies in Cardiology; he is a member of HL7/FHIR. He has been interested in the incursion of Information Technology into Clinical Practice with novel solutions and technology assimilation; has carried out a number of studies on application of cutting edge technology in Patient management and continuity of care. These include smart cards, digital ink/pen, GPRS/instant messaging in telemedicine, document management, intelligent character recognition, handwriting recognition, advanced form modeling and Health Information Exchange (Federated and Centralized).

Some of the studies are:

• Comparison of Three Methods of Entering Clinical Information in a Triage System.
• A review of content-based image retrieval systems in medical applications – Clinical benefits
• DICOM structured reporting: Problems and challenges in implementation of PACS.
• Evaluating the impact of structured forms in Clinical Settings.
• Evaluating the impact of GPRS and Digital Ink on data aggregation in Clinical Trials.
• A retrospective study of Data Archiving in Clinical Practices.
• Evaluating the impact of Managed Care on Quality of Healthcare – Subscribers’ Perspective.

OLANIYI YUSUF

OLANIYI assumed the role of Managing Partner of Verraki Partners on April 1, 2019. Prior to this new role, he was the Country Managing Director of Accenture Nigeria from 2010 to 2019. He has a B.Sc Computer Science & Economics (OAU, 1990) and a Graduate Diploma Business Administration (Wales)

Niyi is a skilled transformation change manager with over 29years experience advising C-level executives in government and private organizations as they navigate strategic change and new IT initiatives. He has been involved in the creation of key infrastructure of the Nigerian banking industry including the establishment of Interswitch - the leading payments processor and transaction switching platform, independent ATM deployer, the CRC credit bureau, Unique Tax ID Number and ongoing Banking Industry IT Shared Services including the Cashlite Lagos initiative, network consolidation and Tier 3 Data Centre outsourcing.

A public speaker and thinker, he specializes in Programme/Project Management, Systems Integration, Digital, Enterprise Architecture, Corporate Transformation, Leadership Development, Process Reengineering, Design Thinking and Change Management.
Niyi is a Member of the Governing Council of Corona Schools Trust Council, Chairman of the Board of Corona Secondary School, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Fountain University Osogbo. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Chairman of NAZAS – the NASFAT Agency for Zakat and Sadaqat. Niyi is a member of the African Leadership Network, a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative West Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

CHIMENKA EZERIBE

FCA, FCCA, FCTI, CISA, CFE, BSc, MSc

CHIMENKA has over 19 years of working experience spanning across public and private sector organizations in Nigeria where he gained lots of knowledge and experiences in Audit; Data Analytics; Information technology; Financial Control; Budgeting, Credit Analysis and Customer Relationship Management.
He is the immediate past President of ISACA, Abuja Chapter with over 400 members. He holds a first-class degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University in the UK and a distinction in Banking & Finance from the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu.

Presently, Chimenka is the head of IT/IS Audit unit at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) where he has contributed immensely in automation projects; Tax Audit and Investigations; Fraud investigation; Evaluation of IT controls; Risk Management; Business Analysis and IFRS implementation. On a part-time basis, he teaches the Audit and Assurance course at Topnotch Learning Centre – an ACCA & ICAN tuition centre he co-founded in 2015. Since 2008 when the teaching journey began, over 2,000 chartered accountants have passed through him.

Chimenka is a fellow of the following professional bodies – ACCA, United Kingdom; ICAN and CITN. He is a platinum member of ISACA and a certified member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner (ACFE) among others. In 2016, he was awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Business Research Methods by the Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom in pursuant of a doctorate degree on a part-time basis.

MAZI AFAM OSIGWE

MAZI AFAM is a legal practitioner called to the Nigerian Bar in September 1999 and a Notary Public of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (2006). He has an LL.M from the University of Jos and another LL.M (Transnational Commercial Practice) from the Centre for International Legal Studies, Austria (in collaboration with the Lazarsky University, Poland).

In pursuance of his quest to diversify his legal practice as well as deepen his knowledge of alternative dispute resolution he concluded a face-to-face tutorial at Keble College, Oxford, UK and obtained a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK). He became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) in 2011.

He has a special bias for advisory and litigation practice. Particularly, he offers a wide-range of specialised legal services in respect of banking and commercial transactions, securitization, syndication of loans, advisory work, regulatory work, telecommunications, banking and corporate services, commercial and financial practice, cross-border commercial practice, intellectual practice, money laundering and financial crimes litigation.

Afam is the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser of many companies. He was Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (2010-12), General Secretary of Nigerian Bar Association (2014-16), member Legal Aid Council Of Nigeria (2014-16), member General Council of the Bar (2015-date) and member Council of Legal Education (2015-16) and a member of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria (2015 to date). He is a member of the International Bar Association, Nigerian Institute of Management, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and Institute of Chartered Mediators & Conciliators and Associate Member American Bar Association.

DR ADEWUMI EDWARD AYODELE

ADEWUMI is a graduate of the University of Ilorin, College of Medicine with over 15years experience spanning all areas of the health sectors; from the public service and nongovernmental organizations to health maintenance organizations in the private sector

Presently, Dr Adewumi Edward is the Chairman Board of management of Kinectic Hospital, MD/CEO of Kinectic Health Consulting and the President of Kinectic Inclusive Health Initiative a not-for-profit organization he founded. As a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and a medical practitioner he has demonstrated expertise in multiple domains.

He is an impactful innovator, an avid researcher in predictive data analysis, cyber security and artificial intelligence applications in epidemiology, health economics, mental health & health communication. He has had the opportunities of consulting for different government agencies and private organizations. He is an excellent public speaker and life coach.

OLUMIDE OLUJINMI, ESQ

OLUMIDE is a partner in the law firm of OLUJINMI & AKEREDOLU, Legal Practitioners. He obtained his law degree from the University of Ibadan and thereafter qualified as a legal practitioner from the Nigerian Law School. He is an alumni of the esteemed University of Oxford where he has presented case study on critical matters of human endeavor. He is a member of the Global Network for Cybersolution (GNC) Ltd/Gte, a non-governmental association that convened the first national conference on cybersecurity in Nigeria which culminated into the government’s first national policy on cybersecurity in Nigeria and the CYBERCRIME (PROHIBITION, PREVENTION ETC) ACT, 2015.

He has developed his legal practice into diverse areas of expertise and he is currently involved in several matters of national importance (including the PEPT, the security of the Federal Highways).

SALAMATU LAMI YUSUF

SALAMATU is an accomplished trainer and facilitator with over 20 years experience in Learning & Development, Administration, Commercial Banking, Change Management and Financial Regulation in both public and private sectors. She has held various leadership positions within the industry including Head Training and Head Academics at Union Bank of Nigeria and Head Program Design at Central Bank of Nigeria. She has been involved in several strategy and transformation projects; Strategic Human Resources Transformation, Organizational Design, Change Management, Workplace Planning and Budget implementation & Monitoring.

She holds an MBA (Finance) and M.Sc. (Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution). She belongs to several professional bodies including Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (ACIB); Associate Member, Capital Market Registrars (ACMR); Associate Member, Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD); Member, Personnel Practitioner Consultative Association (PPCA); Member, Association of Professional Women Bankers (APWB); Member Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (MCIPM) and Associate, Institute of Credit Administration of Nigeria (AICA)

She holds several certifications including Centre for Management Development Accredited Trainer, Senior Practitioner of Human Resources International (SPHRI) Association of Talent Development (ATD) Master trainer. She runs a Public Speaking Master Class for youths and Women as her contribution to National Development. Her greatest strength is breaking down complex requirements into exciting learning experiences that help people to succeed.

She is currently the Team Lead for Curriculum & Programme Development at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

TEMITAYO OLADIRAN

TEMITAYO translates strategy into actionable tasks. His empathic drive to optimize resources helps to identify talents and grow them professionally. He leads by example by working with teams and advocates for similar work model to improve learning. He relishes inspiring peers and colleagues to drive business performance.

Currently, he is the CEO/Enterprise Lead of Darence Consulting, a management consulting company that provides management systems certification, organizational resilience programs, advisory, audit, cyber security, risk and practitioners services in technology and management. He oversees the operations of the company and spearheads organizational resilience programs and audit of controls.

His previous roles at the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission recorded transformative successes in information assurance, IT governance, portfolio management, service management, and protection of organizational assets. During this time, he led the implementation of programs and adopted management frameworks which significantly improved business processes and performance. Guided by the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, professional excellence, and team spirit, he was awarded the most valuable employee for two (2) years.

Temitayo obtained his B Tech. (Agricultural Economics & Extension) from LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State and holds an MA (International Affairs & Diplomacy) from ABU, Zaria, Kaduna. He is set to complete a Master of Cybersecurity from Nasarawa State University, Keffi. He holds executive achievement certificates in leadership and organizational behavior from Edinburgh Business School, UK. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants – Nigeria.

DELE TEJUOSO

DELE is a pioneer in Education Technology, a computer science and engineering graduate and rounding up her MBA at the Warwick University. She has worked as a strategic planner in a leading advertising firm and launched her own IT startup firm. She launched the Wifi Combat Academy four years ago, offering a variety of Educational technology solutions to Institutions, Schools and the Government.

The Academy launched the Code Week Nigeria initiative four years ago, an empowerment annual code event engaging children from both private and government schools to learn how to design tech applications. The academy in partnership with Oracle Academy launched the annual competition, Oracle Students Hackathon.

Dele Tejuoso has been a guest speaker on Social Media 2018 , Data Science Week, E- Nigeria and Women Leaders Forum at the Google Event where she met with CEO of Google Sundar Pichai. Her academy recently organized the Tech Jam for Teens for GTbank Childrens Day 2018 and the MTN mPulse 2018 and International Women's Day Google 2018.

Mrs. Dele Tejuoso was given the special recognition award for empowering children in technology in 2016, (CTEL EXPO) Lagos Chambers Commerce. She was nominated as an ambassador to mentor girls by ALAT a tech platform for WEMA BANK to help women are under-represented in technology.

BAMIDELE OGUNMAKIN

BAMIDELE is an Information Technology professional with Business development, Service Delivery management and Cyber Security as focal points of his career. With a keen interest leveraging Information Technology for solving human & business needs by identifying problem areas through proven methodologies, Bamidele spends time sharing real-life experiences as an active speaker and coach on topics relating to CyberSecurity, Technology solutions and more importantly empowering through information sharing in the digital age.

Transitioning from an Engineer, to Architect and Service Delivery manager within the Financial Services, Telecommunications & Public Sector Industries, Bamidele's current focus is geared towards Cybersecurity Consulting by helping organizations build a secure enterprise and reduce the risks associated with CyberSecurity, Data protection & Privacy.

Bamidele has a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and has demonstrated technical expertise with the following industry leading practices: Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator MCSA (Messaging), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist MCTS - Business Desktop Deployment & Messaging, MCITP – Messaging, Prince, Prince 2 Practitioner, CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) CISA (Certified Information Security Auditor) & ITIL Intermediate (Service Operations) ISO 2000 Lead Implementer. He also holds Business Management learning principles from INSEAD on Value Negotiation and Business Strategy/Financial Acumen.

EMEKA NWACHINEMERE

NWACHINEMERE is a goal driven, innovation and technology enthusiast with a passion to transform Africa into the hub that feeds the world by creating, packaging and deploying value across Africa's business value chains. He is the Founder of Kitovu Technology Company, First place winner of the 2017 Ideas for Action Competition which involved 743 sector diverse teams from 118 countries around the world. He is a multi-award winning serial entrepreneur who has founded and co-founded companies like Livingstone Mega Industries, Food Bank Buycrowdy and Standard Cassava Processors.

A fellow of both the Social Innovation Program of Leap Africa and Fate Foundation, and a recipient of Total Startupper Awards for Innovation and Nigerian Innovation Awards in 2016. Also a 2015 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program Alumni who just recently was named part of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering Innovation Awards 2018 shortlist.

Nwachinemere is a graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, where he studied Mechanical Engineering. He has also received specialized trainings on business and entrepreneurship from Enterprise Development Center, Pan African University Lagos and has over 5 years of experience in the Nigerian Business ecosystem.
He has a dream that one day, extreme poverty and hunger would be eradicated from Africa and the world, and places high premium on leveraging technology, innovation and business best practices to solve the plethora of problems that bedevils the world. He is a writer and public speaker with interests in governance and advocacy.

HENRY EYO

HENRY is a HR, Strategy and Process Optimization expert with over 20 years professional experience cutting across I.T., Telecommunication, International NGO, International Consulting firm and Broadcast & Media. He has a Post-graduate Degree in Management from the University of Leicester, UK, and a first degree in the Biological Sciences from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He is a certified Six Sigma professional with in-depth implementation and training experience of the methodology.

Henry regularly provides management and business advisory services to organizations in the public and private sector space. Before then he worked with NTA Star TV Network Limited (StarTimes) as the Director of Human Resources. His work experience spans Africa, Europe and China. Henry had also worked with KPMG Professional Services as a middle level management staff. He served as the Head of SERVICOM Institute and also worked at MTN Nigeria in various capacities.

Henry is an Internationally Certified Deloitte and Touche facilitator and a member of U.K’s Chartered Institute of Management Consulting. A prolific and impactful convention and conference speaker, he has gathered more than 1,000 hours of professional speaking experience in the last 20 years.

He brings to bear years of sales, training and human resources management experience, gathered across various multinational organizations in Nigeria, Europe and Asia.