Samson Olatunde
Samson Olatunde is a Digital Entrepreneur, Digital Marketing Strategist, Global Brand Builder, Consultant, Life Coach, Philanthropist and Author, with over 10 years of outstanding track record in helping small, medium and large-scale enterprises gain momentum through information technology (IT) powered marketing; and tenaciously advocating the entrepreneurship drive among Nigerians and Africans, especially young people
Japheth Joshua ‘JJ’ Omojuwa
Japheth Joshua ‘JJ’ Omojuwa is a social media entrepreneur, blogger, socio-economic and political commentator. He is a columnist for two of Nigeria’s most respected newspapers, The Punch and Leadership Newspapers. Omojuwa’s articles have been published on several online and print media including: CNN, Metropole Magazine, Sahara Reporters, BBC, The Financial Times and THISDAY and translated into several languages including French, German, Portuguese and Greek. His tweets via @omojuwa, reach some 10 million people every week.
Ekundayo Ayeni
Ekundayo Ayeni, An alumnus of the Harvard University, Executive Program where he studied Digital Marketing(Social Media Marketing), Ekundayo is Certified by Google (On AdWords Fundamentals, Search Advertising, Display Advertising, Video Advertising, Shopping Advertising, Mobile Advertising). He is known as the most successful B2B sales guru in Nigeria, Ekundayo has worked with brands across the world as a digital marketing consultant to deliver revenue growth from content-focused inbound marketing campaigns.
Rufai Oseni
Rufai Oseni is a man of many parts; a Radio/TV Presenter, Voice-Over Artist, Motivational Speaker, Actor, Poet, and Master of Ceremonies. He has been in broadcasting for eight (8) years working in various Media houses which include JFM Warri, OGTV Abeokuta, OGBC 2 Abeokuta, UNIQ FM Ilesa, Radio Nigeria, and GoldFM Ilesa. Rufai has done Voice-Over for various brands such as Guinness, Standard Chartered Bank, Globacom and several State Government establishments. He has also done a series of Radio dramas which include GERINA-a play on Nigeria to mention just a few.
Adewale Yusuf
Adewale Yusuf is the Founder and CEO of techpoint.ng, a media tech company he founded in 2015 to tell African technology start-ups story. Adewale writes about tech news, meetings, talents, gadgets, innovations and businesses.
This platform he created has been a very vibrant voice in discovering and celebrating African techies as well as showcasing their talents and works to the whole world.
Deepankar Rustagi
Deepankar Rustagi is the founder and Chief Executive of VConnect, Nigeria. VConnect is a local business engagement platform, providing a network for businesses to acquire and deeply engage with new customers.
VConnect started as an online business directory and transformed to Platform where users go to when they need things done in Nigeria. The idea for VConnect began to take form in 2008 when Deepankar and a team of researchers were unable to find data on local businesses on the internet. It was then he started building a team to fill in that gap in information.
Today, VConnect has more than 1.5 million registered businesses and is working to bring every organized business in Africa online, and help them get access to market easily.
Ihotu Gregory
Ihotu Gregory (Moderator) is the Lead Strategist at The Scratch Board. Her organization focuses on start-ups and organizational design to ensure sustainability and longevity for organizations and programs.
Ihotu is passionate about working with SME’s and Start-ups to ensure longevity and delivery of standard services as well as Social Enterprises to achieve their primary focus and impact their communities. She is also a Compere, Presenter, Writer, Poet and Blogger
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