Mr. Abayomi Awobokun is a business leader from Nigeria, a 2016 recipient of the Young Global Leader award from the World Economic Forum (WEF), a 2017 recipient of the prestigious Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu Fellow from the African Leadership Initiative (AFLI) in South Africa and in 2018, a…
Adaku Ufere is an international energy lawyer and business consultant, with over a decade’s experience leading multicultural and multilingual teams in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of billion-dollar oil & gas, power, gender, mining, infrastructure and energy policy projects; in Africa. She is currently the Deputy Chief of…
Aisha Augie-Kuta is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker based in Abuja. She is a Hausa from Argungu local government in northern Nigeria. She won the award for Creative Artist of the year at 2011 The Future Awards Africa. Augie-kuta is the current Special Adviser (Digital Communications Strategy) to the Federal Minister of…
Mosunmola is an Agribusiness Entrepreneur and Industry thought leader based in Nigeria. She is a woman extremely passionate about food, farming and the community. She has a bachelor's degree in Zoology from the Lagos State University, Nigeria. She has served as a youth consultant ambassador and advocate to…
Seun is a Nigerian entrepreneur and open data analyst popularly known as the co-founder and CEO of budgIT, a Nigerian civic startup. Oluseun Onigbinde is a fiscal transparency advocate and firm believer in the power of Open Data. In 2012, he was awarded the Future Awards Prize for Science and Tech Innovation. Oluseun on the 13th of…
Aisha is the co-convener of Bring Back our Girls - diverse group of citizens advocating for speedy and effective search and rescue of all our abducted girls and for a rapid containment and quelling of insurgency in Nigeria.
Chude Jideonwo is the founder of Joy, Inc. (www.joyinc.xyz), a benefit corporation based in Miami, Florida and Lagos, Nigeria, which mainstreams the research and science on human flourishing and positive emotions to transform the culture and build a new generation focused on the greatest happiness for the greatest many. All of…
Adebola Williams is the Group CEO of RED For Africa. A pioneer at the intersection of media, democracy and social change. He co-founded and runs RED Africa, Africa’s largest portfolio of youth media brands engaging the continent’s youth with leading brands like Red Media Africa, StateCraft Inc, The…
Bukonla Adebakin is a graduate of Science and Technology Education from the University of Lagos and Project Cycle Management from the NGO School of Management, Geneva, Switzerland. She currently serves as the Senior Advisor of the Future Project where she manages various programs and initiatives of the organization…
Francesca is the Founder of Leading Ladies Africa; a women empowerment non-profit that celebrates the lives of African women, and promotes leadership, diversity and gender inclusion. She equips African women with the skills they need to succeed in life and business. She does this through effective mentoring, organizing…
Osayi Alile is the CEO ACT Foundation and consultant for Access Bank Plc on its CSR projects, Ms. Alile was the Executive Director of FATE Foundation, a leading private sector-led not-for-profit organization in Nigeria for 8 years. A facilitator/management trainer, she is also a consultant on non-profit management…
Olumide Femi Makanjuola is a Strategist, Human rights activist and storyteller with a specific interest in LGBTQI rights and conversations, movement building, and capacity development for nascent sexual health and rights activists and organisations. His work focuses on expanding public knowledge and discourse on queer issues through new…