Theme: Breaking limiting thoughts

The first ever TEDx in Yola holding on 27th April 2019 at the City Green Hotel, Yola Road Opposite FCE Yola. It will feature 10 speakers and three intermission performances. Time is 10:00am. Admission is strictly on registration or invitation.

City Green Hotel
Opposite FCE Yola, Yola Road
Yola, Adamawa, 900120
Nigeria

Adeh Jones

Speaker, Writer, and Author

Behavioural therapist with a niche in effective parenting and teen development. Speaker, writer, and author of seven books, including the most talked about ‘Certificates are for idiots’. Curator of Parenting Klinic, an e-platform for equipping parents with repository skill sets, tools and strategies for preparing children to be successful, independent and responsible adults.

Aisha Saleh Michika

Scriptwriter, Broadcaster, Blogger/Vlogger and Administrator

Aisha Saleh Michika hails from Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State. She is born to a Nigerian Father and an Algerian Mother. First child of her mother and also Mother of two lovely boys Sultan and Naaim who she adores. Scriptwriter, Broadcaster, Blogger/Vlogger and Administrator. She is an art lover who loves exploring different cultures and heritages. She runs a tourism Vlog called “Ambeels World”.

Fauno Nada

Systems Designer, Solutions Developer and Business Coach

SyStems Designer, Solutions Developer and Business Coach. Worked on Innovation and Commercialization at Cadbury and Samsung Electronics. Founder of Cogniscenture and ATM Labs. Studied Operations Research at FUT, Yola. Lives and works between Lagos and Abuja.

Kemi Melton Ma'aji

CEO / Creative Director

Kemi Melton Ma’aji is the CEO / Creative Director of Signet Clothing and Accessories. She is a Fashion Instructor at Signet Fashion Institute; that has trained and empowered numerous individuals in the fashion industry. Kemi Melton is a Graduate of Statistics, a certified Master Trainer by ITF and a recognised business start-up mentor by International Rescue Committee / Citi Foundation. She is a wife, mother and a music minister. She is a recipient of several awards for her contribution in business development, women empowerment and music

Mohammed Ibrahim Jega

Tech Titan, Innovation Promoter, Blockchain Entrepreneur

Mohammed Ibrahim Jega is the Head, Business Development (Africa) of Vogue Pay, an online payment processing company. He is co-founder of Domineum, a block chain enabled registry and real estate solutions and a Founding Director of Young CEOs Business Forum, a platform instituted to inspire, empower, motivate and support African and World Venture Young Leaders. He is the Chief Marketing Officer at mAcademy, an e-learning platform with the vision to get quality and affordable learning at fingertips of every Nigerian. Mohammed is the Founder of Startup Arewa, a platform designed to build a sustainable Northern Nigeria Tech ecosystem and to unlock the potentials of the region.

Pedeino Mathias

Entrepreneur/Social/Charity Worker

Pedeino Mathias is the Founder of True Beauty Ministry and Conferences and coordinator of DIVAS & SPICE Ministry, a faith based non-profit Ministry that continues to work with women and mellinials. She has successfully combined her secular experience as an executive in a multinational organisation with her passion for charity and role as a wife, mother and minister of the Gospel. She has shared her insights widely with a varied audience and has been invited to speak at numerous fora. Pedi has received acknowledgements, commendations and several awards for her work with young women regarding complex relationships and faith.

Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa

Agricultural Economist

Zanau Hassan Maikasuwa is an agronomist by training and practice, he was a pioneer staff of the first private commodities exchange in Nigeria, he has worked across many rural communities in Northern Nigeria to help rural farmers increase their yields and income. He is the Lead Consultant at Farmfields Agro Allied Services, a company he founded in 2010 as a private extension and Agro input supply firm. He was a candidate for Member Ibi constituency of the Taraba State House of Assembly in the just concluded general elections.