Theme: Against all odds

This event would feature people who succeded and made breakthroughs in various aspects of life despite the challenges and peculiarities of their circumstances.

Planetarium
Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti
Ado Ekiti, Ekiti, 234024
Nigeria

Earl Osagie

Lawyer + counsellor

Earl Alright is a Sex and Relationship Counsellor, Legal Practitioner, Evangelist, Writer, and Social Entrepreneur who is a culture and people freak. He regards himself as a foodie, a lover of travels, villages, dances, music, stage-acting, and a hilarious young man who enjoys playing the harmonica. Alright is married to Vivian Seember, the father of Acorn and Kyland, and lives in Ibadan. He is best known to introduce himself as “my name is EARL, and I am ALRIGHT."

Fred Oyetayo

Techpreneur + Lawyer

Fred Oyetayo is the CEO of Fresible and serves on its Board of Directors. Fred is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He leads the design of Fresible’s service and development of its core technology and products. A TEDx speaker, Fred has been named to Forbes 30 Under 30, SME100 Africa’s 25 Under 25, Finalist at the Future Awards Africa Prize for Disruption (STEM), Finalist at the Aso Villa Demo Day organized by the office of the Nigerian President & World Bank, listed on Avance Media 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians, amongst several others.

Kaleka Nuka

Doctor + Entrepreneur

Kaleka Nuka, is a medical doctor at the prestigious River State University Teaching Hospital and lead business strategist of Gold Standard Business Growth where she coaches small business owners on successfully starting and growing in business. She hosted the largest conference of youths in Ekiti state "The Convergence", worked with Above Whispers Media as the host of the transformational show "Above Whispers Conversations", where important discussions about feminism, social justice, gender-based violence, and societal matters. She started her own NGO called "The Studentprenuer Hub Africa (S.H.A), the "giving back" arm of her expertise. She is passionate about business, medicine and media, entrepreneurship, and empowering young people. Meet Dr. Kale Nuka, a sustainable development goals advocate and an ardent advocate against gender-based violence who loves devoting her time to volunteering and partnerships with NGOs. An optimist, enthusiast, and a force to reckon with.

Seun Ogundele

Internet marketer + Consultant

Seun Ogundele is One of Nigeria's Finest Top Internet Marketers with over 10years of experience in Digital Marketing. He is a Respectable Speaker, Author, investor, and I.T Consultant. He is the CEO of Fastplus Business Innovations, An I.T and Internet Business Training Firm that has empowered over 20,000 Africans within nine years. He has also been featured by some of Nigeria’s Most widely read newspapers like The Nation, Punch, Tribune, And Success Digest Extra.

Tolu Ogunlesi

Writer + Special Adviser to the President on Digital Media

Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi, our lead speaker, is the special assistant to the president on digital and new media. He is also the 2021 French African Foundation young leader. Mr. Tolu is a journalist on Sabbatical, poet, photographer, fiction writer, and blogger. As a writer, he is the author of a collection of poetry and a novella. His publications have appeared in the London magazine, World literature today, Stanford's black Art quarterly, and PEN Anthology of new Nigerian writing just to name a few. He has twice been a winner of the annual CNN multichoice African journalist awards and has received several other awards from international organizations. He studied pharmacy at the University of Ibadan and has a master's degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. He left pharmacy to pursue writing as a career in writing and he proved that against All Odds, Dreams Do Come True.

Toluwanimi Balogun

Tech podcaster + content marketer

Tolu is a content marketer from Ibadan, Nigeria who helps brands use storytelling and engaging actions to attract their clients and keep doing that for the long term. Tolu believes in the power of storytelling as a tool to help position a business not just for the long term but to also help their target audience understand them better. Tolu is the host of The Work From Home Podcast as well as a co-host for Beauty Care Pod where his passion for having professionals tell their story continues to motivate him.