Theme: Forward

The theme for this year’s edition of TEDxAjayiCrowtherU is "Forward" , where we will explore the importance of direction and the power of moving ahead.

TEDxAjayiCrowtherU is slated to hold on the 6th of May 2023 at Ajayi Crowther University.

Join us as we explore the limitless potential of forward momentum and discover how it can transform our lives, our organizations, and our world.

Student common Room
Ajayi Crowther University, P.M.B 1066, Oyo Town, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Oyo, Oyo, 211172
Nigeria

Adebola Zoe Williams

Brand Storyteller

Adebola Williams is the top Brand Storyteller in Africa. She’s currently the Brand Storyteller at Moni, a fintech startup creating shared prosperity in Nigeria, Benin Republic, and Guinea, Conakry. Asides working in tech, she helps creatives like her transition to working in tech and is also building a community of storytellers who will impact the way marketing is being done all over the world. She strongly believes in a world where creatives contribute to the growth and profiting of tech companies and she’s helping to build such world with her writing, mentoring, teaching sessions. Her goal is to help every creative access the part of them that grows brand equity and company revenue. Her favourite thing to do is collaborate and partner with brands that take impact seriously. You can find her on Instagram laughing loudly, on Twitter dishing out tech marketing gems, on LinkedIn being a human being, on Medium baring her soul out and on TikTok figuring out how it works.

Inemesit Hanson

Writer + Author

Inemesit Hanson is the founder of Your Writing Camp, a school for writers where she helps writers write, publish and market great books as well as teach writers the business of writing. She is the convener of the Profitable Writers Conference,a free conference that aims at eradicating poverty amongst writers and creatives in general. She has convened these free conferences for the past two years across Lagos state, Abuja (FCT) and Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. She hopes to expand to more states in time to come. She has been featured across 17 media outlets including TV: AIT, AsoTV, Clearview TV, STV, BBC Africa and Radio: Hot FM, Voice Of Nigeria, West African Radio Cooperation, Newspapers, blogs, podcast and a host of many other media outlets. She is on a mission to help 1 million writers live their best life via eradicating poverty before 2030 and she has currently helped over 2000 writers achieve this goal in two years

Timothy Ayodele

CEO, FireSwitch Technologies Ltd & Sheda House

Ayodele Timothy Olusegun acquired coding skills while training as an electrical electronic engineer at Igbinedion University, Okada. He founded FireSwitch Technologies Ltd in 2019. A company, whose primary business is innovating solutions to challenges through exploring tech tools, leveraging on artificial intelligence and blockchain methods of implementation. He co-founded Sheda House Ltd in 2020. An organization whose primary business is branding, marketing and skill acquisition. Using unique methods, and leveraging on a mentorship system has trained hundreds of young people to become software developers, designers photographers, managers and so on. He has over the years ideated and created products in fintech, commerce, accounting, health, many of which are live and some of which will launch in months ahead. He believes in creative ideas and a lover of God.

Tomiwa Owodunni

Business and Brand Strategist

Tomiwa Owodunni is the Group Head, Corporate Communications and Special Projects at Investment One Financial Services Limited (formerly GTB Asset Management). Tomiwa has over 10 years’ experience working in banking, financial services and investment management. Tomiwa holds a degree in Economics from Ajayi Crowther University Oyo. Tomiwa has a passion for helping young professionals and startups; he just started a regular mentoring programmes for young professionals steering them in the right direction of their chosen careers and helping them grow into future industry leaders. He is a strong believer in the future of Africa and the potential in African youths. He believes that tenacity (Not giving up), adaptability (Ability to adapt to changing environmental policies) and foresight (Long term strategic vision/planning) are critical traits to succeed in business in Africa.