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  • Adesuwa Ifedi, Korty EO, Ziad Maalouf, Among Others Set to Take the Stage at TEDxPAU 2024.

    Adesuwa Ifedi, Korty EO, Ziad Maalouf, Among Others Set to Take the Stage at TEDxPAU 2024.

    Pan-Atlantic University is thrilled to announce the second edition of TEDxPAU, themed ‘Shaping the Future’ which will take place on the 16th of November at Africa’s premier business school—Lagos

    Business School. After the success of its previous edition, which featured notable speakers such as the MD/CEO of Airtel Nigeria, Carl Cruz; the Group CEO of RED Media, Ayodeji Rasaq, and the Dean of the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, Dr. Ikechukwu Obiaya, the planning committee returns with an even stronger commitment to shape the future through present action.

    According to the event organiser, Bella Victor said, “The theme ‘Shaping the Future’ was inspired by the incredible power we hold as individuals and organisations to create lasting change. TEDxPAU 2024 is a platform where visionaries and leaders will converge to share ideas that can shape not just tomorrow, but the generations to come. We believe the future is a canvas, and this event will ignite the creativity, innovation, and drive needed to paint it.”

    This year’s edition boasts a stellar lineup of influential speakers, including:

    • Adesuwa Ifedi, Senior Vice President, Heifer International
    • Korty EO, Filmmaker & YouTuber
    • Ziad Maalouf, CEO/MD, Seven-Up Bottling Company Nigeria
    • Dr. Peter Bamkole, PhD, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin), Pan-Atlantic University
    • Ibukun Awosika, First Female Chairperson, First Bank of Nigeria
    • Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, SAN, FCIArb, Founding Partner, Kenna Partners
    • Temitope Runsewe, CEO, Dutum Group
    • Michael Oluwagbemi, PE, PMP, MBA, CEO, Presidential CNG Initiative

    The event is expected to play a crucial role in shaping conversations about the future of Nigeria and Africa as a whole. With industry experts spanning fields such as entertainment, oil & gas, banking, agriculture, law, construction, and more, TEDxPAU 2024 will provide valuable insights into the most pressing challenges of our time, thereby paving the way for a brighter Africa.

    TEDxPAU 2024 is looking to house entrepreneurs, students, creatives, and innovators with a passion for shaping the future, one conversation at a time. The event offers an opportunity to network and build relationships with like-minded individuals. To be part of this transformative experience, click here to purchase a ticket. For more information, visit www.tedxpau.com.

  • Teach For Nigeria Inducts Its 6th Cohort of Teaching Fellows

    Teach For Nigeria Inducts Its 6th Cohort of Teaching Fellows

    …trains 319 Fellows to teach in underserved schools

    Teach For Nigeria (TFN), a non-profit organization that is developing leaders to ensure that children in under-served communities can fulfil their potential regardless of their socio-economic background. This year, the Teach for Nigeria Fellows went through a five-week hybrid Training Institute which kicked off virtually on the 31st of July 2022. A two-week residential training at Greensprings School, Lekki Campus, Lagos, followed running from 1st August – 16th August 2022.  

    The Teach For Nigeria Fellowship is a leadership development program that equips Fellows with teaching and leadership skills to effect change in their classrooms and beyond. Every year, Teach For Nigeria recruits promising graduates, engages them through an intensive Pre-Service Training Institute, and then places them in under-served schools where they make a remarkable impact and contribute immensely to changing the trajectory of their learners.

    The guest speaker at the event, Director, Enterprise Development Center of the Pan Atlantic University, Dr. Peter Bamkole, reminded the Fellows that they were on a mission. “When you do what you do with your whole heart,and you can do it for free and you’re still happy, that is not work, that’s a mission,” he said. In addition, Dr. Peter stated that the Fellows were the agents of change who would drive the needed change in the educational sector.

    Blessing Adeyemi, one of the Fellows, delivered a valedictory speech on behalf of the Fellows. In her remarks, she noted  “ we have not just been taught the art of teaching, but there’s been a transference of the heart of collective leadership to a shared vision.

    The Fellows were inducted formally into the Fellowship through a commitment pledge/oath led by the CEO of Teach For Nigeria, Folawe Omikunle. She encouraged Fellows to fully honour this promise that they have made to that one Nigerian child as they enter the classrooms.

    Present at the event was the Executive Chairman, Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Femi Majekodunmi, who was represented by the Board Secretary, SUBEB, Mr. Wasiu Kuye. The Honourable Commissioner of Education, Lagos State, Folashade Adefisayo, represented by Dr. Olufunke Oyetola, Tutor General/Permanent Secretary (TGPS), Education District 3 was also in attendance.

    In her goodwill message, the Honourable Commissioner of Education, Lagos State, Folashade Adefisayo, represented by Dr. Olufunke Oyetola, Tutor General/Permanent Secretary (TGPS), Education District 3 charged the Fellows to be change agents. “As you go out today, I want to encourage you to be good ambassadors, be an agent of change because education will take Nigeria to a greater level” She said.

    “You have come, you have seen and you have reconquered. Effecting change, requires time and lasting efforts. You are set for a new journey, new experience, in a new environment which will inform a major part of your decision in life now and beyond the fellowship”  This was the goodwill message from the Executive Chairman, Ogun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Femi Majekodunmi, represented by the Board Secretary, SUBEB, Mr. Wasiu Kuye.