Theme: Earth And Art: Beautifying Our World

The theme of this year's TEDx event is “Beautifying Our World”. This is a beautiful merging of artists— contemporary artists, performing artists, digital artists, photographers, fashion designers and other media of expression— and sustainability.

Speakers will educate the audience on various topics related to sustainable development. The event gets even better, featuring exhibitions and displays of art forms, as well as practical, hands-on workshops.
The audience is young, and therefore has the ability to learn new forms of creativity as a way to make Nigeria, and the world in general a better place.

GIGATT International School
First avenue, Gwarimpa Abuja
House 10
Abuja, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, 900108
Nigeria

Akaoma Onyemelukwe

Global Development Expert

Akaoma is a global development expert, nonprofit coach and public speaker accelerating impact and leadership in Nonprofit sector. A leader with over 2 decades of experience managing large and complex programs, and consulting initiatives. Akaoma lead Affinity Consulting as the Principal Consultant providing cutting edge consultancy and advisory services within development, humanitarian and management spaces. A winner of Global Women in Leadership Award covering over 109 countries. Akaoma works through Right Proposals to connect NGOs, INGOs and donors around Africa to access funding, strengthen capacity to deliver innovative results and build institutions that drive sustainability. Have strengthened over 1000 NGOs and CBOs, trained over 1500 NGO leaders; Raised and managed over $1billion in grants.

Bilkisu Garba

Sustainable Architect

In 2017, she launched two start ups. One is a Building Design and Finishes company called Revamp Charette Ltd. which she co-owns. The second is called The Upcycle Architect (TUPA). Over the span of 3 years, Bilkisu has been able to promote upcycling in Nigeria. She has earned the AFRICA GREEN FEMALE AWARD, 2020 by Eleven Eleven Twelve Foundation. She also emerged as the star winner and first female owned enterprise of the Ugwumba Enterprise Challenge, 2020. In 2021, she won Best Social Enterprise of the year at the ELOY 2021 awards. She also has a mini MBA from the International Finance Corporation, a Certificate of Achievement in; * Sustainable Interior Design (UGreen, Brazil) * Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Running a Business (MINCA, Brazil) * Upcycling: The New Economy (with the International Institute for Creative Design and U.S Embassy in Abuja)

Bright Wonder Obasi

Filmmaker

Bright Wonder Obinna Obasi is a Script writer, movie Producer, Film Director and an Acting Coach. He earned a bachelor of engineering in chemical engineering from Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) in 2005, before launching fully into his filmmaking career. Bright Wonder has written, produced and directed 8 multi award winning movies and TV series, Including awards for Best Nigerian Movie at the 2013 Screen Actors Award for his movie “BROKEN”, best Nigeria Comedy Movie at the 2015 Best of Nollywood Awards (BON) for his movie “DIARY OF THE TRIPLETS”, and Best Screenplay at the 2019 Motion Pictures International Film Festival (MOPIFF) for his movie “IF I AM PRESIDENT”. Bright Wonder Obasi is the President of High Definition Film Academy, CEO of High Definition Film Studio, Founder and Executive Director of Film For Impact Foundation & Fellowship, pioneer of Script2Screen Africa Reality TV project, and Festival Director of Africa Film For Impact Festival.

Damilare Tejumade

Social Entrepreneur

Damilare Tejumade is the MD/CEO of Athwart Global Concepts, a Branding and Print Media firm in Abuja Nigeria . Damilare is an alumnus of the prestigious Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship program. He is also a one time contestant of the Next Titan Entrepreneurship Reality TV show in Nigeria. His interests are acting, virtual display arts, volunteering and innovation.

Ifeoma Dagbue

Artist, Advocate

Dagbue Ifeoma is the founder of Afrikrown, an organisation that leverages on the spheres of art, culture and places to promote the self sufficiency in the minds of Africans for Africa. She is also the country director for Dr Ladi Kwali international youth summit secretariat. She is driven by the dream to see Africa as the global standard of measurement for success in the stated areas. Having founded the organisation in 2019, she has since curated annual art exhibitions; Afrikrown Annual Art Exhibition, sold artworks and appeared on the Nigerian Pilot News during the 4th edition themed Levi-Unite II, calling for greater collaborations geared towards growth in the Nigerian art scene. She is passionate about learning and is excited at the sight of new information about cultures and their practices. She also enjoys nature and quiet spaces.

Pelemo Ava Nyajo

Social Justice Advocate

Pelemo Ava Nyajo is a young change maker who uses the art of words, especially spoken word poetry, to break biases and advocate for causes like gender equality, disability inclusion, mental health awareness and social justice. She has performed at a multitude of events such as TedXMaitama, YALI National summit, Plan International’s Global Girls’ Summit, amongst others. She is an ambassador of Street Project Foundation, a YALI Abuja Fellow, a current “shadow” country director with Plan International Nigeria and a member of the International Youth Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she represents Nigeria and actively promotes meaningful youth participation. Pelemo is very passionate about volunteerism and the civic space, humanity and she constantly works towards creating a peaceful and inclusive society.

Titilayo Obileye

Climate Activist

Titilayo Obileye is a Technical Assistant to the present new Governor of Ekiti State on Communications Strategy and Content Creation. She studied Communications and Language Arts at the Department of Linguistics, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. Obileye also has a degree in Accounting. She received the Journalist of the Year 2022 award at the International Youth Diplomacy Award, University of Ghana Business School, Accra Ghana for her reportage on Promoting Youth Participation for Sustainable Development in Climate Change. She advocates for Climate Justice and was recently shortlisted by the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) to cover the 2022 edition of the Annual Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt. She was recently recognized and awarded by Dr. John Kayode Fayemi former Governor of Ekiti State as the first nonindigenous Ekiti State Outstanding Young Person for her distinguished achievement in Government Policy Communications.

Zainab Bala

Journalist

Zainab Bala is a Nigerian journalist with Over ten years of experience working in Broadcast and Multimedia. She is the founder of the scoop storytelling initiative; a journalism innovative project that focuses on diversifying how stories are told to improve communities. She also works as the Team lead documentary with Trust TV in Abuja. She is the 2021 winner of the international Centre for journalists Micheal Elliot award for Excellence in African storytelling, a beneficiary of the international womens’s media foundation and a US department of state sponsored Mandela Washington Fellow.