Sarah Lacy spoke for the third time at #ThePlatformNG, and as a Technology enthusiast, her speech centred on entrepreneurship. Having interviewed the founders of a lot of Tech. companies, she sees them as successful millionaires and[…]
“Nigeria’s oil well is our proverbial cow” – Mr. Segun Adeniyi
If you’ve been following #ThePlatformNG since inception, you’ll know that Mr. Segun Adeniyi, who is the Chairman of the Editorial Board of THISDAY newspapers, is a regular speaker at the event. In his usual[…]
Nigeria can grow its economy through Agriculture – Mrs. Ndidi Nwuneli
Mrs. Ndidi was the first speaker at the May EDITION of #ThePlatformNG which majored on #EconomicGrowth. As the Managing Partner at SAHEL CONSULTING, an Agriculture and Nutrition agency, her speech centred on Food production[…]
ThePLATFORM is a ‘stage’ to promote ideas – Pastor Poju Oyemade
Pastor Poju Oyemade welcomed everyone present at this May’s Edition of #ThePlatformNG as well as the thousands watching online, especially on YouTube, and Facebook He shared the history of The Platform. According to him, The Platform is a[…]
#ThePlatformNG: Dr. Victor discusses newer ways of thinking to help recreate our nation Nigeria
Dr. Victor Oladokun (the last Speaker) kicked off on a note of appreciation to Mr. Otto and his team involved in the social work of educating children in slum communities across Africa. Dr. Oladokun mentioned[…]
#ThePlatformNG: “We are a food deficit country”, Bosun Tijani spoke at the Platform
Bosun Tijani is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Co-Creation Hub (CcHub). He spoke on the topic he titled the Unlikely Leaders. He started by sharing different statistics. One of them was that Nigeria[…]
#ThePlatformNG: The virtue of Selflessness took Adepeju Jaiyeoba to the White House
“My mother taught me selflessness”, she started, sharing from her growing up years how she had to learn selflessness from the fact that her mum’s work demanded that she was away from home most of[…]
#ThePlatformNG: Children of Makoko community speak on the Platform stage
The 4th Speaker to mount the stage was Oroondam Otto, the founder of the non-profit initiative Slum to School, an organization whose vision is to transform the society by empowering disadvantaged children to realize their[…]
#ThePlatformNG: Story – As an Agro-business woman, I was neck deep in debt ~ Mosunmola Umoru
Mosunmola’s story was very inspiring. As an Agro-business woman she shared how through a miracle, she came out of debt, to acquire a new land property to re-start her Agro-business. She also commended the new[…]
#ThePlatformNG: Oscar Ekponimo speaks at the Platform on the Power of Value
As the Founder of Chowberry, Oscar said it’s been 5 years and the journey has been wonderful journey. Sharing with the audience, he explained how Nigerian Youths can start to think about delivering value. He[…]