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[…]
#ThePlatformNG: The Pathfinders was founded to eradicate sexual exploitation of girls ~ EVON BENSON – IDAHOSA
Evon Benson-Idahosa, an English Barrister and founder of the Pathfinders Initiative started by sharing a childhood story of how her mum will shop abroad for shoes for her and her siblings but hers would never[…]
#ThePlatformNG: Platform 11.1 features Iyinoluwa, CEO of Andela
IYINOLUWA ABOYEJI, the first speaker at this year October’s edition of the Platform Nigeria is the CEO of ANDELA & PHOTOWAVE. He started on a very strict note, saying there’s really nothing to be happy[…]
#ThePlatformNG: Pastor Poju Oyemade, the Convener, opened The Platform 11.1 with two stories
After welcoming the audience, he explained that this October 2018 edition is different from previous ones, saying that the array of speakers are actually doers. According to Pastor Poju, “they are the new tribe of[…]
Pre-Platform Challenge (Day 7)
It’s the last day of the challenge and thank you for participating. As we close this 7-day Pre-Platform Challenge, we’ll like to share a story of how youths in the past and present are helping[…]