On October 1st, 2021, Nigeria celebrated her 61st independence day. The historical relevance of this day and its long chain of social, political and economic stories, have culminated into present day realities that nudge us to reflect on the national past, present and future. The context of this decade, with the emergence of the global digital transformation creates an opportunity for nations to redefine their role in the world and rethink the stories of their national character. We are living in one of the most prosperous times in the history, with Nigeria hosting one of the youngest and most vibrant populations in the world actively contributing to the global digital transformation, however is unable to capture the value of her demographic dividend and struggles with inefficient social, economic and political mechanisms for growth and development. This beseeches Nigeria and Africa to actively reflect on the deliberate action towards a global prosperity potential. "The Legacy, The Now and the Future of creating prosperity in Africa" seeks to connect stakeholders in Industry, Academia and Government through a national conversation about the Nigerian reality within the global context. Hosted, are 3 authors who have written about the national interest of Nigeria and her role in advancing Africa; Oluseun Onigbinde; author of The Existential Questions, Yomi Jemibewon; Author of Risk and Return, 'Toyin Bamidele (Batel); Author of The Venture Matrix for the Future of Africa [Gameplan]. These authors reviewed their books within this context and engaged in a discourse about the deliberate action needed to transform the social, political and economic reality of Nigeria this decade.  *(Disclaimer: This is the recording of the virtual event, which sadly didn't capture the breakout rooms session)*

I engaged Stacey-Ann Pearson to understand how the young people of developing economies can unlock the potential for economic prosperity through innovation and active participation in designing and developing the economic ecosystem of transformative economies for nations across Africa.

On this session I host a conversation with Haruna Emmanuel; a development economics scholar on MEXT Scholarship to understand economic policies and how they frame economic outcomes. We also discuss how the undergraduate community can redefine the economic landscape of Africa into a transformative economy built for sustainable Growth and inclusion to unlock Africa's prosperous destiny.

we host Rendani Mamphiswana, who works as a commissioner for the 4th Industrial Revolution commission with the President of South Africa, in a discourse about how the African undergraduate community can position Africa competitively within the global value creation ecosystem.

We host Oluwaseun David Adepoju in a conversation about how the undergraduate community can explore the venture matrix for Africa to create vibrant and sustainable ecosystems that drive the economic narrative of Africa.

This is the first session on Series V where we seek to understand how ecosystems are designed, developed and built to achieve an outcome. Dr. Ayobami Oyedare comprehensively expresses the need for a youth driven revolution and design of an ecosystem to provide an enabling environment for the creation of economic value that directly impacts the local economy.

We sought to understand how institutions democratize social power through the rise of institutions designed for the purpose of the creation of an enabling environment for economic value creation

We sought to understand how institutions democratize economic power through the rise of institutions designed for the purpose of the creation of an enabling environment for economic value creation

I engage Seun Onigbinde on the dynamics of power in politics and how institutions can democratize political power. This conversation ventured into   the structures of the political environment and how young people can explore the areas of disruption to define the future 

Exploring the Venture Matrix for Africa (Series III: The Matrix), we engaged the Investors, the opportunity explorers, the people who are fluent in egolang and drive the value creation conversation in the ecosystem.  We sought to understand how investors think, how investors work, the flow of capital, how investors impact and drive ecosystems and how we can experience that in our universities. In this episode, I engage Mimshach Obioha in conversation to define the investment opportunity case for the Undergraduate community