The Leadership Series

Nkemdilim Uwaje Begho is a seasoned serial entrepreneur who has been in business for close to 10 years. She started her entrepreneurial path in 2008 and has been able to turn her first venture Future Software Resources Ltd. into one of Nigeria’s leading IT Service companies. Futuresoft is focused on providing digital marketing and technology solutions for the scaling African Enterprise, as well as offers E-learning and IT Consultancy services.

Kara Alaimo, Ph.D., a former global communicator in the Obama administration and United Nations and author of the book “Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication” (Routledge, 2017) will discuss how to adapt your communication practices for different countries and cultures.

Eloïne Barry is a multiskilled, multilingual communications and business professional with proven track record in building and managing PR businesses. Eloïne founded African Media Agency (AMA) as an answer to the rising need for multinational private sector companies, NGOs & International Organizations to reach a broader audience in every African country, directly impacting their business goals.  

A University of Ibadan graduate, Ayeni Adekunle Samuel is a journalist, writer, public relations expert, entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of NET News LTD, owners of www.thenet.ng, www.newsroom.ng, www.234star.com, www.orin.ng, www.nec.ng and www.netshop.ng. He also the founder of the public relations agency BHM (www.bhmng.com) as well as the pan Africa creative digital agency ID Africa (www.idafrica.ng). Ayeni founded BHM in 2006, first as a service for professionals in media and the creative industries. But in 2009, BHM rebranded to focus on…

Dr Toussaint Nothias is a lecturer in the Center for African Studies at Stanford University. His research explores a variety of issues related to representations of Africa, media and globalization. His work has appeared in Journalism Studies; Communication, Culture, Critique; African Journalism Studies; Visual Communication; and in the edited bookAfrica’s Media Image in the 21st Century. He holds a PhD from the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, was a visiting doctoral researcher at the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape…