50 SPEAKERS
CREATIVE POWER:
CONTENT, CULTURE & PLATFORMS,
WHERE IS THE MONEY?
A first of its kind virtual convening of industry thought leaders
AUG 12-Sept 4, 2020
The Original Africa Soft Power Series
The Africa Soft Power Series is a virtual summit bringing together some of the most prominent thought leaders and pioneers, focused and passionate about Africa.
With so many negative stories about Africa, the theme, ‘Creative Power: Content, Culture and Platforms’ sets the stage for crucial dialogues on how Africa can harness its soft power effectively, to advance strategic interests and shape global conversations.
As the world’s last large, underdeveloped market, the importance of the creative and knowledge industries takes on added significance when we consider that the continent will be home to more than a third of the world’s population and half of the world’s youth by 2100. In addition, current global affairs underscore that the struggles of African-Americans and people of African heritage are equally the continent’s struggle. Africa must ensure that its creative, technological and cultural assets translate into tangible engines of social and economic growth for all its people.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
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Stephany Zoo
Stephany Zoo is the Head of Marketing at AZA, a digital foreign exchange and treasury solution for...
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Pearl Thusi
Sithembile Xola Pearl Thusi (born 13 May 1988) is a South African actress, model, television host,...
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George Twumasi
George Twumasi is the CEO of ABN Holdings Limited (ABN) and a Fall 2018 Joan Shorenstein Fellow...
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Russell Southwood
Russell Southwood is the CEO of Balancing Act, a consultancy research company that has over the...
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Chiney Ogwumike
The 1st overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft from Stanford University, Chiney Ogwumike was the 2014...
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Matthew Ryder
Matthew Ryder is a leading UK barrister, specialising in crime, data and human rights. His clients...
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Benjamin Crump
Through a steadfast dedication to justice and service, renowned civil rights and personal injury...
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Amber Rasberry
Amber Rasberry is an Entertainment Industry Executive who thrives in fostering the creative ambitions...
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SESSIONS
Channeling the Return: working with government, private sector, and creatives to boost Africa’s reputation and transform Africa’s trajectory. A leaf from Ghana.
Zoom, Wednesday 12th August 2020, 5pm
WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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With rapid changes in technology, and as the concept of money continues to evolve, how can Africans become producers and owners not just users and spectators?
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Stephany Zoo
Stephany Zoo is the Head of Marketing at AZA, a digital foreign exchange and treasury solution for...
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Eddie Ndichu
Eddie has been a leader in transforming how financial services are delivered in Kenya and Africa...
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Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu
Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu has almost 30 years of an eclectic career spanning enterprise solution architecture,...
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Akinwale Goodluck
Akinwale Goodluck is the Head of the GSMA in Sub-Saharan Africa and has primary responsibility for...
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Lucia Brawley
Lucia Brawley The Fitness Boutique: PLYKOMETRIE UND KÖRPERZUSAMMENSETZUNG anabolika spritze kosten...
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Zoom
Thursday 13th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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With the shrinking of physical spaces due to the pandemic, how can we leverage our sports sector and monetize our enormous potential?
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Okwoche Peter
Peter Ogbu Okwoche is an award winning Senior Presenter for BBC World News television and BBC World...
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Misha Sher
Misha Sher is Global Vice-President at MediaCom Sport & Entertainment, an award-winning sports &...
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Nkechi Obi
Nkechi Nneka Obi is a Sports Management Consultant with over 30 Years experience and accomplishment...
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Usher Komugisha
Usher Komugisha is a Ugandan multimedia sports journalist that has a passion for covering sports...
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Amadou Gallo Fall
Amadou Gallo Fall, a Senegalese native who joined the NBA in January 2010, helped open the league’s...
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Kelechi Anyikude
Kelechi is Africa’s Biggest Sports Blogger, a cultural ambassador, Influencer, avid arsenal fan,...
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Zoom
Wednesday 14th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Content may be king, but without an African industry, the sector will remain largely artisanal. How can we build a sustainable African film industry?
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Amber Rasberry
Amber Rasberry is an Entertainment Industry Executive who thrives in fostering the creative ambitions...
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Enyi Omeruah
Enyi Omeruah owns a talent management agency in Nigeria. My Management Company (MMC) is a boutique...
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Dayo Ogunyemi
Dayo Ogunyemi is a creative entrepreneur and founder of 234 Media, a firm that develops enterprises...
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Matias Mariani
After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Matias Mariani worked extensively as a producer...
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Pauline Fischer
Ms. Fischer is an industry leader with a proven track record of building strong and diverse slates,...
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Zoom
Wednesday 18th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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In the face of growing digital options, broadcast television still reaches more people each day than any other visual media. TV has the power to inform, educate and influence, yet some say its time is past. How do we better harness the opportunities?
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Russell Southwood
Russell Southwood is the CEO of Balancing Act, a consultancy research company that has over the...
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Sam Onyemelukwe
Mr. Onyemelukwe is an African and global media, entertainment and digital industry expert. Mr....
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Chichi Nwoko
Chichi Nwoko is the Executive Producer of Hey, What’s ON (HWO), a New York and Lagos-based multi-media...
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Wangeci Murage
Wangeci Murage is a digital content media executive with over 20 years experience in broadcast management,...
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Mark Lewis
Mark Lewis is the founder and CEO of Bravig a content rights and distribution firm based in the...
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Theodore Asampong
Theodore Asampong is the CEO of West Africa Platform Services Ltd, a JV company between SES and...
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Zoom
Wednesday 19th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Examining the influence of masculinities and female stereotypes in African film and music, and how these influences translate to the home and workplace.
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Mildred Okwo
Mildred Okwo is a respected Nigerian film Director and Producer whose films have been nominated...
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Ngoc Nguyen
Ngoc oversees all entertainment strategy, talent relations, and entertainment industry programming...
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Busola Dakolo
Busola Dakolo (Nee Amupitan) is a Nigerian professional photographer and content creator. An alumnus...
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Giti Chandra
Dr. Giti Chandra is Senior Researcher and Lecturer with the Gender Equality Studies and Training...
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Zoom
Thursday 20th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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How can we ensure that the revival of music from the continent translates to tangible benefits for African artists?
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Audu Maikori
Audu is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, lawyer and creative industry expert. He is better known...
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Yvette Gayle
Yvette Gayle serves as COO and Head of Communications & Engagement for Africa Creative Agency, a...
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Sipho Dlamini
A strategic leader with 20 years’ experience in live production, festivals, the recording industry,...
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Oye Akideinde
My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate. My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure....
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Adesegun Adeosun
Adesegun (also known as SMADE) is recognised as one the most successful African entrepreneurs in...
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Zoom
Friday 21st August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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With increasingly sophisticated African consumers, international platforms, and a global pandemic, how can the African fashion and beauty industry effectively innovate and set trends in a world that has moved online?
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Toyin Odulate
Toyin M. Odulate – is the Founder & CEO, Olori Cosmetics, an African-themed cosmetics manufacturing...
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Chid Liberty
Chid Liberty is an award-winning social entrepreneur and impact investor. In 2010 he founded Liberty...
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Eryca Freemantle
Eryca Freemantle is one of the world’s leading makeup educators and researchers. A former makeup...
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Bediako Kwaku
Kwaku Bediako is one of Africa’s leading fashion designers. He is the Creative Director and Founder...
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Zoom
Saturday 22nd August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Festivals, merchandising, public spaces, Nitelife and things – leveraging our cultural heritage for our benefit. Viewpoint from Nigeria.
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Kemi Sulu
Kemi Sulu started her career at QVC, The Home Shopping channel after graduating with BA Hons in...
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Ngozi Ngoka
Ngozi Ngoka is the Vice President of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) with...
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Marcus Glover
Marcus is a successful entrepreneur, and consummate storyteller. His breadth of experience and expertise...
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Bolanle Austen-Peters
Bolanle Austen-Peters Bolanle Austen-Peters has a master’s degree in International Law from the...
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Zoom
Wednesday 26th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Black Lives Matter: Global Blackness, Transnational Solidarity and Allyship among black people. A time for introspection.
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Ebele Okobi
Fmr. Public Policy Director for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey at Facebook
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Matthew Ryder
Matthew Ryder is a leading UK barrister, specialising in crime, data and human rights. His clients...
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Benjamin Crump
Through a steadfast dedication to justice and service, renowned civil rights and personal injury...
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Aaron Mitchell
Aaron Mitchell is the Director of Talent Acquisition — Corporate Functions for Netflix. At Netflix,...
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Uzodinma Iweala
Uzodinma Iweala is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and medical doctor. He is the CEO of The...
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Zoom
Thursday 27th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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With major media giants moving to establish presence on the continent, how do we empower Africans to control the narrative and what responsibility do African media platforms have to challenge destructive stories about the continent?
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George Twumasi
George Twumasi is the CEO of ABN Holdings Limited (ABN) and a Fall 2018 Joan Shorenstein Fellow...
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Stephen Newton
Stephen A. Newton Esq. is Chairman of The Illuminate Africa Group Ltd., a firm assisting businesses...
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Teresa Clarke
Teresa Clarke, an investment banker and internet entrepreneur, has been contributing to business...
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Zoom
Wednesday 28th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Setting standards on a world stage: Redefining African identity and Transforming Africa’s trajectory.
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Pearl Thusi
Sithembile Xola Pearl Thusi (born 13 May 1988) is a South African actress, model, television host,...
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Chiney Ogwumike
The 1st overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft from Stanford University, Chiney Ogwumike was the 2014...
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Jidenna Mobisson
Jidenna’s music proudly encompasses a wide range of vibes, ranging from afrobeat, funk, and R&B...
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Ibrahim Mahama
Ibrahim Mahama (b.1987) in Tamale Ghana is an artist who lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale,...
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Michael Armitage
Michael Armitage’s paintings weave multiple narratives that are drawn from historical and current...
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Zoom
Saturday 29th August 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Exploring food as a transformative tool and driver of economic growth and development. Lessons from the Jollof wars.
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Nkiru Asika
Nkiru Asika Nkiru Asika is a marketing strategist, consultant, and coach. She coaches women entrepreneurs...
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Amani Kiflemariam
Amani Kiflemariam Amani is the Global Head of Risk & Control in the Impact Advisory & Finance...
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Nky Iweka
Nky Iweka a.k.a. ‘The Executive Mama Put’ has spent almost a decade redefining Nigerian food...
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Oumar Diouf
Chef Oumar Diouf was born in Senegal. He got his start cooking at age 13, when his father passed...
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Andria Barrett
Andria Barrett is President of the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce. She is also a nutritionist...
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Yasser Bagersh
Yasser Bagersh is a Humanist. Culturalist. Advocate. He is involved in multiple sectors in Ethiopia...
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Tiyan Alile
Tiyan Alile is the current President of The Culinary Arts Practitioners Association in Nigeria,...
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Zoom
Wednesday 2nd September 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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With increasingly sophisticated African consumers, international platforms, and a global pandemic, how can the African fashion and beauty industry effectively innovate and set trends in a world that has moved online?
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Chika Okeke-Agulu
Chika Okeke-Agulu, an artist, curator and art historian, is professor of African and African Diaspora...
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Azu Nwagbogu
Azu Nwagbogu is the Founder and Director of African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), a non-profit organisation...
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Bronwyn Katz
Bronwyn Katz is an award winning multi-disciplinary South African artist. Incorporating sculpture,...
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James E. Bartlett
James E. Bartlett, is an arts entrepreneur, curator, and founding partner of OpenArt, a company...
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Zoom
Thursday 3rd September 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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The Wrap Up: Investing in Soft Power.
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Stephen Hendel
Stephen Hendel graduated with a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut...
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Hakeem Belo-Osagie
Hakeem Belo-Osagie is chair of Metis Capital Partners an organisation focused on brokering and delivering...
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Zoom
Wednesday 4th September 2020
5pm WAT [12pm EST]
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
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