Theme: All that matters...

TEDxArochukwu focuses on the central ideas of “communicating and preserving our tradition through Nsibiri writings and Illili; parental and filial support and care; and 'transformative' thinking for a sustainable livelihood.”

Succinctly, speakers could choose their topics outside these central ideas enumerated above so long as it fits into the event's theme, but it should be drawn from any of these: entrepreneurship & business or commercial exploits, capacity building & technical skills development, technological development & innovation, medical & scientific advances, creative & developmental arts, machine learning & artificial intelligence, faith-based & non-faith based motivational, and other sectors.

Its central theme is “all that matters….” this in the context of all that matters in the socio-economic development & sustenance of Arochukwu, the identification of emerging technologies and futuristic thinking that will position the kingdom and make it relevant in the present as well in the future, the needed skills and right potentials that will guide the actualization of outstanding inventions, the identification and elimination of fault lines, and generation of poverty-reducing growth and social deprivation/disadvantage reduction in the Kingdom.

The key objective for the event is to highlight and showcase creative and futuristic, yet, innovative ideas that are native to the Arochukwu Kingdom.

Arochukwu
Arochukwu Civic Centre
Arochukwu, Abia, 0000
Nigeria

Adline Okere

Journalist + Advocate + Conservationist

Adline is Editor of BBC Igbo and will be co-speaking with her colleague Sanctus Okereke on how their platform has improved communication in Igbo-Land as well as preserved its cultural heritage. Their presentation will be in the Igbo native dialect, which is spoken in Arochukwu; this will be the first time TEDx talks will be shared in a local Nigeria language.

Chris Sanctus Okereke

Journalist + Broadcaster

Chris Sanctus Okereke is a Social Behaviour Change Communication expert and content developer with over 10 years of field experience. With about 15 years NGO background, Chris has served as a development worker and a consultant for major development programmes in Nigeria. Chris will be co-speaking with Adline, his colleague from the BBC Igbo World Service, on how they have preserved Igbo culture and heritage.

Christie Fubara-Eze

Lawyer + Administrator + Entrepreneur

Christie Eze is a lawyer and the founder of Kedge Anchor, a firm which provides sustainability consulting and professional administration services as well as Corporate Governance/Compliance advisory. She is also the current Chairman of the Rivers Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators Nigeria (ICSAN) and serves on the Board of several notable organizations.Christie is native to the Kingdom through her maternal birth; she looks forward to engaging with the audience, through Virtual Platforms, showcasing advancements of technology and implications of a post-covid situation.

Dominion Eros

Game Developer + Youth Advocate

Dominion is a game developer and has featured in several gaming events and competitions in Nigeria as well as rest of Africa. He is the founder of Arutu Games and believes that gaming, as a tech derivative, is useful for preservation of culture and other perspectives as well as a useful learning tool for the matured and young. He will speaking on how the gaming experience can be used to improve learning and preserve useful information and way of life.

Dr. Alex Otti

Adminstratior + Chief Executive

Dr. Otti is an adminstrator and Chief Executive per excellence. His last role was the Group Managing Director of one of Nigeria's foremost bank-Diamond Bank, where he, profitably, managed the fortunes for the 5-years of his leadership of the bank. A first class graduate in Economics from the University of Port-Harcourt, Dr. Otti worked at First Bank, where he rose to be an Executive Director of the bank. His Foundation, Alex Otti Foundation, has supported several upcoming young persons with scholarship and support grant as economic stimulant for their businesses. His love for transparency and improved governance led to his venturing into politics in 2015. His ideas on building & sustaining transparency, corporate management, and governance will be shared during the event.

Dr. Azubike Okoro

Youth Advocate + Trainer +Director

Dr. Okoro is a trainer and youth development & mindset coach as well as advocate for change among this demography. He has, successfully, pioneered several ideas for youth involvement, engagement, and empowerment, which is all geared towards community development and re-generation. Dr. Okoro is a Director at the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Academy, and will be sharing those ideas at the event

Emeka Nwachinemere

Agriculturist + Technologist

Emeka has recently pioneered an agricultural technology, which would change the way we grow crops in the tropics, manage seedlings, and improve our harvest. Emeka will share information to the audience and would-be farmers in his talk titled “how technology can be applied in communication and support systems in the future Arochukwu”

Ilana Lipsett

Senior Programme Manager + Futurist

Ilana is a futurist and Senior Programme Manager at the Institute for the Future, Palo Alto California. She comes with strong skills in Future Thinking and Design Futures. At the event, Ilana will be sharing her ideas on the future of Open Space as a tool for community development

Mazi Emmanuel Kanu Ivi

Community Leader + Administrator + Culturist

Mazi Emmanuel Kanu O. Ivi founded Arochukwu Community Bank and currently occupies the position of Chairman of Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc aas well as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Target International Group of Cos. Mr. Ivi is also on the board of Rosabon Financial Services Ltd., Arochukwu Community Bank and Oculus Pharmacare Ltd. and Associate Member at Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. In the past Mazi Emmanuel Kanu O. Ivi occupied the position of Treasurer & Head-Finance at Syngenta Nigeria Ltd., Treasurer, Director & Head-Finance at Swiss Nigerian Chemical Co. Ltd. and Senior Financial Accountant at Texaco Overseas (Nigeria) Petroleum Co. Unlimited. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Nigeria and an MBA from the University of Lagos. Mazi Ivi is a community leader with great insight into Aro Culture and Heritage and will be speaking on his pioneered idea 'onye ahala nwanneya' as part of the Support Systems sub-thematic area of the event.

Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa

Author + Nation Builder + Lay Minister

Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa is the founder and Chairman of the Sam Ohuabunwa Foundation for Economic Empowerment (SOFEE). He is the author of several books including Preventing Business Failures - with focus on SMEs, Economic Empowerment for God's People, Nigeria: Need for the Evolution of a new Nation, The Port Harcourt Volunteer (a personal memoir) and his latest book, Wired to Lead: Life Lessons from many Years of Organizational Leadership. Mazi Sam is a lay Minister, a community leader, a nation builder and he is passionate about playing a leadership role in the transformation of Nigeria from a third world to a first-world nation

Mazi Ugochukwu Okoroafor

Public Affairs administrator + Communicator + Human Repository

Mazi Ugochukwu Okoroafor is a seasoned communication expert with several years of superior experience. He was recently at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), where he retired as a Director in charge Communications and Public Affairs. Prior to this role, he has worked in other commercial banks where he stood out as an astute banker and administrator of class. Mazi Okoroafor will be speaking about Communciation Patterns in the Arochukwu Kingdom, which is worth showcasing!

Ngozi Jason-Nwadinobi

Social Auditor + Author/Mindset Coach

Ngozi started her career with a Government Agency and has since taken her work in writing and mindset re-orientation, which is her passion, a few notches higher. Ngozi believes that humans are an interesting specie of God's creation and she is burdened to help them change their attitude, disposition, and demeanor to life through mind-set re-orientation. Ngozi is excited about the idea of speaking at the TEDxArochukwu event.

Prof. Ijoma Okoro

Professor + Historian

Prof. Okoro is a distinguished professor of history from the University of Nigeria, where he has pioneered another of ideas and concepts for the preservation of cultural heritages and belief. This accomplished historian, who is native to Arochukwu, will speaking on Aro essence; its part of the definition of makes the Aro man thick

Pst. David Ibiyeomie

Humanitarian + Leader

David Ibiyeomie's love for community and personal development is beyond measure. He is intensely involved in community service with a commitment to restoring hope and impacting the world. He is the President of the David Ibiyeomie Foundation (DIF), which has impacted severally, humans and communities, through welfare schemes and programme such as scholarships, skills acquisitions, training and medical outreaches as well as bespoke training and capacity building for youth empowerment and engagement. He is also the Senior Pastor of Salvation Ministries, a fast growing global church in Port Harcourt, currently with over 500 satellite churches worldwide.