Theme: One Voice

TEDxMinna is an independently organized TED event to be held in the City of Minna the Niger State Capital. It is the first of such event in the history of Niger State. Just like other TEDx Talks, TEDxMinna looks to inspire the community through the power of IDEAS WORTH SPREADING. We are not looking at only inspiring the community, we are looking at inspiring the world by leveraging on the over 22.2 million subscribers to the TEDx Talks YouTube Channel spread across all countries of the globe.

TEDxMinna was conceived by a group of young people with a passion for Niger State, but the desired outcome is that TEDxMinna will be the birth of a new mentality and positive change. The event seeks to bring people of all ages, gender, tribes, religions, political ideology, etc. together for an improved community.

TEDxMinna has come to stay and will be an annual event only to be held once a year. The theme for the events would be based on factors influencing the community. For the maiden edition, the theme adopted was CHANGING MINDSETS, this was coined by the team because the first thing we have to do to improve the community is to unlearn and relearn then adopt a fresh mindset. The Theme for 2021 is ONE VOICE which was coined from the need for unity among the members of the community.

Why The Theme "One Voice"
The theme of “One Voice” was selected because of the need for unity and oneness in the community. Unity is the key ingredient for every successful recipe. Be it strengthening family bonds, winning games, or experiencing mere miracles of friendship. Unity plays an important role in achieving everything positive. The interesting thing about it is that it manifests in several ways.

✦ There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and our thoughts, as well as our success.

― George Burton Adams

Sometimes unity means pulling yourselves together as a community when life seems like a big debacle and speak with ONE VOICE, sometimes it is taking one for the community, sometimes it is a slow, patient move towards familial bonds, or sometimes it is sticking it out through the thick and thin with the community.

Hon. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi Int. Conference Centre
Bala Shamaki Road Commissioners' Quaters
Minna, Niger State, Niger, 920001
Nigeria

Arome Ibrahim

Co-Founder / 360 VR Developer Experis Immersive

Arome Ibrahim is an Immersive 360°VR Developer, Geographer & Applied Meteorologist, environmentalist, XR for Good advocate, content development startup creating immersive, innovative, and interactive experiences. Arome is also the team lead at Immersive Tech Africa, a creative social enterprise that leverages Extended Reality (XR) technologies like Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented reality (AR), 360VR to create impact-driven experiences and solutions that inspire global action towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. His project, Virtuality Africa He is currently an active member with several industry organizations, including Google Street View, Google AR/VR, VR AR MR, AR/VR Africa, International Virtual Reality Professionals Association, Young Sustainable Impact, WebXR, Earthpreneurs, YALI Africa, SDG Nigeria, XR4ALL, Tourism 4.0, Tourism for SDGs, Royal African Young Innovators.

Fu'ad Lawal

Growth Lead At Edenlife

Fu’ad Lawal is a writer who likes to make things and is consumed by wanderlust. He has worked in various capacities from Pulse.ng to Big Cabal and up till recently, the Editor in Chief at Zikoko magazine. He is currently the growth lead at Eden life, a startup obsessed with figuring out how to scale ten times the quality of life of Nigerians. In the nighttime and weekends, he is the Project Lead at archivi.ng, an initiative that seeks to make Nigerian history more accessible by digitally archiving old newspapers. He and a team of adventurers toured all states in Nigeria and took a road trip across 14 West African countries. He has found a way to turn those experiences into valuable content, inspiring and engaging thousands of young Africans on the Internet. In the end, he will follow the people, their stories, and their food.

Hafsat Ahmed Kagara

Legal/Rights Based Approach Specialist, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Hafsat works with the UNFPA covering issues around preventing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and ending Child Marriage. With over 12 years of experience in law, her career has spanned both the private and public sector including the National Judicial Council (NJC), and as a Senior Legislative Aide to the Chairman, House Committee on MDG’s where she contributed to the introduction and the enactment of the Child’s Right Bill. she supported the formulation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) law, the Child Welfare and Protection Law, creation of GBV coalitions. Hafsat holds an MSc in Conflict, Security, and Development. Asides from her Law Degree from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, she also studied an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education at Penn Foster University. She has acquired certificates in Project Management from Oxford University, Gender-Based Violence from John Hopkins University, Children's Human Rights from the University of Geneva.

Kolo Kenneth Kadiri

Kolo has spent the last decade, fluidly intersecting the humanitarian-development - peace nexus; leading advocacy and influencing campaigns and managing programmes that increase people's access to power, livelihoods, safety, health, and equitable and just systems. Most recently he led the localisation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda in Bauchi and Benue States of Nigeria; to mainstream gender and increase local women's participation in peace and security mechanisms; while also influencing the design of a programme in Yobe State, in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on the youth, peace and security (YPS) agenda; to mainstream young people and increase their participation in peace and security mechanisms as a means of countering violent extremism. He has worked for AIESEC in Liberia, ActionAid Nigeria, WOnderkid Multimedia Limited, Kenya; COnnected Development Nigeria, Westminster Foundation for Democracy and International Alert Nigeria amongst many others.

Kubra Mundi

Founder Lafiya Sickle Cell Foundation

Kubra Mundi is a student, studying Library and Information Technology at the Federal University of Technology Minna. Her passion for the advocacy of the awareness of Sickle Cell Disease led her to establish the first Sickle Cell Foundation in Minna. The foundation hopes to help break the stigmatization against Sickle Cell Warriors and to help break the Sickle Cell cycle. She enjoys reading and writing, more so reading and writing about ways to resolve challenges faced by Sickle Cell warriors.

Retson Tedheke

Farmer and Businessman

Retson is a farmer, private businessman, ICT consultant; social, economic and analyst. A financial instrument trader with more than 15 years of expertise in Nigerian business management and consulting. His principal endeavours have revolved around ICT, Project Management, Business Development, and International Trades. He is a chartered professional manager and an innovative entrepreneur. He currently serves as a board of trustee member and the National Coordinator & Secretary-General for NFGCS Farms Limited and has devoted and dedicated one hundred per cent of his time to see that the co-operative succeed in this project. He has worked in various organizations, and also serves as a board member to some financial and investment holding companies to date. He has a broad understanding of practical agricultural activities and he brought about the initiative of NFGCS Farms Limited. He is also the convener #occupynass & #occupynassunltd.

Sam Oye

Sam Oye is an Author, Pastor, Leadership Development And A Certified Relationship Coach. He is a dynamic communicator with great capacity to connect with a diverse audience hence; he is in high demand on Campuses, Churches & Corporate Organizations across the world. He has a mandate to take the message of HOPE around the GLOBE. His capacity to communicate success, leadership and relationship principles in a relevant and practical manner is the peculiarity of Sam Oye’s ministry. Sam Oye has a first degree in Geology (B.Sc), He holds a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Certificate in Theology and a Master’s Degree (MA) in Leadership. In 2010, He was selected by the United States Government to represent Nigeria at the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) where he received an International Leadership Certificate from the United States Department of States in California, USA and was also honored by the Mayor of Pensacola, Florida (USA) as an Honorary Citizen of Pensacola – Florida, USA. Sam is a Certified Leadership Coach with the John C. Maxwell Group (USA), he has an Advance Certificate in Program Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) from the Centre for Program Management Studies (FACTFINDERS CSL) in the UK. He is a Certified Marriage Instructor with the Family Wellness Associates (California, USA). Pastor Sam as some call him is the Founder and Lead Pastor of THE TRANSFORMING CHURCH INTERNATIONAL, a unique Church with a mandate to "lead people into a Life of Transformation." He has a strong sense of commitment towards helping the poor and, developing the less privileged communities in Nigeria. He is the president of the Harvesthouse Mercy Foundation which is the vehicle for community outreaches. He is the CEO, Springtime Leadership Consult and the Founder, Springtime Leadership International Foundation. He is the Convener of THE PROPHETIC PRAYER HOUR, a global prayer movement on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram with several thousand connecting daily from across the world. His unique style of delivery makes him relevant today.