Speeches

We deliver speeches regulalry across the globe. Email info@afrit.org if you want us to speak in your programme. The following are samples of our talks.

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Upcoming Talks

Microsoft BisSpark, Silicon Valley Oct 7, 2013

 

FAU info session – Silicon Valley (Oct 8). Join Black Founders, The African Network, Kapor Center, Microsoft BizSpark & others

 

 

Sample past speaking engagements

Prof.Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe will be speaking at MIT Sloan AFRICAN INNOVATE Program on April 14, 2012. He will participate in a panel titled Lights, Camera, Africa! Building a formidable creative industry.

Prof. Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe will deliver a University Public Lecture at Babcock University Nigeria on March 21, 2012 at 2pm. This lecture will focus on neuromorphic systems and their applications to ICT and medicine. Dr. Ekekwe is an Adjunct Professor of Engineering in this school.

We spoke with BBC World Service on Oct 28, 2011 during the Tech4Africa.


Our Founder will keynote Africa4IT conference in Lagos this March. More than 23 MNCs will be attending.

Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the keynote speaker in Brandeis University Africa Forum (Feb 9, 2012). The title of his talk is Elements for Africa’s Future Growth – a version will appear inHarvard Business Review Global Insight.

Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe Has Accepted To Speak At Annual World Congress Of Nano-S&T, Qingdao China (Oct 2012)

 

May 18, 2011: We will speak at Apps World Africa June 2011

May 18 2011: We will speak at Social Media WorldForum Africa June 2011

May 18 2011: We will speak at Tech4Africa, South Africa, Oct 27-28, 2011

Feb 22, 2011: Our Founder spoke at Harvard Business School African Conference as a panelist.

 

Jan 6, 2011: Spoke at Vietnam Education Foundation on the topic Ideas Build Nations- Send Yours Home

Nov 1, 2011: Fasmicro.com that has funded many of our activities makes top 10 out of 3,300 companies in Africa Awards for entrepreneurship.Nov 1, 2011: We spoke with BBC World Service on Oct 28, 2011 during Tech4Africa.com


Brown 
University and the Rhode Island School of Design invited us to speak at 2010 annual conference on globally conscious design, “A Better World by Design” (2010)
Dec 5, 2010: We were interviewed in Dutch Freedom Lab studio on Africa, Technology and other issues at Amsterdam (Nov 29,2010). Tape will be out soon.
Oct 4, 2010: We’re re-invited to attend TEDxAmsterdam in November 2010. We spoke atTEDxChange Amsterdam (Sept 20, 2010)
Oct 4, 2010: Our Founder will attend Wharton Africa Business Forum/ Wharton Business School. He will be involved in a panel discussion on Beyond natural resources: the future of knowledge-based industries in Africa

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