The Dream Center, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8, Gbagada Expressway
(Opposite Hotel Newcastle, Beside Trem Headquarters)
Anthony Oke, Gbagada,
Lagos. Nigeria.
Tel: +234-816-676-5045
Onari Duke, Dr. Naomi King, Omoni Oboli, Linda Ikeji, Sarah Sosan, Hafsat Abiola, others to speak at GLEEHD Women
in Business & Leadership Summit in Lagos
Eminent women drawn from various sectors of
Nigeria and the United States are billed to speak at GLEEHD Foundation’s Women in Business and Leadership Summit
(WBLS) coming up on the 20th of August, 2014
at The Dream Center in Lagos. Under the theme Women - Transforming Societies, Developing
Economies, the Summit features
various plenary sessions including Transforming
Public Service through Women Participation, Women in Business: Transforming the Market Place, Emerging Women Leaders: Leadership through Influence, Media and
Imaging Women as Transformers and Mayor’s forum featuring local government
chairpersons with the plenary theme - Women Transforming Communities.
It will
address the importance of networking within professional fields and focus on
the role of women in developing, transforming and sustaining Africa’s
economies. Delegates at the Summit will connect, learn and share valuable
tactics with other leading women with a view to strengthening and facilitating socio-economic
development.
According to GLEEHD’s Africa
Director, Dayo Israel, “participants at the Women in Business and Leadership
Summit will connect with other leading women, hear inspirational stories, and
learn valuable tactics they can use their lives and vision. No one should miss
out on this transformative one day event”.
Confirmed speakers include Former First Lady
of Cross River State and a member of the Foundation’s Advisory Board – H.E Mrs
Onari Duke; Special Assistant to the Governor of Ogun State on MDG’s and a
Trustee of the Foundation – Dr. Hafsat Abiola; Former Deputy Governor of Lagos
State Princess Sarah Bisi Sosan; Former UNICEF Nigeria Librarian and Director of
The Dream Center – Dupe Irele; Award Winning Actress Omoni Oboli, On Air
Personality Toke Makinwa; CEO of 234Give Sola Fatoba; Celebrity Blogger Linda
Ikeji; CEO of AfterSchoolGraduateCenter Detoun Ogwo and more.
Confirmed US Speakers include Directors of
some of GLEEHD Foundations international partners including Tonya McNeal Weary
of the Michigan Association of Female Entrepreneur and the Dr. Naomi
Barber-King, Wife of Rev. A.D King, Brother to Dr. Martin Luther King and
Chairman of the A.D King Foundation.
The WBLS’
curtain call will be a cocktail reception which features musical performances by
foremost Nigerian entertainers; Tiwa Savage, Ara and Seyi Shay.
Note to Editors:
Since inception, GLEEHD Foundation has worked with international
organizations including the United Nations, ECOSOC, The Commonwealth
Secretariat, The Government of Nigeria, The Government of Malawi, UKTI, British
Council, UNICEF Nigeria, A.D King Foundation, Commonwealth Democracy
Initiative, Save the Children, Rostra Consulting, Amandla Consulting and other
international development partners in promoting development in Africa.
GLEEHD’s recent event in London featured a business roundtable at
the UK Institute of Directors which had the participation of Nigerian
Government/Business Leaders, and a series of High profile events promoting
bilateral trade and investment between UK and Nigeria, including a High Level
Trade and Investment Meeting at Buckingham Palace with Prince Andrew, the Duke
of York (and former UK Ambassador for Global Trade and Investment), and
participation at the Commonwealth Day Observance Service with Her Majesty, The
Queen.
ABOUT GLEEHD FOUNDATION
GLEEHD Foundation for Leadership
and International Development is a not-for-profit international organization
headquartered in the United Kingdom (Reg: 07665576) with an African Secretariat
in Nigeria (CAC: 44037) established to promote Africa’s Renaissance by
fostering Good Governance and Democracy, Advancement of Economic and
Entrepreneurial Development, Promotion of Human and Children’s Rights, and
Advocacy for Youth Development and Participation in Africa through partnership
with African public institutions, civil societies, regional and international
development partners. www.gleehdfoundation.org, www.gleehdfoundation.org.uk
THE
DREAM CENTER
It’s a GLEEHD Foundation initiative
which serves as a hub for learning, innovation, networking and idea
fertilization. www.thedreamcenter.org.ng
For more information, contact info@thedreamcenter.org.ng , media@gleehdfoundation.orgTel: +234-817-136-7479, +234-816-676-5045
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