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December 2nd & 3rd - Kwara State, Nigeria

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Create Now, Startup Build, Community & Empowerment

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#KBTC22 Create Now

The “Kwarabuild Create Now” is a technology-focused project that will be hosted in Kwara State, Nigeria. We will be partnering with global technology organisations, educational institutions, development organisations and state offices for ICT, job creation and youth empowerment to bring skills, knowledge and opportunities to Nigeria’s youth.

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What About Event

From entrepreneurs to developers, marketing managers, CEOs and policymakers – all of our 5,000 attendees are looking to stay on top of the latest trends

#KBTC22

This will be the country’s largest event focused on economic development, youth empowerment and technology.

Our Goals?

Having gathered the largest crowd in their first ever tech Conference with little resources and a huge last minute challenge, the expectation of…

What We Do?

Kwarabuild Education is a platform, under kwarabuild tech community, that aims to take STEM education to classrooms across Nigeria…

Keynote Speakers

Our 1,000+ attendees are looking to stay on top of the latest trends, meet their next client or partner, and connect with other people interested in the future of technology.

Kabir Shittu

Co-founder Sudo Africa

Honorable Ibrahim Akaje

Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology in kwara state

Abdulmajeed Abdulllahi

MD Harmony Holdings

Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam

Founder and CEO Carnation Consults

Event Speakers

Blessing Abeng

Co-Founder, Ingressive For Good

Jesudamilare “JD” Adesegun-David

Co-Founder, Ennovate Lab

Olasupo Abideen

Co-Founder and Head of Strategy, dHub Innovation Centre

Adewale Adisa

Business Development Director Konga

ADEOLA BOJUWOYE

Founder and Managing Director of Roundstone Consulting Limited

Rilwan Akeyewale

founder and CEO of TechPlan Africa

Taofeeq Olantinwo

MD Harmony Holdings

Temi Kolawole

Business Development Director Konga

Akolade Oluwatoba

Kwarabuild Organizer

Kamaldeen Kehinde

Community Lead, Ingressive For Good

AFOLABI Kayode Yusuf

Founder, Tech Talk Innovation Hub

Kabir Farida

Group Head of Growth & Brand, Sudo Africa

Program Agenda #KBTC22

The series is unique, bringing together stakeholders across government, educational institutions, technology companies, and other corporate entities.

Time (WAT)

Session

Speaker

Venue

DAY 1 (02-12-2022)

10:00am -10:10am

Welcome Keynote

Ibraheem Zulkifli

Identity Pass

MALHUB

10:10am -10:40am

Entrepreneurship Mindset

Akolade Oluwatoba

MALHUB

10:40am -11:30am

Sudo Africa Workshop

Sudo Africa (Rep)

MALHUB

11:30am -12:00pm

Prembly Workshop

Kayode Olayiwola (Prembly)

MALHUB

DAY 2 (03-12-2022)

10:00am -10:10am

Welcome Keynote

Kamaldeen Kehinde

I4G Advocate

Roemichs

10:10am -10:20am

Journey from 2018 - 2022

akolade

Akolade Oluwatoba

Book Expert

Roemichs

10:20am -10:35am

Startup building Mindset

Adewale Adisa

Business Development Director Konga

Roemichs

10:35am -10:55am

Growing in Social Business

Blessing Abeng

Ingressive For Good

Roemichs

10:55am -11:00am

Participants engagement

Host

(Take questions)

Roemichs

11:00am -11:15am

Keynote 1

The Future of Money

Kabir Shittu

Co-founder Sudo Africa

Roemichs

11:15am -11:30am

Keynote 2

Technology, Innovation as a driving factor towards economic growth

Honorable Ibrahim Akaje

Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology in kwara state

Roemichs

11:30am -11:35am

Participants engagement

Host

(Take questions/Music )

Roemichs

11:35am -12:20pm

Panel Session 1

Topic: Why innovation hubs are important for Rural and Urban Settlement

Temi Kolawole (Ilorin Innovation Hub)

Taofeeq Olatinwo Business Financial (One Innovation Hub)

Adeola Bojuwoye (Founder Roundstone technology)

Host: Adeola

Roemichs

12:20pm -12:35pm

Keynote 3

Topic: Collaboration: A key to achieving sustainable growth

Abdulmajeed Abdullahi

(MD Harmony Holdings)

Roemichs

12:35pm -12:50pm

Short Breakout Networking

Host

Visit Booth, Engagement

Roemichs

12:35pm -1:05pm

Keynote 4

Topic: Create Now: Why Building Talents Is Essential For Nation Growth

Dr Amina Ahmed El-Imam

(Founder Carnation Consult)

Roemichs

Schedule

From entrepreneurs to developers, marketing managers, CEOs and policymakers – all of our 5,000 attendees are looking to stay on top of the latest trends, meet their next client or partner, and connect with other people interested in the future of technology, innovation, marketing and imagination. What about you?

Programme Schedule

Time

9:00am -9:15am

Session

Welcome Keynote

Speaker

Kamaldeen Kehined

I4G Advocate

Venue

Main Hall

Time

9:15am -9:30am

Session

Journey from 2018-2022

Speaker

Akolade Oluwatoba

Book Expert

Venue

Main Hall

Time

9:30am -10:00am

Session

Growing in Social Business

Speaker

Blessing Abeng

Ingressive for Good

Venue

Main Hall

Time

10:00am -10:30am

Session

Africa Tech Ecosystem

Speaker

Mohammad Jega

Co-Founder Domineum

Venue

Main Hall

Time

10:30am -11:00am

Session

A Worldwide Market

Speaker

JD

Founding Parner, Ennovate Lab

Venue

Main Hall

Time

11:00am -11:30am

Session

Startup Mindset

Speaker

Adewale Adisa

Sendy

Venue

Main Hall

Time

11:30am -12:00noon

Session

Equal Opportunities in Workspace

Speaker

Jemiyo Akande

Dell

Venue

Main Hall

Time

12:00pm -12:30pm

Session

How Government Policy Affect Startup

Speaker

Abdulmajeed Abdullahi

Harmony Holdings

Venue

Main Hall

Our Sponsors

SUDO AFRICAN

PREMBLY

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ILORIN INNOVATION HUB

Partners

From entrepreneurs to developers, marketing managers, CEOs and policymakers – all of our 5,000 attendees are looking to stay on top of the latest trends

ilorin innovative hub
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Malhub Logo
vmware logo

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Through KBTC22, we aim to redefine our hopes and develop a pool of talents who will not only be users but solution providers who can explore endless possibilities in the global workplace.

Frequently Asked Question

Are you aspiring to be a part of the next big thing? We know you will be inspired by this event, check our FAQs

The event is scheduled to hold on the 2nd and 3rd of December 2022.

Yes, your guest must also register as a participant. 

Yes, it is free for all but you can choose to donate to support KBTC22

You can support us with cash or in-kind or items for gifts. Please contact [email protected] for support enquiry.

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Kabir Shittu

Co-founder Sudo Africa

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Honorable Ibrahim Akaje

Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology in kwara state

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Abdulmajeed Abdulllahi

MD Harmony Holdings

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Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam

Founder and CEO Carnation Consults

Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam started her career as a banker with First Bank of Nigeria Plc. She then joined academia in University of Ilorin where she obtained a Ph.D. in Life Sciences from the University of Nottingham, UK. She is currently a Senior lecturer at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and recently concluded a research visit to North Carolina State University, sponsored by the American government.

She has vast experience in teaching, research, science communication, and publications in reputable international journals. She has been profiled by several reputable communications outfits including nature , the world’s most prestigious scientific journal. She continues to mentor over 150 former students and other youths around the world. 

Dr Amina is also the Founder and CEO Carnation Consults www.carnationicl.com, an education and professional development company. She is its lead public speaker trainer and coach. She is the Chairperson of a new eponymous non-profit Foundation.

She recently launched two books she authored to wide acclaim namely Knowing Microbes and Time Management for Professional Women. She also has an online course on Udemy www.bit.ly/. She has a strong online presence where she discusses time management, and simplifies microbiology concepts. Her twitter handle is @amkmusty and she is on Instagram as @amy_el_imam. El-ImamUdemySpeaking.

Dr. Amina is married with children.

Blessing Abeng

Co-Founder, Ingressive For Good

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Jesudamilare “JD” Adesegun-David

Co-Founder, Ennovate Lab

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Olasupo Abideen

Co-Founder and Head of Strategy, dHub Innovation Centre

Abideen Olasupo is an international development professional with more than 9 years of senior professional experience at the nexus of sustainable development and women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, technology and innovation, trade and private sector support, smart urbanisation, energy, environment and climate change.Abideen grows new businesses and accelerates the growth of start-ups in Africa and North America regions through the development of varied strategic tools ranging from business, growth plans to the investment pitch deck. He has demonstrated the ability to meet or exceed all performance targets in highly competitive environments, proven strength in analyzing emerging challenges and developing efficient solutions, Solid track record of driving complex investigations in line with a diverse client requirement, Exceptional time management, problem-solving, and communication skills.

 

He is Well versed in programme and project management, communications and research, knowledge management, stakeholder engagement, monitoring and evaluation, public-private partnerships, training and capacity-building.

 

Abideen has travelled to five different continents in the last eight years. He has consulted and worked with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded project, Restless Development-UK, KTN Global Alliance Africa-UK, Project Everyone-UK, CIVICUS-South Africa, AfriLabs-Abuja, U-Invest(Egypt), and recently WheelsForAfrica(a startup that won the World Health  Organisation Award) in Kenya, African Union and United Nations. He is a tri-sector business leader with investments in Oil and Gas, Agritech and recently Healthtech.  

 

He is responsible for coordinating the activities of the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystems through driving policy recommendations, initiatives and programs that will create a thriving and sustainable ecosystem through dHub Innovation Centre.

Adewale Adisa

Business Development Director Konga

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ADEOLA BOJUWOYE

Founder and MD of Roundstone Consulting Limited

Adeola Bojuwoye is a seasoned IT Professional and Managing Director with over a decade
expeience in the information Technology Industry.He is a Delivery partner for Microsoft
Azure (Nigeria) with advanced proficiency in Business Appraisal Paradigms (like Six, Sigma,
TQM and Lean Systems), Enterprise Risk Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship
Management.
Adeola is competent in a lot of fields which include: Database Administration, Web/Mobile
Application Development, Database Administration, Sales Marketing, Project
Management, Risk Assement, Monitoring and Evaluation, Quality Control, Customer
Service, Technical Troubleshooting and a lot more.
He is the Founder and Managing Director of Roundstone Consulting Limited, Nigeria
which was founded in August 2011 and is still running. He oversees the efficiency of
software application development, managing client websites and coordinating online
registeration portals. He collaborates with intenal and external quality assurance teams to
ensure continous quality training and increased quality standards in the execution of all
projects. He develop business rules, manuals, functional specification documents and
company policies with strong emphasies on quality, customer support and integrity by
designing performance goals and sales objectives per quarter, setting monthly quotas and
incentives for sales staff to drive increased productivity.

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From March 2010 – August 2011 he worked as a Business Development advisor at Royal
Bank of Scotland, United Kingdom. He recieved award for outstanding performance in
2010 and 2011 while functioning as the acting head of Business Development for the
Manchester Business Unit. He perfommed credit risk assessments and actively
participated in securities and equity research programs, analysing information gathered
through worshops, surveys, business processed and seminars.
Also from June 2009 – Mach 2010 he was a Sales assistant at LBM Direct Marketing in
United Kingdom. He increased Customer retention rates by over 40% by addressing
product inquiries and ensuring timely resolution of complaints. He cocsistently surpassed
individual sales targets, call speed and volume benchmarks utilizing in-depth knowledge of
mobile and broadband technology, customer-centric approaches, marketing tools and
effective communication skills. He also increased profitability by 25% by devising effective
marketing strtegies for the bank’s asset and liability products.
He was a Banking Executive at Diamond Bank Plc, Nigeria from March 2006 – October
2008. He streamlined operational effecicencies by managing international operations
(INITOPS) transactions across all Kaduna and vault capacity against insurance limits and
also Managed a team of 12 Customer Service R epresentatives and TSOs and represented
the branch during the 2010 Transition to Flexcube 6.0.
Adeola in 2009 bagged his Master of science (MSc) in Management and Information
Systems at UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM with
Thesis: Cloud Computing: An Assessment of West Africa’s Readiness. He got his Bachelor
of science (BSc) in Mechanical Engineering in 2004 at AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA with project: Energy Labeling of Building Materials: Testing and
Data Storage.
Adeola’s career achievements are mind blowing as he grew the turnover osf a start-up IT
establishment (Roundstone Consulting) from N10.5million in 2015 to over N130 million in
2020, reduced the exception count for tellers by 40% under 4 months functioning as the
Cash and Teller Services Supervisor (CTSS) with Diamond bank and also recieved the
creativity commendation award, actively served as an Open Source Contributor for
OpenEMR and the Fedena Project and successfully launched new products, services and
programs that increased the recognition and financail results.
Roundstone technology supported Tony Elumelu Foundation Support by managing
complete documentation, review and selection process aimed at selecting a minimum of
1000 entrepreneurs anually and providing training and seed capital funding to the tune of
$10,000.
Sir Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship Program, Kaduna Power Supply Company, AIG Imoukhuede
Institute, AIG Imoukhuede Scholarship and Loans, KADA Hive Hub, Ministry of Health
E-Yellow project and many more are among the recent projects Rounstone has handled
successfully.

Rilwan Akeyewale

founder and CEO of TechPlan Africa

Rilwan Akeyewale is an ex-KPMG financial analyst and business strategist. Rilwan is the founder and CEO of TechPlan Africa, where he helps tech startups and SMEs maximize their profits and raise investments. 

He’s also the Head of the Tech Market Segment at FCMB.

Taofeeq Olantinwo

Business Development Director Konga

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Temi Kolawole

Business Development Director Konga

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Akolade Oluwatoba

Kwarabuild Organizer

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AFOLABI Kayode Yusuf

Founder, Tech Talk Innovation Hub

AFOLABI KAYODE YUSUF is a financial inclusion and Digital financial services expert, an advocate of climate change technology with over 10 years of working experience in Global IT and Fintech Solutions. Specialization in Products Development and Management, Technical Support, Project Management, Sales and Marketing, Agent recruitment and Retention, and Cyber Crime. He began his career with a trade partner of telecommunication giant MTN where he helped drive the financial inclusion product of MTN in 2012. He later joined the first indigenous IT company in Nigeria TELNET Nigeria limited with PAYCOM NIGERIA LIMITED as one of its subsidiaries. PAYCOM was one of the first licensed mobile money operators in Nigeria. There, he was a pioneer Agency Banking Staff in Nigeria. He was instrumental in the NSIP/FGN conditional cash disbursement program of the FGN through financial inclusion drive in Northern Nigeria and South West. He was the pioneer Regional Business Manager (RBM) of global Fintech giant, flutter wave technology solutions limited In Northern Nigeria. Later moved on to become a Senior Regional Sales Manager and Head of Northern Business for leading African payment company Cellulant Inc. A Managing Partner, co-founder of clay Africa and a managing partner TalK-Tech Innovation Technology and the Current Business development manager of North Etranzact International PLC A graduate of computer science with a Master’s Degree in Information Communication Technology, and a Master’s Degree in Climate Change Economy Policy and Innovation. Afolabi also holds a Master’s in Business Administration Currently Running a Master’s in Cyber security. He also worked with Info strategy Technology Solutions Limited as an implementation executive on his extended Fintech journey.

Kabir Farida

Group Head of Growth & Brand, Sudo Africa

Farida is an Information and Communication Technology Manager with over 10+ years experience working across the private, public and international development sectors.

She is currently the Group Head of Growth & Brand at Sudo Africa, a VC-backed fintech company that provides a card issuing API for businesses and developers across Africa. In this role she is overseeing the rapid growth and expansion of the company’s products in sub Saharan Africa across their group of companies; a Microfinance Bank, a Card Issuing and Production Company and a Micro Lending Company. 

Prior to Sudo, Farida also served as a Digital Development Consultant within the World Bank Group’s Digital Development Global Practice on the 430 million USD Nigeria Identification for Development (ID4D) project (co-funded by the World Bank and EU). 

Farida also trains and mentors young girls on software development and career paths in IT. She is passionate about the conscious use of technology as a tool to improve socio-economic development indices in developing countries like Nigeria, particularly in healthcare and governance which will in turn translate into improved service delivery and transparency in delivering those services.

She has won various awards in the course of her career, including the 2022 Royal African Award by Ooni of Ife, 2020 Most Powerful People in Tech and YTech 100 by YNaija, the Innoventor Award by Verdant Zeal Group, and Nigeria’s 100 Most Inspiring Women of 2019 by Leading Ladies Africa. In 2016 she was the only Nigerian amongst five Africans that was awarded by the French President, François Hollande, in recognition of her pioneering entrepreneurial strides in Health Technology. 

Farida has also appeared in various media outlets both TV and print including, the Guardian, Business Day, Tech Cabal, Bloomberg, Le Monde Afrique, BBC etc.