@TEDx Ambassador in Africa • Organiser & Licensee @TEDxLagosng • Skoll World Forum Fellow • #100under40 @mipad100@africateenscity

Joined August 2010
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Young Innovators Showcase at @Techweek_ is a wrap🎉Young founders pitched live. Healthcare access. AI beauty robotics. Intelligent sales engines. Resume-free proof of work. AI triage for ERs. A swipe app turning Gen Z into local explorers. Thanks, OG, Anatola,@NYUStern & judges.
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We are thrilled to introduce Yusuke Suzuki! One of our esteemed judges for the Young Innovators Showcase at New York Tech Week @Techweek_
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We are incredibly honored to introduce our next judge for the Kijana Young Innovators Showcase at NYC Tech Week: the phenomenal Ehime Eigbe!
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We are thrilled to introduce our next powerhouse judge for the Kijana Young Innovators Showcase at NYC Tech Week: Nyamitse-Calvin Mahinda!
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From MIT and Google DeepMind to the Kijana judging panel at NYC Tech Week! 🗽 We are incredibly excited to introduce our next judge for the Kijana Young Innovators Showcase at NYC Tech Week: Chidube (Dubi)!
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Say hello to our judge for the Young Innovators Showcase, Esha Ranade! Esha is the powerhouse co-founder and CTO behind Sweetling Health, where she’s building a postpartum risk-monitoring system to protect new mothers and catch health complications early.
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On May 30th at 11 AM WAT, we're going live with Bunmi Morgan, Senior Product Lead at Google, to break down The Future of Work: How to stay relevant in a changing economy. Set your reminder and grab the Google Meet link here: tinyurl.com/KijanaWebinar
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Build with AI Lagos is BACK—and we’re turning up the heat! 🔥 The GDG Lagos community is returning with a massive new twist. This isn’t just another tech meetup; it’s a 24-Hour AI Hackathon designed to push your limits, break boundaries, and see what happens when you just stop planning and ⁠<Just Build It/>⁠. Whether it's building real AI solutions, collaborating with a brilliant team, or going head to head on our leaderboard, this is your playground and the place you definitely want to be. The Details: 📅 Date: Friday, 29th May – Saturday, 30th May, 2026 🕔 Start Time: 5:00 PM 📍 Location: Learn2Earn HQ, Lagos. Are you ready to pitch your product and win? Secure your spot now! 👇 bit.ly/4v1pNtp
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I am excited to be appointed as Advisory Board Chair to #TheCommsAvenue! The incredible work the team has done for the next generation of communication talent is one for the books! I am looking forward to this new chapter! A big thank you to Adedoyin, Sharon and the entire team!
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Venue secured. 📍 We are officially bringing the Young Innovators Showcase to the NYU Stern School of Business on June 1st for #NYTechWeek. Young founders pitching VCs inside one of the city's top business rooms. Lock your spot below. 👇 tinyurl.com/KijanaTechWeek
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Tech Week showcases today’s founders. On June 1st, we’re activating tomorrow’s. 🗽 If you’re a teenager and you’re building something, this is the room you need to be in. Lock your spot at the link in below. tinyurl.com/KijanaTechWeek
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Meet J. Alex Albarracin—one of our official judges for the Young Innovators Showcase at #NYTechWeek Ex-Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Cornell Endowment, and currently Board Director at Everlong Tech. He’s spent his career at the nexus of finance and venture capital.
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Meet AnatolaAraba, a speaker at the Young Innovators Showcase on June 1st for @Techweek_ She's a Forbes 30 Under 30 futurist, Pratt professor, and filmmaker whose art literally traveled to the Moon with NASA. Pull up to NYU Stern👇 tinyurl.com/KijanaTechWeek
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We're hosting our first #NYTechWeek event 🚀 Young Innovators Showcase — June 1 @ NYU Stern. Pitches with real investors · AI Prompt Battle · Wellbeing Lab Know a young builder? Send them here: partiful.com/e/QKl9xqtTykyOR… @Techweek_ @joinkijana
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I loved speaking at DevFest Lagos, hosted by Google Developer Group Lagos @gdglagos, where I joined a panel on “The Business of Innovation: Turning Big Ideas into Scalable Solutions. Here are 3 key insights I shared during the session in the short thread below. #DevFestLagos
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2. Customer feedback is co-creation. Your customers are not just users. They are early collaborators. The faster you listen, iterate, and simplify, the faster you scale. #DevFestLagos @gdglagos
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3. Partnerships are the new growth engine. No organisation scales alone. Ecosystems open doors to distribution, credibility, and speed that would take years to build independently. A big thank you to the speaker team at @gdglagos for the invitation. #DevFestLagos
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DevFest Lagos 2025 was amazing! Lots of insights were shared, and lots more were gained from the speakers and attendees. The @gdglagos team pulled out all the stops for this 5-day gathering that brought together thousands of developers, founders, and technology industry builders
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We are still basking in the euphoria of TEDxLagos! Super grateful to you, our community, for always showing up! #TEDxLagos #TEDx #TEDxIdeaSearch
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