CBN Governor, Cardoso to keynote @Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026 - ITREALMS Online

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, is set to deliver an address as Special Guest of Honour at the 3rd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026, reports ITREALMS.

The event is scheduled for Friday, July 31, 2026, at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road, Victoria Island, Lagos, starting at 10:00 AM prompt, with the apex bank officially confirming Governor Cardoso’s participation over the weekend.

iDICE's Ife Adebayo to keynote QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit 2.0 - ITREALMS

Mr. Ife Adebayo, the National Coordinator of the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) programme at the Bank of Industry (BOI), has been named the keynote speaker for the upcoming QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit 2.0. The event is slated for Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

The announcement was officially made on Wednesday by Mighty Media Plus Network Ltd, the parent organization of the online publication QEDNG. This year’s summit, themed "Creativity, Culture and Nigeria's Next Chapter," seeks to explore how strategic collaborations between the government, the investor class, and the creative community can catalyze national growth, drive job creation, and foster sustainable economic development.

PufferPay CEO, Emmanuel Ovaga, to keynote Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026 - ITREALMS

The Chief Executive Officer of PufferPay Limited, Mr. Emmanuel Ovaga, has been tapped to deliver the keynote address at the highly anticipated 3rd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026, reports ITREALMS.

The high-level industry dialogue is scheduled to hold on Friday, July 31, 2026, at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.

TETFund chair, Aminu Bello Masari to keynote GOCOP’s 9th annual confab - ITREALMS

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A former Speaker of the House of Representatives and immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, will deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) annual conference, reports ITREALMS.

The confab is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

Nkiru Balonwu to keynote @QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit - ITREALMS

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Founder of The Africa Soft Power Group, Dr Nkiru Balonwu, will deliver the keynote address at the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit on August 12, 2025.

The event will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.

7th Penpushing anniversary lecture: Oby Ezekwesili to keynote - ITREALMS

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The founder, Human Capital Africa and a former Minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has accepted the role of keynote speaker at the 7th annual lecture of Penpushing Media, scheduled to hold July 31, 2025 at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential library, Abeokuta, reports ITREALMS.

Chairperson of the anniversary lecture, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi made this known while speaking with journalists, adding that Ezekwesili has equally confirmed to be physically present at the event.

Johnson Chukwu to keynote SUPERNEWS AI Confab 2025 - ITREALMS

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The Managing Director/CEO of Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr Johnson Chukwu, will deliver the keynote address at the SUPERNEWS Nigeria Artificial Intelligence (AI) Confab 2025, reports ITREALMS.

The conference is scheduled for Thursday, June 19th, 2025, at 10 am at the Oriental Hotel, 3 Lekki Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Keynote speaker arrives for Realnews 12th anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

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The Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South based in Rabat, Morocco, Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, who is the keynote speaker at the Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture, has arrived in Lagos, aboard Air Maroc on Monday, November 18, 2024, reports ITREALMS.

El Aynaoui who was accompanied by Abdelhak Bassou, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, Rabat, Morocco is also the Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster.

Biodun Adedipe to keynote @SUPERNEWS Nigeria SMEs Confab, June 13 - ITREALMS

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The founding chief consultant at B. Adedipe Associates Limited, Dr. Biodun Adedipe, would Thursday, June 13, deliver the keynote at the SUPERNEWS Nigeria SMEs Confab 2024 scheduled at Radisson Hotel, GRA Ikeja, Lagos at 10am prompt.

Adedipe would speaking on 'Bringing SMEs into the Financial Services Network via Fintech' according to the Convener, the Publisher of SUPERNEWS Nigeria, Ngozi Onyeakusi.

Prof. Uwaleke to keynote @GOCOP 2023 conference - ITREALMS

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The first-ever Nigerian professor of Capital Market, Prof. Uchenna Joseph Uwaleke, has been named the keynote speaker of the 2023 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this, the chairman of the GOCOP 7th Conference Planning Committee and deputy president, Mr Danlami Nmodu, mni, said that Prof Uwaleke who is currently the Special Adviser to the Senate Committee Chairman on Capital Market will be giving a keynote on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton Hotel) Abuja.

Ranganath, to keynote @ABoICT Lecture 2023 - ITREALMS

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The CommunicationsWeek Media Limited, a certified global ICT company with over two million online subscribers, is delighted and proud to announce Dr Krishnan Ranganath, Regional Director, Africa Data Centres FZE Nigeria as the keynote speaker at Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Distinguished Lecture series.

Ranganath, will be speaking on the theme “Digital Transformation and Cloud Services as New Order.” Cloud services play a critical role in accelerating digital transformation and delivering essential public services.

May 12, 2023: Obasanjo to keynote @National Daily awards - ITREALMS

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The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would be delivering the Keynote Address as the Special Guest of Honour at National Daily Awards which holds on May 12, 2023, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this development, the management of Paradigm Communications Limited through the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sylvester Ebhodaghe noted that the awards ceremony which was postponed from the earlier scheduled date of March 23, 2023.

NESREA DG to keynote @2022 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue - ITREALMS

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The Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Prof. Aliyu Jauro, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the 2022 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue slated for Thursday, December 8, in Lagos.

Disclosing this, the organisers through the Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media, Mr. Remmy Nweke, said they are glad to have Prof. Jauro to keynote this year’s event with the theme: e-Waste: Recycle it all, no matter how small!.

James Agada to keynote @AfriTECH 2.0 - ITREALMS

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The founder of Ixzdore Laboratories Limited, Mr. James Agada, would on Wednesday, November 09, this year, deliver the keynote address at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2022 (AfriTECH2.0), reports ITREALMS.

The AfriTECH 2.0 will be held at Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road, Lagos, staring by 9:00am under the theme: ‘Sustainability and the company of the future.’

NCC boss, Prof. Danbatta to keynote @Business Journal public presentation Sept 16 - ITREALMS

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Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will deliver the keynote address as Distinguished Guest Speaker at the public presentation of Business Journal newspaper on Friday, September 16, 2022 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja (Lagos).

The event would be Chaired by Mr. O. S. Thomas, the Commissioner for Insurance/CEO, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) while renowned economist and financial expert, Dr. Biodun Adedipe will review the preview edition of Business Journal newspaper.

All is set: Danbatta to keynote @2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum - ITREALMS

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The stage is now set for the 13th edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and public presentation of Sagacity of a digital revolution authored by Remmy Nweke, reports ITREALMS.

This is is coming as the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta would be leading speakers faculty at NDSF’22 holding tomorrow, Thursday, June 9, at the prestigious Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos, with the theme ‘5G: Enthroning Internet Governance for Digital Economy.’

Akindeinde, CTO Digital Encode to keynote @BoICT Lecture 2022 - ITREALMS

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The CommunicationsWeek Media Limited, a certified global ICT company with over two million online subscribers, is delighted to unveil Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde, chief technology officer (CTO), Digital Encode as the keynote speaker for this year’s Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Distinguished Lecture series.

Akindeinde, will be speaking on the theme “Impact of Blockchain Technology in a Digitalized Nigeria” and will examine the potentials of Blockchain technology to disrupt digital interaction in our economy and society. And how the technology’s rapid and dynamic technical development is driven by startups and incumbents alike, creating a myriad of applications across economic and societal domains.

Austin Okere to keynote @ MoDiTECH’19 - ITREALMS

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The Founder and Vice Chairman, CWG Plc, Mr. Austin Okere has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the maiden edition of Mobile & Disruptive Technology Forum (MoDiTECH 2019) holding on October 24, 2019 in Lagos State, Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

ModiTECH’19 is being organised by TechEconomy.ng in collaboration with Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, as a platform for inter-sectorial review of economic impacts of technologies; giving particular attention to the disruptive potentials of emerging solutions supported by the Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Robotics, FinTechs and mobile phone economy around retail and service provision

The event under the theme: “The Power of Digital Services”, holds at Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel (VCP), 292B, Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos under the chairman of the Managing Director of Rack Centre, Dr. Ayotunde Coker, while the Chairman, Connect Technologies & Africa Chair for IEEE, Chris Uwaje (Oracle), is the co-chairman and will moderate a session on digital disruptions.

The Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami is the special guest of honour. Other special invitees expected at the Forum are the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta; the Director General of the National Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; the Managing Director of Rack Centre, Dr. Tunde Coker; the President, African ICT Foundation (AfICTF), Mr Tony Ojobo; the President of NiRA, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, to name a few.

Other speakers include, the Co-Founder/COO, Digital Encode, Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale; President, African ICT Foundation, Mr. Tony Ojobo; Co-founder/CTO, Digital Encode, Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde; the Chief Operating Officer, FinTech Association of Nigeria (FinTechngr), Dr. Babatunde Obrima; the Founder Rise Labs; Nigeria’s First AI powered Learning, Research & Work Readiness Centre, Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji; the Chief Technology Strategist, Debbie Mishael Consulting & Board Member Global Advisory Council, EC-Council, Engr. Frank Ogochukwu; the Managing Director of Global Accelerex Limited, Tunde Ogungbade, amongst others.

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CAS 2018: Mahama, Alakija to keynote

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Former President of Ghana, Mr. John D. Mahama, the United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary General, Mrs. Amina J Mohammed, Vice Chairperson of Famfa Oil and Africa’s richest woman, Chief Mrs Folorunso Alakija, have been confirmed to lead keynote speakers at the 5th annual Commonwealth Africa Summit (CAS), reports ITRealms.

The summit with the theme: Common Good, ITRealms gathered has been slated to hold between March 12th and 15th 2018 in London, United Kingdom, just as it would feature Ashish Thakkar (founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation, and a co-founder of Atlas Mara), Dr. Hassan Ahmed Hilal (Minister of Environment, Sudan) among others as speakers.

ITRealms also gathered that CAS has over 300 global and African thought leaders, eminent and emerging leaders from Africa and other parts of the Commonwealth, and friends of Africa will converge in London.

The event, ITRealms gathered will spark new thinking on how to achieve Shared Prosperity and Common Good for Africans and how Africa’s growing youth population can transform the continent.

The summit conversations seeks to promote the benefits and interests of all through improved collective action for the common good of humanity within and outside the commonwealth. The event, annually hosted as part of activities to celebrate the Commonwealth Week in London.

The Commonwealth Africa Summit provides an opportunity not just to contribute to reimagining what the continent might be, but an opportunity to network, strategize and mobilise valuable resources so as to bring the Africa Dream to fruition. Vukuzenzele! Let's Get Up and Do It! says Lord Paul Boateng of Akyem and Wembley, Chairman Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund.

The 2018 summit will also feature as panelist a wide array of senior Cabinet Ministers and Chief Executives of corporations from Africa and across the Commonwealth including Henry Sands (SABI Strategy Group), Isha Johansen (President of Sierra Leone Football Association), Muriel Maupoint (CEO Hope for Children), Sally Anne Wilson (CEO Public Media Alliance), Dr. Justina Mutale (Advisory Board Member - World Leaders Forum), Tim Loughton MP, John Penrose MP (UK Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion), and Mark Stoleson (Chief Executive Officer and Partner at Legatum).

Others are Martin Realey (CEO Build Africa), Debbie Ariyo (CEO AFRUCA), Tim Wainwright (CEO Water Aid), Paul Smith Lomas MBE (CEO of Practical Action), Dr. Babatope Agbeyo (CEO Cornfield Group and Botosoft Inc), Parminder Vir OBE (CEO Tony Elumelu Foundation), Lord Alan Watson of Richmond (Former Chair of Coca Cola Europe Advisory Board), Dayo Israel (Director of Africa Operations at the Commonwealth Africa Initiative) and many others.

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Oby Ezekwesili to keynote Realnews 5th lecture

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The former World Bank Vice President and past Nigerian minister of education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has been confirmed to deliver the keynote address at the Fifth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine, reports ITRealms.

The lecture, ITRealms gathered, has been scheduled to hold on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, by 10 am.

Publisher of Realnews Magazine Online, Maureen Chigbo, confirmed this to ITRealms, saying that Ezekwesili, who is the co-founder of Transparency International, will speak on “African Leadership in a Turbulent Era”. 

She will be delivering the lecture barely a month after the Sweden-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) appointed her along with Kofi Annan, former United Nations secretary general among others  as  an Ambassador to champion the study on Global State of Democracy. 

Chigbo stressed that Ezekwesili will be the first female to give the Realnews Anniversary Lecture series which was established to celebrate the best minds in our society and tap into their repository of knowledge to enrich the discourse on national and international development. 

Realnews past anniversary lecturers included Dr. Ibn Mohamed Chambers, United Nations Secretary General’s special representative to West African and Sahel (2016); Professor Chukwuma Soludo, former governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, (2015) and Professor Maurice Iwu, former chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, (2014).

Chigbo said that the lecture will bring together many policy and decision makers from the private and public sectors as well as non-governmental organizations and the media.

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