Occupying the office of the citizen | Chude Jideonwo | TEDxEuston

Описание: Occupying the office of the citizen

CHUDE JIDEONWO has a Master’s Degree in Media and Communication from the Pan-African University. He is a lawyer and an award winning journalist whose career is centred on using the media as an active tool to galvanise a generation of Africans to action. He is Managing Partner of Red Media Africa, owners of The Future Africa Awards & Summit, Y! Africa, and YNaija.com; and founding Executive Director of The Future Project, which empowers young people across Africa through leadership and enterprise. In 2010, he convened friends and colleagues to hold the historic EnoughisEnough protests and co-founded EnoughisEnough Nigeria, which has become the country’s foremost good governance group for young Nigerians. He is a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum and sits on the boards of the Oando Foundation and Microsoft 4Afrika. JIdeonwo iwas recently named by Forbes as one of Africa’s 30 best entrepreneurs under 30. His second book, the critically acclaimed Are We the Turning Point Generation? was published by Farafina in May 2014, and captures the evolution of youth-led ideas in managing Africa’s leadership and social development challenges

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