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TEDxCalabar is a journey through a world of extraordinary ideas, born of, and driven by, curiosity; a ‘Talk Station’ for people who have ideas that solve specific, identifiable problems in the world; a platform that showcases people who do remarkable things, who create significant value, who do cutting-edge work across different causes, and who provide ingenious solutions to native and global chal
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Girl, Bride, Mother: The Modern Slavery Called ‘Money Marriage’. | Richards Akonam | TEDxCalabar
GIRL, BRIDE, MOTHER: THE MODERN SLAVERY CALLED 'MONEY MARRIAGE'.
If you think the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was perhaps the highest expression of man’s inhumanity to man, then you may be wrong. There’s another kind of slave trade more barbaric, more brutal, more callous, more cruel, more demeaning, more despicable, more hellish and more horrendous than the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
It's a cultural practice by the Becheve tribes in Northern Cross River State, Nigeria, called ‘Money Marriage'. An elderly man buys a little girl for a wife. Her sole responsibility is to provide for herself and her old husband. She prostitutes to do so. When the husband dies, his next-of-kin marries her. If the girl-wife dies without giving birth to children, her parents bring a replacement. Girls are sold for as low as Ten Thousand Naira – about $29. The husband determines what he does with her – even if he uses her for ritual.
Every 2 seconds, a girl is married before she turns 18. Yearly, about 15 million girls are married before they turn 18. 1 in 3 girls in the developing world are married by age 18. Are there compelling justifications to end 'Money Marriage?' What new interventions will build a safer, healthier and more prosperous future for these 'Money Wives?'
Richards Akonam - a Career Missionary who has empowered these 'Money Wives' - draws on his 25 years of passionate work and strong advocacy against ‘Money Marriage’ (girl marriage) in Cross River State to answer these tough questions. What ingenious solutions does he proffer to this native and global challenge?
This turned out to be a very moving, emotional and heart-wrenching talk.
Richards Akonam is a Pioneer Missionary and works among the Utanga (Cross River State, Nigeria) and Becheve tribes (Benue State, Cross River State – Nigeria, and Republic of Cameroon) respectively. He’s the Director of Missions at Faithhouse Missions, as well as Director, Richgrace Foundation.
Richards has led Faithhouse Missions for 25 years, advocating strongly against the practice of ‘Money Marriage’ among the Becheve tribes. His work has given succour to indigent children and has redeemed and empowered many girls who once were sold into slavery through ‘Money Marriage’. He’s an author and song writer. He holds, among other certificates, a degree in Guidance and Counselling.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/bHT821Ibrd4
If you think the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was perhaps the highest expression of man’s inhumanity to man, then you may be wrong. There’s another kind of sla...
GIRL, BRIDE, MOTHER: THE MODERN SLAVERY CALLED 'MONEY MARRIAGE'.
If you think the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was perhaps the highest expression of man’s inhumanity to man, then you may be wrong. There’s another kind of slave trade more barbaric, more brutal, more callous, more cruel, more demeaning, more despicable, more hellish and more horrendous than the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
It's a cultural practice by the Becheve tribes in Northern Cross River State, Nigeria, called ‘Money Marriage'. An elderly man buys a little girl for a wife. Her sole responsibility is to provide for herself and her old husband. She prostitutes to do so. When the husband dies, his next-of-kin marries her. If the girl-wife dies without giving birth to children, her parents bring a replacement. Girls are sold for as low as Ten Thousand Naira – about $29. The husband determines what he does with her – even if he uses her for ritual.
Now, statistics from some UN agencies has it that globally every 2 seconds, a girl is married before she turns 18. And that yearly, about 15 million girls are married before they turn 18. And that 1 in 3 girls in the developing world are married by age 18.
So, are there compelling justifications to end 'Money Marriage?'
What new interventions will build a safer, healthier and more prosperous future for these 'Money Wives?'
Richards Akonam - a Career Missionary who has empowered these 'Money Wives' - draws on his 25 years of passionate work and strong advocacy against ‘Money Marriage’ (girl marriage) in Cross River State to answer these tough questions. What ingenious solutions does he proffer to this native and global challenge?
This turned out to be a very moving, emotional and heart-wrenching talk.
Richards Akonam is a Pioneer Missionary and works among the Utanga (Cross River State, Nigeria) and Becheve tribes (Benue State, Cross River State – Nigeria, and Republic of Cameroon) respectively. He’s the Director of Missions at Faithhouse Missions, as well as Director, Richgrace Foundation.
Richards has led Faithhouse Missions for 25 years, advocating strongly against the practice of ‘Money Marriage’ among the Becheve tribes. His work has given succour to indigent children and has redeemed and empowered many girls who once were sold into slavery through ‘Money Marriage’. He’s an author and song writer. He holds, among other certificates, a degree in Guidance and Counselling.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/bHT821Ibrd4
HOW CARNIVAL CALABAR IS SHAPING THE TOURISM ECONOMY.
The annual is perhaps Africa’s biggest street party and cultural festival. It’s an outpouring of spectacular colour and sound, with 50,000 costumed revelers, 2 million spectators, and an audience of over 50 million television viewers.
What’s the ‘magic’ formula for its incredible success?
What is its impact on the economy?
What is the shape of the future for Africa's largest street party?
In this talk, Gabe Onah provides compelling answers.
Gabe Onah is the Chairman of Cross River State Carnival Commission. He holds a master’s degree in Theatre and Media Studies. He has certificates in Tourism with specialization in Tour Guiding Skills and Destination Management from the famous Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) of Jamaica and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Gabe has conducted research on ‘‘Carnival Arts Management and Cultural Diplomacy: The Carnival Calabar Paradigm.’’ He has led and participated in several delegations to Europe, the Caribbean, far East, Eastern Europe, and Exchange and Synergy Marketing sessions for the Cross River State Tourism Initiatives.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/seb-8WWVqeA
VIRTUAL REALITY: THE PROMISE AND THE PERILS.
What are the boundaries of possibilities for virtual reality?
Virtual Reality has been disrupting Education – the Armed Forces, Medicine, etc;.
What potential does it have for doing so more widely now?
In this descriptive and eye-opening talk, Judith Okonkwo dives with us into the Virtual Reality space.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/-6dKNtNhA1I
Fail fast.
Fail forward.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGER DELTA || Ibim Semenitari || TEDxCalabar.
Let's Talk About the Niger Delta.
From Ibim Semenitari's worldview, there's a huge difference between the Niger Delta she experienced and the one she's experiencing.
In this video, she conducts a diagnosis and prescribes a possible cure.
https://youtu.be/Jaw4TaksyXI
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGER DELTA. The Niger Delta means many things to many people. And that’s fine because people view the Niger Delta from the prism of the...
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGER DELTA.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGER DELTA.
The Niger Delta means many things to many people. And that’s fine because people view the Niger Delta from the prism of their perspective. Just because one person is right doesn’t mean the other is wrong.
Perspective is subjective because reality can be so complex that equally valid observations from differing perspectives can appear to be contradictory.
Ibim Semenitari is passionate about the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta means a lot to her. Not just because she grew up going home riding in the boat, tasting the saltiness of the sea. Not just because she loves the sound of the water and the smell of the river.
From Ibim’s worldview, there’s a huge difference between the Niger Delta she experienced and the one she’s experiencing.
So, what has happened to the Niger Delta? What have we lost?
Where did we lose it? When did we lose it? How can we take it back?
How can we make it great again? What’s the solution and the way forward?
In this talk which video can be viewed on TEDxCalabar's page, Ibim Semenitari conducts a diagnosis and prescribes a possible cure.
Ibim Semenitari is the first Nigerian female journalist to win the CNN African Journalist of the year Award. She won the Nigeria Media Merit Award twice. She won the Diamond Award for Media Excellence on three occasions. She was named most outstanding Commissioner of Information and Communications in South-South Nigeria.
Ibim is a results-driven administrator successful at leading high-performing teams through all phases of projects, from concept development to implementation. She is an Information Management Strategy specialist, award winning journalist/Publisher, and veteran business/financial intelligence analyst with a rich professional profile.
She is a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGER DELTA.
The Niger Delta means many things to many people. And that’s fine because people view the Niger Delta from the prism of their perspective. Just because one person is right doesn’t mean the other is wrong.
Perspective is subjective because reality can be so complex that equally valid observations from differing perspectives can appear to be contradictory.
Ibim Semenitari is passionate about the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta means a lot to her. Not just because she grew up going home riding in the boat, tasting the saltiness of the sea. Not just because she loves the sound of the water and the smell of the river.
From Ibim’s worldview, there’s a huge difference between the Niger Delta she experienced and the one she’s experiencing.
So, what has happened to the Niger Delta? What have we lost?
Where did we lose it? When did we lose it? How can we take it back?
How can we make it great again? What’s the solution and the way forward?
In this talk which video can be viewed on TEDxCalabar's page, Ibim Semenitari conducts a diagnosis and prescribes a possible cure.
Ibim Semenitari is the first Nigerian female journalist to win the CNN African Journalist of the year Award. She won the Nigeria Media Merit Award twice. She won the Diamond Award for Media Excellence on three occasions. She was named most outstanding Commissioner of Information and Communications in South-South Nigeria.
Ibim is a results-driven administrator successful at leading high-performing teams through all phases of projects, from concept development to implementation. She is an Information Management Strategy specialist, award winning journalist/Publisher, and veteran business/financial intelligence analyst with a rich professional profile.
She is a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Empowered By A Touch: Atypical Street Child Who Builds Street Children. | James Okina | TEDxCalabar
In this talk, James Okina tells a moving story of how a street child inspired him to found Street Priests Incorporated - a youth-led non-governmental organization which has transformed Nigeria's street children into assets for society.
Discover how a young boy's compassion has become a beacon of hope in a cosmopolitan area, transforming indigent children, reducing the rate of petty crimes by over 75%, reaching-out to over 3,000 children, successfully taking more than 316 children off the streets, and funded over 215 children back to school through a scholarship scheme.
According to a report from the Consortium for Street Children - a United Kingdom-based consortium of related non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UNICEF es...
EMPOWERED BY A TOUCH: ATYPICAL STREET CHILD WHO BUILDS STREET CHILDREN.
According to a report from the Consortium for Street Children - a United Kingdom-based consortium of related non-governmental organizations (NGOs) - UNICEF estimates that 100 million children are growing up in urban streets around the world. This poses a serious threat to making cities inclusive, safe, and sustainable particularly because of the many problems that stem from this one problem, and how very few people are aware of this phenomenon.
In Nigeria, estimates say there are about 16 million out- of-school children, 80% of which live on the streets.
In this talk, James Okina tells a moving story of how a street child inspired him to found Street Priests Incorporated - a youth-led non-governmental organization which has transformed Nigeria's street children into assets for society.
Discover how a young boy's compassion has become a beacon of hope in a cosmopolitan area, transforming indigent children, reducing the rate of petty crimes by over 75%, reaching-out to over 3,000 children, successfully taking more than 316 children off the streets, and funded over 215 children back to school through a scholarship scheme.
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In 2014, James Okina founded Street Priests Inc. to tackle the societal challenge of street children. Having lived on the streets in 2007 when his parents separated, he turned to gangsterism.
In 2015 at age 14, James was awarded the Young Emerging Leader of the year by ‘‘Leader’s Den Foundation.’’ He has received ‘‘Future Africa Leader’s Award’’ given to individuals who drive change on the African Continent.
James was announced as one of 30 ‘‘Global Teen Leaders’’ from around the world. He was honored by the government of his State - Cross River State, Nigeria - as one of ‘‘50 Young Leaders to Watch’’ in the next 50 years.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/p591FxpwOOk
The Future Of Branding | Charles O'Tudor | TEDxCalabar
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Does have a new name?
Imagine dreaming of their favourite while asleep!
What’s the future branding?
What different set and approach will this new, require for ?
In this talk, Charles O'Tudor takes us on a in answering these
Interruptive, intrusive, difficult-to-measure, traditional advertising is dying, resulting in plummeting ad spends. But a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) giant...
THE FUTURE OF BRANDING.
Interruptive, intrusive, difficult-to-measure, traditional advertising is dying, resulting in plummeting ad spends. But a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) giant reduced its digital ad spend by $140 million in Q4 of 2017 yet its sales didn’t drop.
Does marketing have a new name?
Imagine consumers dreaming of their favourite brands while asleep!
What’s the future branding?
What different skill set and approach will this new, disruptive concept require for success?
In this talk, Charles O'Tudor takes us on a journey in answering these questions.
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Charles O’Tudor deploys modern strategic and media paradigms in exploring visual and tactile briefs. He invents new brands, products and experiences deploying the cerebral filtration process credited to him. He has a bias and preference for native culture, visual dialects and modernities.
Charles serves as the Principal Consultant, ADSTRAT Consortium. He led a team of brand strategists that bided for and won Cross River State's pioneer ‘Out of Home’ media project’, and became Nigeria’s most renowned authority in State Branding after a successful creation, engagement and management of the Cross River State brand for 4 years. He is an alumnus of University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/ytWi9lA-c-c
Financial Inclusion and the Blockchain Revolution. | Musheer Alambath | TEDxCalabar
How will blockchain help change the global social dynamics and create wealth at the lower rungs of society?
How will this reduce growing disparity between people at different social ranks, change the lives of millions, change organizations, and change the world?
In this talk talk, Musheer Alambath provides the 'why' and the 'how.'
Blockchain technology is set to disrupt the internet revolution through a trusted, permisionless, transparent, immutable, autonomous and decentralized infras...
Financial Inclusion and the Blockchain Revolution.
Blockchain technology is set to disrupt the internet revolution through a trusted, permisionless, transparent, immutable, autonomous and decentralized infrastructure. It will bring an epic shift, dumping what was once celebrated, and still relevant, in antiquity.
But how will it help change the global social dynamics and create wealth at the lower rungs of society? How will this reduce growing disparity between people at different social ranks, change the lives of millions, change organizations, and change the world?
In this talk, Musheer Alambath provides the 'why' and the 'how.'
Musheer Alambath is the United States Regional Campaign Leader for Blockchain with Ernst & Young. Ernst & Young is the leading advisory firm in the Blockchain space. In this role, Musheer advises and educates clients on the benefits and applications of Blockchain technology.
He is a Sloan Fellow, Stanford MSx Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and was keynote speaker at Stanford University’s LOWkeynotes on an alternative financial solution to end global poverty. He has done research work on Blockchain technology.
Musheer is a global finance executive with years of experience in the financial services industry. Having worked on banking sector projects across 4 continents, he is in a passionate pursuit to make a difference for 2 billion people globally who currently have no access to financial services, using the in-depth understanding and knowledge of financial products and services across different markets.
In his role as Vice President, Group Audit at National Bank of Abu Dhabi, he was responsible for managing global teams across the network which extends to 18 countries over 150 locations. He has experience working on assignments in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Middle East.
Musheer is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and a member of the Board Examination Committee for Institute of Internal Auditors. His travel to over 26 countries has helped him develop an appreciation for the cultures and social norms across the globe.
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/gbKPnDDnH_c
Law-making 2.0: Why Parliamentary Internship Matters | Onofiok Luke | TEDxCalabar
Lawmaking 2.0: Why Parliamentary Internship Matters.
Why should young people get involved in making laws?
How would they become highly-skilled parliamentarians?
What is the best route to mastering the art, science, nuts and bolts of being effective at the legislature?
What are the tools, tactics and techniques for making indelible legislative impact at lawmaking - a practice which requires excellent intellectual and argumentative rigour?
In this talk, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke, pioneer Speaker of the 109-member Nigeria Youth parliament; two-term (8 years) member of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Nigeria; Speaker of that Assembly; and currently Member Representing Etinan Federal Constituency in Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives, provides the answers.
What would you expect from someone who served as a legislative aide to a lawmaker, someone who is in passionate pursuit to raise a new breed of excellent and effective future lawmakers?
And what would you expect from Founder of The Onofiok Luke Legislative Internship Programme (TOLLIP) - Nigeria’s only stipendiary internship programme designed to train youths on legislative basics, entrepreneurship, community development, volunteerism and conflict resolution?
TOLLIP has been adopted and enlarged by Akwa Ibom State legislature into what is now known as the Akwa Ibom Legislative Internship Programme (AKILIP).
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/8BORj1unpU4
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Why should young people get involved in making laws? How would they become highly-skilled parliamentarians? What is the best route to mastering the art, scie...
Lawmaking 2.0: Why Parliamentary Internship Matters.
Why should young people get involved in making laws?
How would they become highly-skilled parliamentarians?
What is the best route to mastering the art, science, nuts and bolts of being effective at the legislature?
What are the tools, tactics and techniques for making indelible legislative impact at lawmaking - a practice which requires excellent intellectual and argumentative rigour?
In this talk, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke, pioneer Speaker of the 109-member Nigeria Youth parliament; two-term (8 years) member of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Nigeria; Speaker of that Assembly; and currently Member Representing Etinan Federal Constituency in Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives, provides the answers.
What would you expect from someone who served as a legislative aide to a lawmaker, someone who is in passionate pursuit to raise a new breed of excellent and effective future lawmakers?
And what would you expect from Founder of The Onofiok Luke Legislative Internship Programme (TOLLIP) - Nigeria’s only stipendiary internship programme designed to train youths on legislative basics, entrepreneurship, community development, volunteerism and conflict resolution?
TOLLIP has been adopted and enlarged by Akwa Ibom State legislature into what is now known as the Akwa Ibom Legislative Internship Programme (AKILIP).
TEDxTalks YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/8BORj1unpU4
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The Nigerian State: Matters Arising | Chris Ngwodo | TEDxCalabar
The Nigerian State: Matters Arising.
The elite consensus that has preserved the Nigerian union since the end of the civil war is collapsing. Add that to declining revenues and a rising population. Then enter Nigeria’s 'Triple Jeopardy of Youth'.
Considering the three epochal struggles in Nigerian history: The struggle against colonialism, the struggle against military rule, and the struggle to deepen democracy; what would prevent Nigeria from becoming a failed state?
In this riveting, emotional and no-holds-barred talk, Chris Ngwodo thinks-out uncommon answers.
Chris Ngwodo is a Writer, Lawyer, Speaker, and Public Intellectual.
The tensions in Nigeria - economic stress, divisive rhetoric, primordial hatred, factious politics, sectarian violence, militant pastoralists, and multiple l...
THE NIGERIAN STATE: MATTERS ARISING.
The tensions in Nigeria - economic stress, divisive rhetoric, primordial hatred, factious politics, sectarian violence, militant pastoralists, and multiple localized violent conflicts - are pulling the State in different directions.
There are terrorist forces in the North, secessionist rebels in the East, militancy in the South-South, endemic corruption, tribalism, marginalization, escalating poverty and gross inequality.
Can Nigeria survive?
Nigeria is experiencing the 'Triple Jeopardy of Youth': A young nation; a young democracy; and a young democracy grappling with the demands of a growing population of mostly young citizens.
Considering the three epochal struggles in Nigeria's history: The struggle against colonialism; the struggle against military rule; and the struggle to deepen democracy - what would prevent Nigeria from becoming a failed state?
In this riveting, emotional and no-holds-barred talk, Chris Ngwodo thinks-out uncommon answers.
A Consultant on Governance and Policy Communication issues, Chris Ngwodo's work straddles the realms of governmental actors and civil society. He's a blogger, a regular op-ed contributor to various online and print media, and a regular consulting analyst on political, socio-economic, conflict and security issues on a variety of national and international broadcast networks.
RELISHING TEDxLAGOS 2019.
TEDxLagos 2019 held two days ago, on Saturday 3rd August.
TEDxCalabar being part of the TEDx community, we'd like to point you to the event.
While we wait for the videos, take a look at TEDxLagos page, Instagram page and Twitter handle respectively.
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The Gift of Blindness: Cobhams Asuquo at TEDxEuston
The Gift Of Blindness.
''I am a dreamer...I believe very strongly that one of the elements that fuel my very strong sense of imagination and ability to dream is blindness.''
In this TEDxEuston video, Cobham Asuquo takes you on a roller-coaster journey of vulnerable anecdote.
Cobhams Asuquo is a singer/songwriter/music producer and music entrepreneur. After graduating from the Pacelli School for the Blind and King's College Lagos,...
Memories of TEDxCalabar 2018.
Virtual Reality: The Promise and the Perils.
What are the boundaries of possibilities for virtual reality?
Through presence – the ability for people to connect and interact with the world outside their physical bodies via technology; immersion – the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world; and perception, users are able to almost wholly replicate an alternative environment.
Enter Judith Okonkwo, Futurist; Founder and CEO of Imisi3D - Nigeria’s first Virtual Reality Creation Lab.
APT DESIGN FOR THE THEME.
Imagine a new kind of law-making through decentralized autonomous subsystems! Imagine a new kind of innovative and disruptive law-making that employs peer network architecture or crowdsourcing as an alternative to the self-limiting, centralized, and institutionalized structures!
Imagine ‘Parliamentpedia’ - a deliberative, participatory, open-collaboratory, form of law-making; a 'Virtual Parliament' for law proposal, law amending, law debating and voting!
Imagine WikiLaw!
Imagine iParliament where anyone anywhere can introduce bills to a parliament within their legal jurisdiction and even in jurisdictions outside theirs as long as they are a certain age!
Interruptive, intrusive, difficult-to-measure, traditional advertising is dying, resulting in plummeting advertisement spends.
But a consumer-packaged goods (CPG) giant reduced its digital advertisement spending by $140 million in the 4th Quarter of 2017 yet its sales didn’t drop.
Does marketing have a new name?
Imagine consumers dreaming of their favorite brands while asleep!
Charles O'Tudor today shared
What the future of branding is and also the different skill set and approach this new, disruptive concept require for success.
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