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Connect Nigeria’s Writers’ Conference 2019 – Meet The Speakers (Part II)

With arrangements in top gear for Connect Nigeria’s Writers’ Conference 2019, scheduled to hold on September 21, 2019, we give you a brief highlight of our speakers slated for the event.

Read Part II here.

Awele Ilusanmi

AUTHOR

Author of Comforting Arms, Launch Money, and Book Marketing Strategies for Nigerian Authors, Awele Ilusanmi doubles as the founder and president of Literary Authors Cooperative Multipurpose Society of Nigeria.

Tomilola Coco Adeyemo

SCRIPTWRITER

Currently working as Team Lead at True Nollywood Stories (TNSng), part of Adeyemo’s exploits in the writing world include working as a Screenwriter on Africa Magic Hush, a Screenwriter and Researcher on MTV Shuga 6.

Olu Balogun

WRITER, POET

Balogun is a writer, poet and digital business developer. September 2018 marked the release of his first published novel, Obsession. In July 2019, he published his second novel, Aisha and John.

Joey Akan

JOURNALIST

Joey Akan is a two-time winner of the Nigerian Writers Awards (2015, 2016). He is also a multi-award winning writer, broadcaster, host, public relations consultant and commentator. Joey’s works have appeared on platforms like CNN and Pulse.

Oghenekome U. Ozoro

EDITOR

Oghenekome Ozoro is the editor of Cactus Global. His professionalism covers a wide scope such as publishing, editing, digital marketing, and business development.

Sunday Abegunde

AUTHOR & PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF SPEAKING PEN INTERNATIONAL CONCEPT

Abeginde is the author of the book, Unleash Your Potential: Beyond Just Motivation. In 2016, he won the World Union of Poets Prize.

Chidi Nwaogu

CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF PUBLISEER

Chidi Nwaogu is the Co-founder and CEO of Publiseer, a digital publisher for African Creatives. He is also a serial entrepreneur, and computer programmer. Part of his achievements include emerging winner of the Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition in 2019.

Chika Nwaogu

CO-FOUNDER & CTO OF PUBLISEER

Chika Nwaogu is also the Co-founder and CTO at Publiseer. Before turning 25, he was already a co-founder for two startup companies. In 2011, Nwaogu gained global recognition with TechCrunch’s report of how his campus social network, LAGbook, grew by 35,000 registered users in just six months.

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