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Amanda Sweetness Nwoye
OAP, Lasgidis FM
Amanda Sweetness Nwoye
Amanda ‘Sweetness’ Nwoye is a walking pack of “fun journalism” A graduate of Mass Communication from The Federal Polytechnic Oko Anambra State,
She unites almost every aspect of broadcast media from politics to human angle and entertainment. Her personality is easily detected on sight and one need not wonder why her name is also Sweetness.
She is also a creative director and writer and has contributed to the growth of any brand she touches, be it business or personal.
She’s currently the presenter of LIFE MATTERS, the night time radio show at Lasgidi 90.1 Fm.
Oluwafemi Adefeso
Senior Manager, Connect Marketing Service Limited
Oluwafemi Adefeso
Oluwafemi Adefeso is a young sport business leader who transitioned successfully from a high-performing student/semi professional athlete to an astute sports broadcaster, media communications consultant, sports operations and marketing manager from Nigeria. As a basketball reporter, Oluwafemi was recorded as the first African to interview NBA All Time leading scorer, LeBron James and first African journalist to report live from the United Center, Chicago; Gainsbridge field House, Indiana and the Staples Center now Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles in the same season. He has an international media portfolio that includes FIBA Africa Media Supersport, Channels Television Nigeria, Afrosport TV Network, Chinese Global Television Network, Kwesé Sports, BBC World Service, BBC Sport UK and ESPN.
He has also consulted and volunteered in various roles at the Nigeria Basketball Federation & Lagos State Basketball Association as League Growth & Strategy Adviser; League coordinator and Secretary, Communications, Media relations manager and volunteer for multiple national and international organizations for social and sport development causes across the continent.
Goal driven and passionate about sports and the growth of Africa youthful population and community development. He is the convener Africa first Pan African Basketball conference, Africa Basketball Conversation (ABC) and founder of Balls Activating Literacy and Leadership (BALL) Africa, a sports non-profit organization catered to mentoring young sports enthusiasts and athletes through education advocacy and skills empowerment for tapping the opportunities present in the sports value chain, while also organising and coordinating free sport equipment drives that has impacted over 1000kids
Femi is currently the Senior Manager, Sports Business unit at Connect Marketing Service Limited.
Panelists
Olalekan Oyinlola
CEO of Leks Sports NG / Sports Agent
Joseph Chimpampwe
Guilherme Von Cupper
CEO / Football Agent, Berlin Sports.
Guilherme Von Cupper
Guilherme Von Cupper worked as a Legal Advisor at the Lawyer’s office Vieira Fonseca e Associados where he worked in several proceedings mainly in the areas of Civil Law, Criminal Law and Executive Procedure, Administrative Law and Expropriations Law. He also worked as a Legal Advisor and Trainee Lawyer at the Portuguese office of the Lawyer’s Office Garrigues, in the Corporate Law Department, working mainly in the areas of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, and M&A, working in several relevant operations.
From 2013 – 2014, he worked as a Legal Advisor and Trainee Lawyer in the Portuguese office of International Legal Services, a lawyer’s office with headquarters in Angola, working mainly as a legal advisor in the areas of labour law, corporate law, directed to investments in Angola and Brazil, and also supporting the areas of Civil Law, Criminal Law and Executive Procedure in Portugal.
From 2014 – 2016, he was designated by the Board of Directors of REN for the office of Alternate Company Secretary of REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. for the three-year period 2015-2017 and I also worked as a Legal Advisor of the company, supporting the resolution of questions emerging from the Legal Department of the company. His mission was to ensure compliance with the company’s legal obligations, namely through the issuance of opinions and recommendations,and to assist the meetings of REN’s Executive Committee, REN’s Audit Committee, and REN’s Board of Directors.
He was the Co-Head of the Lisbon Office / Legal Advisor of both Berlin Sports Consulting and Berlin Sports Law in the areas of international sports law and football business consultancy in 2017. Berlin Sports Law is a German law firm with an international team of dynamic, experienced sports lawyers and offices in Berlin, Lisbon, and Porto Alegre. With clients in all six continents, Berlin Sports Law provides legal advice on all sports-related issues.
Guilherme Von Cupper is currently the CEO/Football agent for Berlin Sports – Bridge for Talents, founded by the directors of Berlin Sports Consulting, who have worked with clubs around the world for years, our aim is to make use of our extensive network to bring the top African talents to Europe. With nearly 1.000 clients worldwide (BSC), including some of the best producers of talent in Africa and some of the top clubs in Europe, our range of connections is hard to beat.
Beverley Agbakoba Onyejianya
Head of Sports, Entertainment and Technology practice at Olisa Agbakoba Legal
Beverley Agbakoba Onyejianya
Beverley is the Head of Sports, Entertainment and Technology practice at Olisa Agbakoba Legal. She is also an Associate Partner. She has over 15 years work experience in regulatory compliance, governance and legal industries.
She is also the founder of Lagos Tigers Football Club – a youth academy established in 2012, for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 17 years and is passionate about youth sports development. The club has since expanded to three training centres in lagos, operating in Ikate , Oniru and Alausa. The ethos of the club is
Beverley Agbakoba Onyejianya is also recognised as a national thought leader in sports law. She is also recognised as a global expert in sports law, and is listed in Who’s Who legal 2021/2022. She has authored and published numerous articles and materials on sports law issues including A to Z of Sports Law in Nigeria.
Beverley is an active member in many stake holder groups and industry groups relating to the sport and entertainment industry for example; women in sport law Switzerland. She is a board member of Lagos football divisional association and Vice president, NBA SBL Sports, Entertainment and Media Committee.
She is also passionate about personal development and mentoring and has a podcast and platform called Develop your agame.
Mrs. Elizabeth Okogun
Former Athlete and Sports Serial-preneur.
Mrs. Elizabeth Okogun
Liz Okogun is a former athlete and a sports serial-preneur, she has founded different sports solutions; initiatives such as:
- Zinovation Sports, which is a sports community for students, parents and sports service providers.
- School Sports Leaders Network, an initiative for sports leadership development in schools.
- Active Boulevard community which is a wellness and social group for adults
- Emlyn Sports Academy.
She is currently the Senior Sales Manager of Integral, a top-ranked sports marketing firm in Africa. In addition to these, Elizabeth also has previous work experience with the Temple Management Company as the Head Sports Development and Partnership, she was the Assistant Secretary of the Eminent Focal Group of the Sports Industry Thematic Group (SITG) in the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), AFA Sports Limited, Continental Sports and Entertainment as Chief Strategy Officer, Client Services Manager at Standard Chartered Bank and Stockbroking at Chapel Hill Denham Group, in various capacities, and has also organized numerous sporting events such as the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers 2018, National Private School Games, American Football friendlies, Coaching Camps for children, among others.
She has worked with top class professional talents, she is passionate about finance, marketing and communication in sports, she is a certified digital marketing professional with the Digital Marketing Institute, she is also an affiliate member of the Chartered institute of Marketing, Elizabeth has attended prestigious sports courses from Columbia University, Lagos Business School and La Liga Business School. She has a Business Administration degree from Babcock University.
Dr Mariam Mpaata
Founder of Afrika Sports Foundation Center, Uganda.
Dr. Mariam Mell’osiime Mpaata
Dr Mariam is an award-winning sports activist, columnist, published poet and author of Boots Don’t Lie (from a housewife to a sports activist). She uses the power of sports and writing to bring East African communities together. A Ugandan living in Kenya, Mariam’s sports activism began in 2008, when her then eight-year-old son broke the windscreen of her neighbour’s Mercedes Benz with his football.
While she was still figuring out how to keep him engaged, Kenya went into post-election violence throwing the country in turmoil. To reconcile her two challenges, she founded Junior Stars Youth Development programme in Mombasa to offer football training and safe spaces for young people. Mariam who also plays as an amateur goalkeeper has influenced and impacted on more than 100,000 youth, women, and men throughout East Africa to take up sports for social and economic development.
With fifteen years of experience in Sports for social development, a Master’s degree in Sports Management from Real Madrid Graduate School, and an Honorary Doctorate in Sports Management, Mariam is currently the founder and CEO of Afrika Sports Foundation Centre in Uganda. Her vision is to set up a sports university and use the sports knowledge to create sports excellence within the industry.
Initiatives Founded
- Founder of Afrika Sports Foundation Center, an institution that focuses on using sports knowledge to bring about sports excellence and improve the welfare of sports people. Headquarters based in Uganda 2019.
- Co-Founder, African Women In Sports (AWIS) 2019, a group of diverse women in Sports from across diverse corners of the African continent, from both the top and lower structures of the sports industry.
- Host, Global Goals World Cup East Africa 2020, hosted in Uganda on 8 th March 2020.
- Founder of the Junior Stars Youth Development Programme, which runs football and mentorship programmes since 2008 with an interaction of over 100,000 youth, women, and men, a data base of mentors and volunteers within the region.
- Established the Watoto Africa Soccer Awards which runs a series of tournaments and recognizes talented players through Awards in Kenya (Mombasa) and Uganda (Iganga). The football festival is managed by a group of volunteers and is in its 11th year since 2012.
- Established the Soccer Divas Club, Mombasa, a group of women that play soccer for fun, networking, exercise, and charity, where she plays as the main goalkeeper and captain of the club.
Awards received
- Honorary Doctorate in Sports Management, Commonwealth University together with London Graduate School 2022.
- Muslim Women in Business Awards, Kenya, 2022.
- East African Community Outstanding Women’s Leadership Award, 2021.
- Nominated for the Gamboo Sawaba Community Impact Award by Community Engagement and Human Rights Awards(CAHR), Nigeria, 2021.
- Finalist Social Entrepreneur during Africa Women Innovation, Entrepreneurship Forum, South Africa, 2020.
- Among the Top 100 Most Influential Muslims, Kenya 2019.
- Sports Woman of the Year by the Coast Women Magazine, Kenya 2019.
- Nominated for Africa’s Most Influential Women by CEO Group South Africa 2019.
- Sports Personality Mombasa County, Kenya 2018.
- Top 30 under 40 Muslim women in Kenya by Chase Bank, 2016.
- Top 40 under 40 women in Kenya by Business Daily, 2014.
Dr. Ikenna Nwosu
CEO of Mooregate Limited
Dr. Ikenna Nwosu
As a lawyer, ex-banker, natural resources economist, and expert in investor relations/investment promotion /policy development/ private sector development, a successful operator in international logistics/ trade facilitation, and a seasoned veteran of over two decades in the Chamber of Commerce movement in Nigeria, Dr. Ikenna Nwosu has consistently been a visible voice, policy shaper, and consummate decision – maker in corporate Nigeria’s economic and investment corridors – especially in the diverse investment sectors – with several priceless innovations to his credit over the past 31 years.
With a Doctorate degree (with Distinction) in Law, from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee (specializing in Energy, Natural Resources and Transnational Investment Law, Policy and Economics), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Nigeria at Nsukka, Dr. Ikenna Nwosu was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989, is a Solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and has been in private legal practice for 34 years.
Dr. Nwosu is the CEO of Mooregate Limited – an investment /policy advisory firm;
Ikenna is Vice-President/Director of the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce; Former Vice-President – Nigerian – British Chamber of Commerce; Former Council Member, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Facilitator – Nigerian Economic Summit Group and member of several other business membership organisations.
Dr. Nwosu’s portfolio of multiple competences and multidisciplinary expertise in the corporate world as a manager, writer, researcher and negotiator, amongst others, has ensured that since 2003, he has consistently been a member of the Organizing Committee of all editions of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit, with responsibility (as Facilitator)for the financial sector, sports business, MSME, tourism, hospitality, creative/entertainment industries, solid minerals, manufacturing, transport, logistics, and trade facilitation.
In this position, Dr. Nwosu initiated and coordinated the current organized strategy/drive of Corporate Nigeria into developing the sports sector in Nigeria into a viable industry that would contribute to Nigeria’s National GDP, pulling in expertise manpower to drive the transformation.
Dr. Nwosu’s role in the quiet revolution in the Sports industry / sector in Nigeria was underscored when in 2020, under the auspices of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, (Nigeria’s leading economic policy think tank), he initiated a collaborative MOU between the NESG and the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, which resulted in Dr. Nwosu leading the joint public-private sector drive in many new initiatives to transform the sports sector, including, but not limited to :
Establishment of a Sports Industry Thematic Group at the NESG, led by/populated by seasoned industry experts head hunted by Dr. Nwosu.
The 2022 Federal Government of Nigeria’s reclassification of sports from recreation to an economic sector.
Set up of a 70-man Committee, co-chaired by both the public sector and the private sector, that crafted a National Sports industry Policy
Validation of the draft National Sports industry policy
- Approval of the National Sports Industry Policy(NSIP) in 2023,by the Federal Executive Council.
Establishment of new public-private dialogue platform (Sports Industry Working Group)- SIWG- that drove the hosting of various inter-ministerial technical sessions on sports industry value chain development ,covering various layers of reform of policy, legislation, institutions and the like.
Change in private sector perception of the sports sector as an economic sector with income streams and employment streams, thus unlocking new investments into the sector.
Inclusion of the Sports Sector into Nigeria’s Medium Term National Development Plan 2021-2025 (NIGERIA VISION 2050) as an economic sector for investment-first in the history of Nigeria.
Driving financial sector interest in Sports industry development.
Driving legislative reforms for Nigeria’s sports sector
Driving subnational Government interest in sports industry development.
Dr. Nwosu has consulted widely for the Governments of several countries, including Canada, UK, USA, Guinea Bissau, and for the Nigerian Presidency, several states Governments, diverse Ministries, Departments, Agencies and private sector organisations and establishments including international financial institutions.
Dr. Nwosu has published widely in local and international magazines, Dr. His book – “Judicial Avoidance of ‘Political Questions’ in Nigeria” (2005) is internationally acclaimed as the “locus classicus” on the subject, and was purchased by Nigeria’s Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and Federal High Court for ALL judges in those categories in Nigeria. His third book, “Minimizing ‘Political Risk’ for Sustainable Investment: Global Paradigm Shifts and Nigeria’s Niger Delta” (2008) was endorsed by OPEC, World Bank, NESG, the Nigerian Judiciary, Lagos Business School, Government agencies and diverse industry stakeholders.
Nkechi Obi
CEO of Sport Nigeria LTD/GTE
Nkechi Obi
She is a Sports Management Consultant with over 30 Years’ experience and accomplishments in sports management, marketing and administration.
Her experience spans a variety of projects especially with start-up operations in Marketing and Communication, Exhibition design and promotion, Event design and management, Media Content development and broadcast (Politics, Music and Sports), Political Media Campaign Management as well as Products Merchandising and Marketing.
Mrs Nkechi Obi was in charge of the Team Nigeria project (2003-2007) – designed to harness private and public sector funding for the training and participation of Nigeria’s athletes at international multi-sport events such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and All Africa Games and a host of other events.
Over the past 30 years, she has also promoted capacity development in sports administration as a key component of sports development and has acted as Consultant on development of bespoke content and projects to government agencies such as the Federal Ministry of Sports / National Sports Commission), The Nigeria Police Force, The Nigerian Army, Kwara State Football Academy, The Nigerian Nationwide League One (the bedrock of grassroots football in Nigeria), as well as a host of blue-chip companies. Mrs Nkechi Obi has a B.Sc. and MBA from the University of Lagos.
Chief Bukola Olopade
MD/CEO Nilayo Sports Management Limited
Chief Bukola Olopade
Mr Bukola Olopade is a leader by both necessity and choice, his exploits in the public sector via political appointments and then the transition to the private sector have ensured that his trajectory has been in the public eye.
Hated, adored, but never ignored; Bukola Olopade has a reputation for being forthright in all dealings. His biggest delight comes from helping underprivileged and otherwise disadvantaged young people even the odds in order to live fulfilling, lucrative and impactful personal and professional lives. A strict fitness enthusiast, when Bukola Olopade is not crafting opportunities for young people to scale, you will find him swimming or riding his bicycle. Bukola Olopade has a delectable mix of certifications and degrees in English, Law, and Sports Management.
With Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Olopade has taken sports administration and marketing in Nigeria and Africa in leaps and bounds; improving standards and innovating wonderful paradigms which have advanced sports and youth development on the continent. As innovative sports marketer, he has generated unprecedented amounts in private capital for the numerous sports events that Nilayo Sports Management Limited oversees, which include but are not limited to: The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, the National Sports Festival, IAU Remo Ultra Race, Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon, the Abeokuta 10km Race and many others.
As an ever-willing public servant, Bukola Olopade got the mandate to serve in official capacity first as a Special Adviser and then as a Commissioner for Youth & Sports in Ogun State and he led the State to new heights in sports performance. Bukola Olopade is also the Chairman of Stormers Sports Club; an Abeokuta-based football club currently in the Nigeria National League. Blessed with eloquent speech and a fearless approach to life, Bukola Olopade’s philosophy is that time is limited and must be optimised for maximum impact. He excels at business, philanthropy, capacity building, marketing, administration, politicking and sports.
Barr. Okey Obi
Director, Legal and Compliance with Nigeria Football Federation.
Barr. Okey Obi
Barr. Okey Obi is presently Director, Legal and Compliance with Nigeria Football Federation. He is known for being a meticulous, astute and hard working person being driven by a desire to excel in any challenging circumstances. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Law from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. He was 3rd best student in his class of 2014 New Managers; Programme of Witts Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a Masters’ degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution and presently about to round up his Ph.D in International Commercial Arbitration.
He was called to the Nigerian Bar in February 1998. He had previously worked for Ezebilo Umeadi (SAN) & Co. and also Ikwueto (SAN) Law Firm, before joining the Nigeria Football Federation in 2000 then known as Nigeria Football Association. He has attended several courses, seminars, workshops and sundry programmes on arbitration, sports administration, football-specific management Programmes both in Nigeria and several countries of the world.
Barr. Obi has been involved in several civil and commercial litigations, especially in cases where the Nigeria Football Federation is a party. He has acted as legal representative of his employers in high profile legal proceedings at Federation of International Football Association [FIFA] and the Court of Arbitration for Sports [CAS], Lausanne [Switzerland].
He was for about eight [8] years, an Arbitrator of the CAS. While on the CAS list of Arbitrators, he acted as Arbitrator in several proceedings. He acted as one of the Counsel in a multi-million dollar dispute over football media rights. He has acted as Legal Representative of several Nigerian players, clubs and officials in several football and Sports related arbitrations.
Barr. Okey is well known for his work, especially in the area of sports administration and management, football and sports related dispute resolution. Driven by the desire to excel in diverse areas, he has by dint of hard work become a CAF Safety & Security Officer, a CAF Safety & Security Trainer and FIFA Safety & Security Officer. He is an International Panel Member, Sport Resolutions, a UK based alternative dispute resolution body.
He is your consummate and astute expert in Sports Law.
Barr. Okey, a dedicated, committed and practicing Catholic and is also a member of the Ancient and Noble Order of Knight of St. John International.
Joseph Chimpampwe
CEO, Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) ,the Zambian Premier League (ZPL)
Joseph Chimpampwe
Joseph BSc, MBA is a generational thinker and a Business, Leadership and Entrepreneurship Trainer and Coach who has trained and coached local and international organisations cutting across Private, Public, Religious, NGOs and other related institutions. He has served for over 30 years in banking and football Top Leadership positions always with creative and innovative interventions.
He provides unique attitudinal and experiential training and coaching interventions highly focused on results and value addition in Customer Service Excellence, Dimensions of Professional Selling, Strategy Formulation and Execution with Business Models, Transformational Leadership, Balanced Scorecards, Team Building, Personal Mastery & Personal Reflection, Change Management etc.
He is also a professional Mentor and a Research Supervisor (Over 60 students in over 15 countries in Zambia) for Masters Degrees students.
Knowledge Management remains one of his hobbies and out of a realisation that knowledge is only power when you share it, he shares Business, Leadership and Entrepreneurship value addition articles everyday on Facebook for public consumption.
He is also engaged in Just Cause activities like setting up of the Zambia Fallen Heroes Ninety Three Foundation (Gabon Disaster Family) his brain child, UNZASEITA (UNZA Students Entrepreneurship Information Technology Association), Zambia Former Footballers Association and a number of Women Empowerment interventions e.g. Counseled over 60 girls in entrepreneurial activities at Concern Worldwide Zambia after the project close out.
In January 2023, he shall inaugurate the commercial wing of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) the Zambian Premier League (ZPL) as the founding CEO.
Mr. Olabisi Makanjuola
Avid Sports Man and an Administrator
Mr. Olabisi Makanjuola
Olabisi Makanjuola is graduate of law from the Obafemi Awolowo from where he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus in 2006 and was thereafter admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Bisi, has he likes to be called has been a mainstay in the Dispute Resolution Practice of the top tier commercial law firm of Olaniwun Ajayi LP where he is a Partner in the firm. He is an ever-present denominator in the most significant litigation and arbitration matters the Firm of Olaniwun Ajayi has handled in the past fifteen (15) years – his fingerprints are found in every brief, every mandate and every successful judgment or Award obtained from the superior courts of record in Nigeria, as well as arbitral tribunals both within and outside Nigeria.
His technical depth and expertise is as deep as it is wide, demonstrating exceptional competence in disputes relating to corporate shareholding, capital market regulations, commercial contracts, fraud, white-collar crimes, sports law medical negligence and infrastructure projects.
Prior to his admission into the partnership of Olaniwun Ajayi LP in January 2022, Bisi was a Managing Associate in the Firm of Olaniwun Ajayi LP and team lead in the Dispute Resolution Practice of the firm, where he continues to demonstrate unbridled passion, industry, and resourcefulness, and is a trusted adviser to many of the firm’s clients.
Beyond leading cross-border mandates involving magic circle law firms, Bisi was between September – December 2011 seconded to the London and Paris offices of Herbert Smith Freehills under the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) work exchange programme. Bisi is a member of the Association of Young Arbitrators (AYA) and was in 2020 named by AYA as one of Africa’s 50 young Arbitration Practitioners. Bisi is an alumnus of the Senior Management Program of the Lagos Business School and is a leading member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Bisi is an avid sports man and an administrator per excellence.
Mr. Mutiu Adepoju
Former Nigerian Football Player
Mr. Mutiu Adepoju
Mutiu Adepoju (born 22 December 1970) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.
He spent most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven seasons and representing mainly Racing de Santander and Real Sociedad.
Mr. Telema Davies
Coordinating Secretary, Sport Nigeria Limited by Guarantee (LTD/GTE).
Telema Davies
Telema Davies is the Coordinating Secretary, Sports Nigeria Limited by Guarantee (LTD/GTE) a private sector infrastructure intervention organisation established to chart a new course in the development of a sports market and the sports industry value chain in Nigeria leveraging opportunities provided in the 2022-2026 National Sports Industry Policy approved by the Federal Government on Wednesday 2nd November, 2022.
A graduate of Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Ilorin, Telema has been involved in market research, data collection, data mining and analysis. He is a co-founder of TWOREPORT LIMITED, a market research and data advisory company, and served as the Head of Product Innovation, where his main goal was to deliver products to influence innovation and market-specific solutions for commercial growth and development.
Telema is regularly engaged in consulting and research projects with industry impact on the sports sector including reports on Women and Sports in Nigeria (2016), How Nigerians will Consume the World Cup Report (2018), CampsBay Media Sports Business Series, Esports in Nigeria: The Fans, 2020 Filmmakers’ Boot Camp (Re-Think) and Temple Management Company Masterclass Series: The Role of Data in Sports.
Telema has certified leadership qualifications from several prestigious institutions and is a volunteer member of the Sports Industry Thematic Group of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) where he has provided research services together with the core working team at the Secretariat since 2017.
As a member of the SITG, Telema was involved in Stakeholder engagements, Inter-Ministerial Technical Sessions, data collection, and research that provided the basis for the draft National Sports Industry Policy (NSIP), a research member of the Technical Working Group on Creative, Culture, Hospitality and Tourism Industry (CCHTI) for the 2021 – 2025 and 2026-2030 Medium- and Long-Term National Development Plan, the Nigeria 2050 Agenda and until recently, Event Coordinator for the Kaduna State Sports Industry Policy Dialogue and Summit 2023.
He has served as a facilitator and resource provider at several national and international events including the National Youth Conference 2021, Road to GamrX – Esports Business Summit, Getting into the Esports Business in Nigeria Webinar, etc.
Adedammy Adedotun
Head of Sports, The Temple Company.
Adedammy Adedotun
Adedamilola Adedotun is a sports business manager with a focus on investment and strategy. He started his career in Tax and Regulatory Services at PwC Nigeria where he spent over 6 years before joining BVS Professional Services to build their tax practice. He has over 10 years experience consulting for multinationals, corporate organisations, small and medium businesses, and high net worth individuals in solving complex tax and business matters.
He is a Principal Partner at TWOREPORT LIMITED, a market research and data advisory company that provides insights into the sport industry value chain of the country. As the Head of Business Strategy, he is responsible for deciding the strategic direction of the organization and for designing strategic plans for the organisation’s clients.
He also the founder of TGM Sports Ltd, a media and technology company focused on building a community of fans and delivering fan experience through digital media and technology. TGM Sport’s fan-centred digital platforms include BballNaija, TennisForward and Fancified.
He volunteers as Researcher of the Sports Industry Thematic Group which is part of a Policy Commission of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), where he worked as part of the drafting team of the new National Sports Industry Policy.
He currently manages sports business opportunities as Head of Sport at The Temple Company, a creative, media, entertainment and sports agency based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is an advocate of sport infrastructure investment in Nigeria and Africa.
Phemmy Adetula
Freelance Content Producer with SuperSport Nigeria and a Media/PR Media Consultant.
Phemmy Adetula
Phemmy Adetula is a graduate of Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Kwara State plus an Advanced Diploma in International Olympic Committee Sports Management Course.
Ms Tega Onojaife
Renowned Sports Caster for Radio and Television.
Ms Tega Onojaife
Tega Onojaife is a renowned Sports Caster for Radio and Television. She started a career in financial portfolio management but made her career switch to sports production in September, 2006.
Tega is well known for her versatility and in-depth knowledge of a wide range of sports; NBA, Tennis, Formula 1, Athletics, Boxing and, of course, Football. She has worked with reputable Radio and Television stations in Nigeria ; Rhythm 93.7fm, Classic 97.3fm, Cool fm, Nigeria Info, Silverbird TV, TV Continental, NTA, HITV Cable Network and OSMI.
She currently works with Smooth 98.1fm and has independent productions with on Radio and TV airing nationwide.
In 2013, Tega featured in a reality TV show as a Judge in the search for a pidgin english sports commentator for Supersport. She also has print media experience. Her articles are also featured on a daily sports newspaper “dailysports” and “Nigeria, the good news”, a Federal government rebranding publication. She is also the creator of sports blog “tegastake.blogspot.com”.
Tega Onojaife is the founder of Ladies in Sports conference also known as the LIS conference and Sports Unusual, a Federal government approved Unity Cup in secondary schools.
Adetunji Adeyinka
Group Managing Director of The Republicom Group.
Adetunji Adeyinka
Adetunji Adeyinka is the Group Managing Director of The Republicom Group; a full-service agency group with an inspired agenda to transform businesses in Africa by offering strategic business, marketing and communication solutions to meet their needs in a new digital age.
Tunji has worked on different brands in several sectors covering Technology, Telecommunications, FMCG, Finance, Healthcare, Hospitality for over thirty years. The Republicom Group provides services covering Communications, Consulting, Technology and Strategy.
Tunji’s work experience has covered the agency business where he worked in MC&A Saatchi & Saatchi, Tequila Nigeria, Rosabel and Connect Marketing Services. He also has some experience in telecommunications where he worked for seven years in Marketing.
Tunji has a Masters in International Relations from University of Ife and an MBA from the IESE Business School, Spain. His first degree was obtained in English and History from the University of Ilorin in 1989.
He is the President of the Experiential Marketers Association of Nigeria.
Paul Maduakor
Managing Director/CEO, Haggai Sportswear & President, Nigeria Amputee Football Federation.
Paul Maduakor
Mr. Paul Maduakor is Bsc holder in public administration from unilag.
He is the Managing Director & CEO of Haggai Sportswear a proudly Nigeria brand company , and Zenith Sports ,prolife fitness and champions planet, President Nigeria Amputee Football Federation, Born in Orsumoghu ,Anambra state, Nigeria. He is happily married with three children.