Chigbo Uzokwelu is a Danish citizen as well as a Nigerian citizen who is presently living in the United Kingdom. He trained as an attorney in Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court. He later migrated to Denmark in the mid-90s and did his Master’s degree in IT, with expertise on Electronic business. He has worked in several world-class multinationals including DONG Energy, Microsoft, Rainmaker and Verizon. His best is outstanding and his second best is still legendary. He believes that determination is the key to success and whenever he assigns himself to a given task, he persists until he prevails. Chigbo is not only an entrepreneur; he is also a veritable advocate of youth empowerment. At the moment he has several projects that occupy his time. One of them is the Maribo Foundation which is a non-profit organisation that has been set up to promote the interests and well-being of the needy especially the youths in the ECOWAS sub-region of West Africa. Maribo foundation strives to achieve this by donating books to schools and public libraries in target areas. Informed children tend to become better adults and may somehow be able to challenge themselves into assuming control of their lives and environments. Toys are also distributed to orphanages. To work effectively, Maribo Foundation relies on donations. Every donation counts, as no donation is too small. The donations go a long way to assist Maribo Foundation in achieving its objectives. Chigbo Uzokwelu also runs a Wealth creation forum using the functionality of WhatsApp connectivity. The wealth creation forum is a dynamic platform where a group of dedicated professionals converge online from all over the world to brainstorm on and formulate strategies for wealth creation and sustainable development of Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. Thus the forum can inter alia, provide advisory assistance to those setting up small scale and medium scale enterprises in order to promote job creation and fuel economic growth. The group can also use the knowledge generated to educate government functionaries. The forum considers a given topic and explores how it can lead to prosperity, marshalling points for and against. It can also explore a given small scale enterprise and find plausible ways it can be used to achieve critical mass employment. Chigbo Uzokwelu can be reached on +447918790290. Chigbo@gmail.com chygbosis@yahoo.co.uk

Chigbo Uzokwelu is a Danish citizen as well as a Nigerian citizen who is presently living in the United Kingdom. He trained as an attorney in Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar as a solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court. He later migrated to Denmark in the mid-90s and did his Master’s degree in IT, with expertise on Electronic business. He has worked in several world-class multinationals including DONG Energy, Microsoft, Rainmaker and Verizon. His best is outstanding and his second best is still legendary. He believes that determination is the key to success and whenever he assigns himself to a given task, he persists until he prevails. Chigbo is not only an entrepreneur; he is also a veritable advocate of youth empowerment. At the moment he has several projects that occupy his time. One of them is the Maribo Foundation which is a non-profit organisation that has been set up to promote the interests and well-being of the needy especially the youths in the ECOWAS sub-region of West Africa. Maribo foundation strives to achieve this by donating books to schools and public libraries in target areas. Informed children tend to become better adults and may somehow be able to challenge themselves into assuming control of their lives and environments. Toys are also distributed to orphanages. To work effectively, Maribo Foundation relies on donations. Every donation counts, as no donation is too small. The donations go a long way to assist Maribo Foundation in achieving its objectives. Chigbo Uzokwelu also runs a Wealth creation forum using the functionality of WhatsApp connectivity. The wealth creation forum is a dynamic platform where a group of dedicated professionals converge online from all over the world to brainstorm on and formulate strategies for wealth creation and sustainable development of Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. Thus the forum can inter alia, provide advisory assistance to those setting up small scale and medium scale enterprises in order to promote job creation and fuel economic growth. The group can also use the knowledge generated to educate government functionaries. The forum considers a given topic and explores how it can lead to prosperity, marshalling points for and against. It can also explore a given small scale enterprise and find plausible ways it can be used to achieve critical mass employment. Chigbo Uzokwelu can be reached on +447918790290. Chigbo@gmail.com chygbosis@yahoo.co.uk

Babasola Kuti (Sola Kuti fondly called SK by friends and family) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, well known in political, business and social circles in Lagos and Abuja.

Sola lived most of his life in Lagos State, Nigeria where he attended the University of Lagos Staff School, St Finbarrs College Akoka, International School Lagos, and University of Lagos before relocating to the UK to attend Business School at Middlesex University Business School in Hendon. He studied Business Information Systems with Human Resource Management and graduated with a Second Class Upper division.

From that point he went on to consult for the London Borough of Hackney, French consulting firm – SEMA group, and the American Oil Company AMOCO…now BPAMOCO!

Sola relocated to Nigeria in 2003 and was appointed to serve as a Senior Aide with Senator Tokunbo Ogunbanjo (representing Ogun East). He served in that capacity till 2007.

Sola has a social conscience, tired of the same old stories in Nigerian politics about elected officials and political appointees at both State and Federal levels, he has decided to make known his intention to be a career politician, declaring that “it is time for a new generation to positively influence the development of Nigeria”.

Sola has launched this blog website to communicate with people all over the world and hopes to share ideas and inspire as well as be inspired by these interactions.

Sola is committed to improving the way Nigeria is managed, firmly believing that sound business practices can be applied to running the country for the benefit of the people, business and government.

Sola says:
“The Election race has begun and eligible voters in Nigeria once more have the opportunity to vote for who they
want to represent them in government. The people MUST choose decent leaders and in turn get a government that they can trust. This country needs real leadership in order to build the nation our people deserve, especially considering the vast human and natural resources available to us.

Only by actually voting can people have their voices heard, be assured that frontline public services will be
protected from mismanagement and the country’s resources used to benefit the majority and not the tiny minority
we are used to seeing.

Don’t sit back and complain when nothing changes, when you have made no effort to achieve change, make sure you register to vote and on election day go out and use that vote wisely.

REMEMBER IF YOU DO NOT ELECT THE GOVERNMENT YOU DESERVE, YOU WILL DESERVE THE GOVERNMENT YOU GET!

THE TIME IS HERE!

Robin Walker BSc (Hons) Econ, PGCE was born in London. He attended schools in Gregory Park (Jamaica), Milton Keynes and Kettering. He left school with 7 O Levels and 4 A Levels. Between 1987 and 1990, he attended the London School of Economics and Political Science where he read Economics. In 1991 and 1992, he studied African World Studies with Dr Femi Biko and later with Mr Kenny Bakie. Between 1993 and 1994, he trained as a secondary school teacher at Edge Hill College (linked to the University of Lancaster).

Since 1992 and up to the present period, Robin Walker has lectured in adult education, taught university short courses, and chaired conferences in African World Studies, Egyptology and Black History. The venues have been in Toxteth (Liverpool), Manchester, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire and London. Since 1994 he has taught Economics, Business & Finance, Information Communications Technology, PSHE/Citizenship and also History at various schools in London and Essex.

In 1996 Robin Walker co-edited the first of a series of seminal lifestyle surveys. The Black Community Report 1996 was commissioned by Amenta Marketing and published in the UK. A year later, the equally important Black Child Report 1997 appeared, again co-edited for Amenta Marketing. Also in 1997, he edited The Alarm Journal. In 1999 he wrote Classical Splendour: Roots of Black History published in the UK by Bogle L’Ouverture Publications. In the same year, he co-authored The West African Empire of Songhai, a textbook that is used by many schools across the country. In 2000 he co-authored Sword, Seal and Koran, the best study there has ever been on the Songhai Empire of West Africa. For the Peoplescience Intelligence Unit, he was sole editor of the Black Community Report 2000, the Black Child Report 2001, and the incomparable Asian Community Report 2001. In 2005 he wrote the script for the independent documentary History Report: In Search of African Splendour. Over the years he has contributed well researched articles forThe Alarm Magazine and the internationally respected West Africa magazine.

In 2006 he wrote the seminal When We Ruled. This was the most advanced synthesis on Ancient and Mediaeval African history ever written by a single author. It was a massive expansion of his earlier book Classical Splendour: Roots of Black History and established his reputation as the leading Black History educational service provider.

In 2008 he wrote Before The Slave Trade, a highly pictorial companion volume to When We Ruled.

In 2011 and 2012, he wrote a series of e-book lecture-essays available through Amazon including The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, The Black Musical Tradition, The Mysterious Sciences of the Great Pyramid, Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu, Black Economic Empowerment: Create Your Own Plan to build Great Wealth, Understanding the Book of the Dead, The Equinox and the Real Story behind Easter, If you want to learn early African history START HERE, West African Contributions to Sciences and Technology, Ancient Egyptian Contributions to Science and Technology and finally African American Contributions to Science and Technology.

In 2013, he co-authored (with Siaf Millar and Saran Keita) Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire. It was a massive expansion and rewrite of the earlier book Sword, Seal & Koran combined with his e-book Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu. Also the same year, he updated When We Ruled to include nearly all the new images from Before The Slave Trade.

Robin Walker BSc (Hons) Econ, PGCE was born in London in 1967. He attended schools in Gregory Park (Jamaica), Milton Keynes and Kettering. He left school with 7 O Levels and 4 A Levels. Between 1987 and 1990, he attended the London School of Economics and Political Science where he read Economics. In 1991 and 1992, he studied African World Studies with Dr Femi Biko and later with Mr Kenny Bakie. Between 1993 and 1994, he trained as a secondary school teacher at Edge Hill College (linked to the University of Lancaster).

Since 1992 and up to the present period, Robin Walker has lectured in adult education, taught university short courses, and chaired conferences in African World Studies, Egyptology and Black History. The venues have been in Toxteth (Liverpool), Manchester, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire and London. Since 1994 he has taught Economics, Business & Finance, Information Communications Technology, PSHE/Citizenship and also History at various schools in London and Essex.

In 1996 Robin Walker co-edited the first of a series of seminal lifestyle surveys. The Black Community Report 1996 was commissioned by Amenta Marketing and published in the UK. A year later, the equally important Black Child Report 1997 appeared, again co-edited for Amenta Marketing. Also in 1997, he edited The Alarm Journal. In 1999 he wrote Classical Splendour: Roots of Black History published in the UK by Bogle L’Ouverture Publications. In the same year, he co-authored The West African Empire of Songhai, a textbook that is used by many schools across the country. In 2000 he co-authored Sword, Seal and Koran, the best study there has ever been on the Songhai Empire of West Africa. For the Peoplescience Intelligence Unit, he was sole editor of the Black Community Report 2000, the Black Child Report 2001, and the incomparable Asian Community Report 2001. In 2005 he wrote the script for the independent documentary History Report: In Search of African Splendour. Over the years he has contributed well researched articles forThe Alarm Magazine and the internationally respected West Africa magazine.

In 2006 he wrote the seminal When We Ruled. This was the most advanced synthesis on Ancient and Mediaeval African history ever written by a single author. It was a massive expansion of his earlier book Classical Splendour: Roots of Black History and established his reputation as the leading Black History educational service provider.

In 2008 he wrote Before The Slave Trade, a highly pictorial companion volume to When We Ruled.

In 2011 and 2012, he wrote a series of e-book lecture-essays available through Amazon including The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, The Black Musical Tradition, The Mysterious Sciences of the Great Pyramid, Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu, Black Economic Empowerment: Create Your Own Plan to build Great Wealth, Understanding the Book of the Dead, The Equinox and the Real Story behind Easter, If you want to learn early African history START HERE, West African Contributions to Sciences and Technology, Ancient Egyptian Contributions to Science and Technology and finally African American Contributions to Science and Technology.

In 2013, he co-authored (with Siaf Millar and Saran Keita) Everyday Life in an Early West African Empire. It was a massive expansion and rewrite of the earlier book Sword, Seal & Koran combined with his e-book Intellectual Life and Legacy of Timbuktu. Also the same year, he updated When We Ruled to include nearly all the new images from Before The Slave Trade.