John Junior Ikonneh Son of John and Maria Ulumma Ikonneh and the youngest of their six children. Born in the United Kingdom in 1967 John has lived a quite textured life. He was a singer and actor and writer in the early 80s. In the late 80s early 90s he ran a comedy club with his cousin before that he mentored young people and became a youth worker, working in Hackney, Harlesden and Kilburn. In 1992 he organised a live show at a world famous venue in the heart of Hackney.

He had an idea to have a 3 panel Judge system, of which he was one, to determine which artists, singers, dancers and performers in Hackney would grace the stage of the live show. The word go out and we had queues of people around the country and neighbouring boroughes coming to audition to win a spot on the live show at the Hackney Empire (this idea would never catch on) The show was a success because at that time we were living in Thatchers’ Britain where unemployment was a high a 67% of black youth unemployment compared to 37% white youth unemployment.

Around 1999 John arranged his own work experience with Hackney council as time became financially tough for him and I.T was the new black. He offered what little knowledge he had gathered about I.T after doing a failed course in MCSE Microsoft Certificate. After redefining the meaning of failure to “oops” it was time for a new strategy to get up to that mountain. Although John had an ability called Dyslexia his thinking modality was never designed for theory based learning.

It was very much role up your sleeves and get elbow deep for total accumulation and emersion of learning. Learning was difficult for John because he always saw learning as a punishment. His father was a violent man when he was child. His father would beat or punish him for playing and used books as a way of stopping his fun. So the association of fun, enjoyment and freedom was shut down with “Have you read your books” or “Go read your books” or his fathers favourite catch-phase “Go to the garden and bring me a stick” As much as we today can talk about black families and fathers beating their children and laugh about it. His rage and violence left lasting psychological problems to his two older brothers. One of which he no longer speaks to.

It was God’s Grace and Mercy as to why he survived the mental torture. The need to serve others was born out of the loneliness of Childhood. As he grew up he wondered if other people had experienced what I had endured. The isolation and fear, confused identity being a British born Igbo, who lived in three worlds. First world his fathers house in Hackney was Igbo land. Second World United Kingdom at School and third world when he was in neither situation. They had but not like Johns’.

In 2004 John discovered NLP and Hypnotherapy. He trained as a Hypnotherapist in 2005 and helped many people. It was a rewarding experience and he soon entered the world of personal development. He still helps people today where he can. The Birth of Ulumma-B The Nigerian Igbo Restaurant and Bar is an opportunity to serve, to be kind, to be welcoming and to set a standard by which all African Restaurant can follow so that All African Restaurant can be a might force in the Catering market in the UK and Europe.

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Andrea has been covering the South East as an Export Finance Adviser for UK Export Finance since October 2012. Andrea has worked with many exporters across the region and has developed good relationships with the banks, brokers and alternative finance providers throughout the South East. She has extensive experience in Export and Project Finance for the Middle East and Africa.

Andrea shares her expertise to demonstrate how the UK governments helps British businesses safely  grow their business into the export market for emerging economies of Middle East and Africa.

Anne has been involved for over 25 years in the field of international trade, in both the private & public sector.  She has extensive experience in the fields of trade development, compliance, and EU funded projects.

She took up her current position as Head of International Trade & Compliance at Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group in 2003, with responsibility for the development and delivery of Chamber’s extensive portfolio of International Trade Services, as well as developing strategic partnership with key stakeholders.

She is an member of the national BCC International Trade Group, as well as being a UKTI / Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) approved inspector, assessor and trainer relating to the field of origin & trade preference regulations.

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We will encourage and foster good working relationships among our people, encouraging them to do more business with each other and promoting Nigerian businesses to Nigerian households. In addition to this, we will organize workshops and seminars for our people on how to promote and develop their businesses. In the same spirit we will be encouraging Nigerians to invest at home and do business with their counterparts in Nigeria.

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True African Heritage is the home of African traditions and culture… The Door is open for those that wants to Celebrate Africa
True African Heritage proudly presents the event of a lifetime – THE TRUE AFRICAN HERITAGE AWARDS 2015 – recognising the great work of African Achievers and unsung heroes making a difference to life- This is an event you cannot afford to miss.
DATE – Saturday, 26 September 2015 from 15:00 to 22:30 (BST)
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Chantelé is the Africa financial services and Southern Africa lead for the PwC UK Africa Business Group, which brings together resource and skills from PwC Africa and PwC UK to support clients.  She has spent over 10 years working in financial services on the African continent, is Afrikaans South African and can speak a dash of Xhosa.

Since joining PwC South Africa, Chantelé has worked as an auditor and consultant to African and British companies, including those listed on the FTSE100, JSE, and other African stock exchanges.  She has worked in several business units at PwC; her latest focus being on global relationships with South African companies in the UK.  Her expertise ranges across internal and external audit, and controls, governance and regulatory consulting, for insurers, asset managers, funds and banks. Other experience includes tax, liquidations and forensics.

Chantelé represents PwC on the board of the South Africa Chamber of Commerce in the UK.  The Chamber promotes investment into South Africa as a ‘gateway’ for further investment into the African continent. She has written articles on investment governance which have been published in global financial magazines.

Gift Amukoyo Foraine. Born on 23 April hails from Delta, Sapele, Nigeria. Attended Delta State University where she studied English and Literary Studies and currently on her PGD in Mass Communication at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism.

She is a studios literatus who peruse with great delight, any good story she lays her hands on. Sheis a budding poetess; 1st Asa Poetry Prize Winner, 2014-2nd Edition, writer in other literary genres,as well as a book reviewer and an editor.

A spirited young lady encompassed with zeal to brainstorm innovative ideas and work on existing phenomenon and ideologies. She is jovial and on the sunny side of life with passion for research and result.