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About TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ

Tony Tokunbo Eteka Fernandez is an International Award Winner, Published Author & Poet, Broadcast Journalist, MC and Youth Empowerment Consultant . He is also The CEO of AFRICA4U and The Founder of Africans in The Diaspora People also see him as a Cultural and Social entrepreneur, which means he is skilled in working with many different communities, bringing people together in successful focused events. Tony has organised many cultural events …involving both BME and mainstream communities. He is skilled in hosting events that reinforce community cohesion and bringing different kinds of people together. He has organised events in The UK, The U.S.A, Holland, Germany, Romania, Malta and Nigeria and has visited over 22 European Countries. Tony has also organised The Black History Month Celebrations at The UK House of Parliament for over five years in a row He continues to promote the true life and success stories of Africans in Europe and Africans around the world and has organised several small scale literary and awards initiatives aimed at empowering young people. He has also spent time as an International broadcaster and was The Producer and Presenter for AFRICA4U International Radio Talk Show at Reading4u Radio Station for nearly three years. Tony has interviewed high profile Members of Parliament, Distinguished celebrities and some of Africas best musicians including Ivonne Chaka Chaka and Kanda Bongoman. He has also been a guest on BBC Radio on numerous occasions to discuss the community cohesion events he organises at UK House of Parliament and also to recite some of his published work in memory of Nelson Mandela, 50 Years Anniversary of The race relations act and major community issues. Tony has also a Guest on popular Radio stations in Nigeria and The States In the last few years he has been very passionate about Youth empowerment, community cohesion and cultural intelligence. Tony was born in South London and has lived in several parts of England and Nigeria . He started writing at the tender age of nine, a habit he expressed with creative enthusiasm. Tony writes Poetry, short stories and proverbs on personal development. He is currently working on his 4th book which will also be his first novel. He is also into Public Speaking at Special events and Social functions and is a Mentor for young people in the UK Community. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Lagos, Nigeria in English and World Literature. He later went on to attain a teaching qualification at The Frances King International Training Institute, South Kensington London, it was here he studied Teaching English as a Foreign Language. He also studied Web Design at The City University in London. He published his first book in June 1999 called “The Beauty in the Dark” (A Collection of Poetry which received critical acclamation in many circles around the world). .Tony’s aim in life is to inspire the young generation and to encourage the youth to make the very best of their dreams and aspirations,. He published a 2nd book in June 2009 called ” The Sound of Running Water” – A Family gift book of proverbs and quotations on Personal Development and Positive Thinking . In December 2009, he published his 3rd book called “One Moment of Peace”.- A collection of Poetry inspired by personal experiences and spiritual growth. Besides the fact that the Artist has won International online awards, he is mostly inspired by Life experience, love, music and cultural awareness. He was Resident Poet at the 5th London Poetry Festival in 2009 and has been a guest on BBC Radio on very many occassions including The famous Anne Diamond Show. He has also been a guest on a few SKY TV stations and several International Radio Stations around The World

NIGERIAN EUROPEAN DIASPORA SUMMIT 2019, WATCH THIS SPACE

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!: We will not postpone the “Great Nigerian European Diaspora Summit 2019” scheduled for April 2019: The Great Nigerian European Diaspora Summit 2019 (Great Nigeria Diaspora Global Development Conference 2019) is loading fast!

Focus: “A United Nigerian Global Diaspora stakeholder´s summit for a better synergy of Diaspora Groups and mobilizing the Diaspora Human Capital for effective contributions to homeland development.

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ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, CHIEF KOMOLAFE OMOTUNDE – AFRICAN CULTURAL AMBASSADOR

Chief Komolafe Omotunde is  a passionate Cultural ambassador who has been promoting  traditional African music, the arts and a wide range of cultural initiatives for very many years.

He has travelled to very many countries around the world with the aim of promoting initiatives inspired by passionate African achievers.

He has also organized very many African festivals and events and continues to be a selfless African cultural ambassador

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THE GREAT NIGERIAN EUROPEAN DIASPORA SUMMIT 2019- WATCH THIS SPACE

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!: We will not postpone the “Great Nigerian European Diaspora Summit 2019” scheduled for April 2019: The Great Nigerian European Diaspora Summit 2019 (Great Nigeria Diaspora Global Development Conference 2019) is loading fast! Focus: “A United Nigerian Global Diaspora stakeholder´s summit for a better synergy of Diaspora Groups and mobilizing the Diaspora Human Capital for effective contributions to homeland development.

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7 YEAR OLD RUDOLPH INGRAM NAMED “FASTEST KID IN THE WORLD”

A seven-year-old boy from the US, named Rudolph Ingram has been dubbed the ‘fastest kid in the world’ after a video of him completing 100m in 13:48 seconds.

The 100m star, who goes by the name ‘Blaze’ won the USA track and field records for his age group last weekend, and has since clocked up over 397,000 followers on Instagram.

 

In an interview with ABC news, Ingram’s father, Rudolph Ingram Senior, said he was four when he started running, after being inspired by the Olympics.

“I can give him all the tools to be great, but his drive and work ethic and competitive mentality, it sets the bar so much higher,” he said.

His father described Ingram as humble yet competitive.

 

SOURCE –  runnersworld.com

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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT INDIGO ON DEMAND ?

WHAT IS INDIGO OD?

Indigo On Demand is a youth TV platform that is a pull, rather than push format. We cover music, comedy, sport, news and live events on demand. We aggregate the best of youth entertainment with producers who have proven track records and existing sizable followings. Indigo offers young people the ability to view all of their favourite entertainment in one place with improved quality in formats designed to suit them.

Young people have created their own sub cultures and need to be acknowledged and for their voices to be heard. They are speaking, but we aren’t listening. Now they are demanding to be heard and this is why we have responded with a platform of expression aimed squarely at them with premium content to capture their imaginations and effectively communicate their issues.

We know that the UK market alone is worth millions of youth eye balls and as soon as the platform launches, it will be virally adopted by young people who share what they enjoy and converse on various social media that leads others back to the source of the content. Indigo On Demand will stream many pre existing shows, offering revenue share to the producers and raising production values to compete with mainstream broadcast channels.

Polished and easily accessible entertainment is what young people desire, that they can relate to and represents exactly who they are. Indigo bring all of these elements together and work directly with young people (by partnering with Access UK and the Road CEO programme) to train them in all positions, from technical and production through to executive roles. The training will lead to a BTEC qualification and then graduates will be groomed for entry into digital employment.

Indigo On Demand uses sophisticated analytics to identify viewers by territory, sex, engagement and age. This intelligence is used to gain mainstream advertising clients who seek to align their brands with our viewing audience. Our relationships with brands will combine sponsorships, advertising and competitions, based on how the companies want to enter our market place. There will also be specials in the form of pay per view live concert streaming with sponsorship opportunities.

We have established a strong board of expertise to coherently cement all of these elements together in order to offer young people a seamless experience with a channel that offers premium content for free with high production values that represents their entertainment requirements. Indigo will work with youth influencers who will act as brand ambassadors to amass early adoption of the platform.

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GOAL &MENTORSHIP MASTERCLASS TRAINING WITH PETWISE

#MARCH AND APRIL EDITION OF GOAL AND MENTORSHIP MASTERCLASS TRAINING.

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We had an amazing sessions at the JUST CONCLUDED GOAL AND MENTORSHIP CLASS, due to time, we were not able to take more people. In 2013 and 2014, i had so many mentors and coaches. They paid great attention to my life, my life goals and till date, that encounter changed my life.

The recent concluded class taught me a lot of things. I had one on one discussions with some of the students. It is easier to jump into the year with so much courage, boldness and enthusiasm, but all these will not guarantee you a better year. Note this, that out of 100 people that entered the year with so much courage, 75% of them easily lacks motivation to keep going, and others are not strategic.

As a personal development and Goal setting coach, am very conscious of time, date and location. If am going to speak to you about your goal, I would start from time, date and the location you want the goal to take place, if any. The reality lesson that life has taught me, is that people can’t do much, until they are trained. Check most countries that holds the highest economic power, they have a well structured system that trains them automatically.

What’s up with your goals? Can you find the note book or diary where you wrote those compelling goals at the beginning of the year? If you have achieved some, kudos to you, but if you haven’t achieved any, this training is for you… This class is specially designed for you. Do not miss this opportunity, it maybe another time for a life time opportunity.

For your strategic leadership, entrepreneurial mentorship and business, public speaking management, career development and capacity building, marketing strategy and sales training and management and employees training.

DATE: Sat. 16th March – 17th April 2019.

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ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, PASTOR IRUH BASED IN THE NETHERLANDS -PUBLISHER & EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE VOICE MAGAZINE

Pastor Ndubuisi Elvis Iruh, is a trained journalist, the Publisher and Editor in Chief  of the Voice magazine. He is an ordained minister of the gospel. He was born on 9th  April 1965. Pastor Iruh had a humble yet adventurous beginning masterminded by a very discipline and no nonsense father who emphasized on education.

After completing both his primary and secondary school education, his choice of becoming a journalist overruled every other ambition of his father who wanted him to become a Doctor. His passion for journalism took him to Nigeria Institute of Journalism; Lagos where he graduated in 1991 and ever since he has grown in size and status as his CV would attest.

He has worked round the media field as a newsroom correspondent, sports correspondent, features writer, newspaper Editor, co-publisher and finally publishing his own magazine in The Netherlands, The Voice magazine which started on August 12th 1999.

The adventure into publishing the Voice magazine was simply because on his arrival in the Netherlands from Germany in September 1996, he discovered that there was absolutely nothing for the African community in terms of expressing themselves or understanding the social-cultural nature of their new homeland. He decided that what the African Diaspora in the Netherlands needed was A VOICE to showcase their lives and activities to a foreign audience that was suspicious to say the least of the so called “unknown Africans”.

The birth of the Voice magazine gave not just a voice to the Africans in The Netherlands but added a face to them and gave them a full life. Today, events and activities of Africans in The Netherlands and in extension Africans in the Diaspora are reported and covered by the magazine.

He has consistently published each month starting from a modest 500 copies of the magazine to a monthly circulation of 100,000 copies across 30 countries around the world until in 2016 when he decided to make it a digital online monthly publications the global trend demanded. Its reach has grown and expanded around the world.

He has affected the lives of many Africans in the Diaspora, with this publication and made a success of it by helping other Africans to dare aspire to go into publishing in The Netherlands. Today, there are seven other African oriented publications, several radio and television stations in the Netherlands and many more will come on board in the future despite the economic difficulties around the globe.

 

He is a holder of Advance Diploma in Mass Communication (University of Lagos); a Diploma in Journalism (Nigeria Institute of Journalism) with specialization on Broadcast and Print Journalism.

He attended Victory Outreach International School of Ministry (VOSOM) graduating with Pastoral license degree. He has subsequently done other ministerial trainings withvarious certificates.

Pastor Elvis Iruh is a passionate person with love for sports as he played football, table tennis and badminton at his youthful years and he loves to read, write and travel.

 

He is the Author and publisher of the book; “KASIMAWO LALOKO: A FOOTBALL VOYAGE (A biography)”. And he has twice contributed to other publications like “People Building Peace” (35 Inspiring stories from Around the World) published by European Centre for Conflict Prevention in co-operation with IFOR and the Coexistence Initiative of State of the World Forum. He is a former lecturer at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam and guest lecturer at Leiden University at the department of Multi-Cultural Studies.

He has received several recognitions for his contribution to community development; notably the Amsterdam Bible College award; the government of the Republic of the Gambia recognition through its mission in The Netherlands, the Nigerian Mission in Ukraine, Bulgaria, various church organizations, the Kenyan Government for community service in that country and in The Netherlands among others and themedia fraternity in the Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom. He has received several Ambassadorial recognitions, being a Goodwill Ambassador to the Maasai Community in Kenya and recognized as a Maasai Moran (Maasai Warrior/Elder).

Other awards and recognition includes the following:

 

  1. Community Service Award, Amsterdam, 2012
  2. Goodwill Ambassador to Maasai Community from Kenya as a Maasai Moran,

2012

  1. MBE Improver Award & Goodwill Ambassador for Black European

Scholarship Pageant, Amsterdam, 2013

  1. Award as God’s Agent of Change & Restoration, Uganda, 2014
  2. NEU Awards as Publisher of the Year, Spain, 2014
  3. African Diaspora Merits Award, Amsterdam, 2014
  4. African Media partnership Award, Germany, 2015
  5. Friendship Award, Nigeria, Amsterdam 2016
  6. Leadership Service Award, The Gambia, 2016

10.Nollywood Media Supporter in Europe Award, Germany, 2017

  1. Nigeria Diaspora Global Hall of Fame – London, 2018

 

  1. Ambassador of Hope recognition by UK Gulf Center for Studies & Business in

support of Therapeutic Diet Initiative to help children suffering from autism,

2018

He makes his services available to any organization or institution that may require him either as a conference speaker, seminar moderator, workshop organizer, debate contributor and any other things he is able to do within his knowledge and God’s giving wisdom. With his latest recognition, the Dubai based organization expects himto use his ambassadorial title to facilitate his function; working and raising awarenessfor autism children in Africa with kick off in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Pastor Ambassador Elvis Iruh is a family man married to Sandra Iruh-Monsels; theyhave two beautiful daughters, Deborah Iruh (19) and Esther Iruh (16). And twoadopted children, Risper Isioma Membo (33) and Anthony Ouma Iruh (30), bothbased in Kenya.

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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MANHOOD ACADEMY FOR BOYS ?

The MANHOOD ACADEMY for boys is a community based company committed to offering young men between the ages of 8 – 12 years (pre-teens), 13 – 19 years (teens) and 19 – 25 years, life changing transformational workshops.

This programme is 100% focused on helping our young people (8-25year olds) make the challenging transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Our unique ‘rites of passage’ programme is a fusion of mentoring and transformational coaching encompassing:

  • Transformative workshops.
  • Mentoring – which includes ensuring our young leaders receive intensive one-to-one life coaching and support from volunteers and coaches.
  • A life changing ‘Coming of Age’ rites of passage ceremony.

 

 

Through our ‘rites of passage’ programme we:

 

 

  • Teach our boys about manhood
  • Expose our young leaders to images of positivity and responsibility.
  • Become more empathetic towards community issues, encouraging them to become active and responsible citizens.
  • Create tangible goals that are in direct relation to their value system, passions and expectations.
  • Understand their most powerful weapon is at their disposal; and having the ability to communicate effectively is the key to unlock that power
  • Better understand themselves and the world around them.
  • Respect and practice materialising their dreams, future and their potential.
  • Understand that with confidence and a powerful sense of self, they have won every battle, even before they have started. We want our young leaders to be balanced.
  • Have a vivid vision of what they want from life and the steps necessary to get there; we want our boys to become unstoppable, focused and iconic!

 

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KENYA IN THE PARK CELEBRATES 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON SAT 27TH AND SUN 28TH JULY 2019, DO NOT MISS IT

#Kenyaandfriendsinthepark NEXT YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION @kenyaintheparkuk KENYA & FRIENDS IN THE PARK WILL BE HELD ON 2 DAYS SAT 27TH AND SUN 28TH JULY 2019 Date to Save.! #Kenya#Africa #eastafrica #westafrica #northafrica#southafrica

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