OUR FEMALE PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR 2021 IS PROFESSOR ROSE- MARGARET EKENG -ITUA

INFORMATION ABOUT HER CAN BE FOUND BELOW

Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua is an innovative Engineering Professor based in the Silicon Valley Area in California, USA with over 10 years of experience in Higher Education globally. Before moving to the USA she was the Chair of Engineering and Senior Lecturer at the University of West London, London, UK .She graduated from the Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria with a B.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering majoring in Telecommunications. She gained an MSc. in Mobile and Satellite Communication from the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and her Doctorate in Cybernetic Intelligence for Mobile Devices at the University of Reading, UK .

She has been internationally recognized by UNESCO, BBC, the IEEE for her contributions towards youth empowerment and campaigning for equity for African Americans and Females in STEM education and Career.

She has research interests in the Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sustainable Energy and Appropriate Technologies for Emerging Economies and bridging gender and race divides in STEM education and careers. Rose-Margaret has implemented various initiatives to encourage social entrepreneurship amongst African Youths and to encourage African girls to pursue STEM education/careers.

OUR ENTREPRENEUR OF 2021 (ELDERLY CATEGORY) IS ELIZABETH SAMA OBILEYE

BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT HER CAN BE FOUND BELOW

Elizabeth Sama Obileye was born in 1951 to Dr. Sama Ekpo Sama and Ms Ayi Ekpe, both of Calabar, Nigeria. Taken to Ibadan where she attended St Teresa’s College, Ibadan and had her first degree in French from University of Ibadan. She then trained to become a Translator/Interpreter in CIAL, Spain; Sorbonne 3, France and the Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster) UK. She obtained MSc in Organisational Behaviour from Birkbeck College, University of London while working with the World Health Organization as head of English Translation Section for 17.5 years, with a brief period as the Administrator, in the Reproductive Health Division when WHO/AFRO was moved to Zimbabwe during the civil conflicts in Congo-Brazzaville.

She has been involved in a number of projects in village health posts and she mentored children in difficult circumstances to take positive control over their destiny in both Congo-Brazzaville and Zimbabwe, using Sports, in particular, football. Through this process she helped to stimulate youth sports in Harare, Zimbabwe. Elizabeth Sama Obileye is a mother and grandmother.

OUR POET OF 2021 (ELDERLEY CATEGORY) IS THE AMAZING MRS EULINDA ANTONETTE CLARKE, ORIGINALLY FROM BARBADOS (BASED IN BRISTOL)

INFORMATION ABOUT HER CAN BE FOUND BELOW

I am from Barbados and am a retired SRN, Midwifery Sister, Senior Psychiatric Charge Nurse, Health Visitor, and Social worker.  I came to England in 1960 to work in the NHS at the invitation of Enoch Powel who was then the minister of Health and responsible for recruiting girls to be trained as student nurses in England.

I graduated with BA honors in Anthropology from the University of Bristol in June this year (2018)  and am now studying for a Masters degree in Black Humanities.

I am a widow and mother of three children and seven grandchildren. I am an actress with Breathing Fire a Black Women’s Playback theatre company.

written by Mrs. Eulinda Antonette Clarke Akalanne

OUR MALE ENTREPRENEUR OF 2021 IS OSCAR BIMPONG

Oscar is an experienced and engaging keynote speaker who drives change in the minds of his audience. He makes sure you get returns on your investment. One of his competitive advantages is to develop bespoke messages tailored to your audience.

His flagship message is on his upcoming book and that is MINDSET REVOLUTION. That is Re-engineering the mind from prison to purpose. Other customised messages include:

1. Having a Purpose Driven Life.
2. How to unleash your inner potential
3. How to Break Barriers to Succeed
4. identifying and maximising your true potential.
5. Driving change through leadership

Oscar also undertakes coaching with individuals and small groups by removing roadblocks that are holding them back from maximising their full potential. His coaching lessons are done online or via face to face. He has a well developed and thought-provoking training program full of transformational exercises and workload that drives a mindset change.

Oscar Bimpong also made it to the 2019 top hundred speakers in Ghana compile by the Speakers Bureau Africa (SBA)

He is the founder and CEO of Train2inspire Consultancy UK 🇬🇧, an organisation he started in 2013. He is an Author, Transformational Speaker, Lecturer, Corporate Trainer and a Business Consultant. Oscar is a visionary leader. His vision is to impact lives positively across the globe and transform businesses.

Oscar has engaged the youth in Europe and Africa in transformational speaking, coached and trained uncountable business executives from CEOs to the shop floor assistant and has consulted for many corporate institutions. He has over a decade experience in the business of coaching, training and development and the business consulting market.

He is BBC trained in Radio Operations and Media works and he has won five awards in the last five years in the UK as a result of his contribution to education through his media works, inspirational messages and strategic consulting solutions to small and medium enterprises as well as corporate institutions across the globe.

As a Media Persona, Oscar is a former TV and Radio talk show host. Currently, we have launched our online TV dubbed T2i TV to help us propagate our vision of bringing our training and development agenda to individuals and close to our corporate clients and to educate our viewers with emphasis on the youth of Africa precisely Ghana.

OUR FEMALE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR FOR 2021 IS SHERILL FULLER BASED IN GHANA CONGRATULATIONS TO SHERILL FULLER

INFORMATION ABOUT HER CAN BE FOUND BELOW

Sherill Fuller is a serial go getter, forward thinking visionary and mother of two.

This award winning mompreneur and qualified Social Worker/ mentor is a prime example of what it means to overcome and achieve.

As a former young woman and mother in Birmingham England; Sherill experienced first hand the obstacles that can come with wanting to start your own business or achieving a Career Goal.

This dynamic woman has not only been shortlisted to Audition for the BBC Hit TV Show The Apprentice Series 10, and was listed on the Mumpreneur 100 of Top Business Moms; she has been recognised for her commitment in supporting others into enterprise. Sherill has made it her mission and her career to provide mentorship, assisting individuals to increase income, and connect others with relevant contacts and offer actionable information in one to one or group settings.

This mompreneur on a mission delivers Keynote speeches at a range of events that know she will provide the inspiration and motivation them.

Sherill newest campaign is called “Sherill Talks Africa” on YouTube which focuses on encouraging the wider Diaspora and Returnees to visit and invest in the motherland. In the current climate it is essential that the wider community opens their mindset and looks at bringing skills home and investing to assist to build the continent and enable wealth to be built internationally amongst the community as a whole.

This can be done by visiting, investing, buying land or creating business the list goes on. This assists to boost the economy by creating jobs and creating alternative wealth strategies. Many people in the UK and beyond are finding it hard to get onto the property ladder or looking at ways to create their pension fund, but many are overlooking the great opportunities in the motherland.

There are other nationalities investing fully and it’s time for the community as a whole to get involved in my opinion and bring our skills home and build Mamma Africa Together.

 Awards & Nomination

I Am Inspirational Award Miss Nubian Foundation Community Champion Award Lift Effects Star Award Top 100 Women making impact locally & globally Global Woman in Business Recognition Award AUGP Golden Award for Human Excellence Excellence contribution as Teacher Trainer In the Global Mission of The United Nations Nominated for Midlands Business & Community Charity Awards (Networker Gem-Going The Extra Mile) Nominated & Finalist Mentor of The Year -Whole Life Activation Winner (Community Leader Of The Year) International Achievers Awards & Phenomenal Business Awards

Our COMMUNITY EVENT PLANNER FOR 2021 IS JERRY CRAWFORD BASED IN BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE.

Jerry Crawford  is a Community Worker/Activist, Event Organiser , Audio Engineer , Community Stars Winner, Change maker & Covid 19 Community Champion. CONGRATULATIONS TO JERRY CRAWFORD

INFORMATION ABOUT JERRY CAN BE FOUND BELOW

Jerry Crawford  is a Community Worker/Activist, Event Organiser , Audio Engineer , Community Stars Winner, Change maker & Covid 19 Community Champion.

He helped set up Bradford’s 1st community recording studio running music projects for the social disadvantaged.

Over the years he has been involved in many community projects and worked in partnership with numerous organisations.

In 2020 he helped to organise peaceful protest for George Floyd.  

Collective Impact  also helps individuals, families or whole communities to bring about social change and improve the quality of life in our local area. They act as the link between communities and a range of other local authority and voluntary sector providers, such as the police, social workers and teachers.

Jerry Crawford AKA Red Dred who has been very instrumental in many music/media based projects and events. He has over thirty years of experience of Djing and organising events. 

Over the decades Jerry has provided entertainment at many functions weddings ,raves, house parties  christening, birthdays, community events,festivals and carnivals

Jerry is also a radio presenter which he has been doing for over 25 years. 

Jerry Crawford is one of the first pioneers to introduce house music to Bradford.

Jerry worked at Livestock Records Bradford’s 1st dance music record shop. He set up Bradford’s first acid house rave all nighter. In early 90s Jerry set up Reuben Sounds

Bradford’s 1st community recording studio at Bradford Community Arts where he started running music production and dj mixing courses. Over the decades he has worked with many organisations such as

Mapa

Xplosion

Bradford Council 

The Youth Services 

Bradford Festival 

Bradford Trident 

The Princes Trust 

SportsDev

Raise The Roof

BCB Radio 

Windrush Generations

and many more schools, community groups and charity organisations.

He is now working with Collective Impact a community organisation based at Mapa. 

OUR CHILDRENS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2021 IS THE AMAZING AFRICAN AMERICAN Sandra Brown Lindstedt BASED IN SWEDEN.

We interviewed her a month ago on THE TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ SHOW.

Information about her can be found below

Multiple Award winning Sandra Brown Lindstedt was born to write. “I know it’s a gift from God and He deserves all the credit,” she says. Raised with five siblings on the oftentimes dangerous south-side of Chicago, she spent her summers with her grandmother in a small town in Texas.

Later in life, she married and moved to Gothenburg Sweden, where she wrote a volume of short stories taken from her well received memoir, “I am Fireflies Ascending”.

She was asked by librarian Fleur Doornberg-Puglisi, of the International School of Gothenburg, to come and share some of her stories with classrooms of elementary and middle school children. The response by the boys and girls was overwhelming. Later, she sold out her entire stock of books at their annual Book fair. This is when she decided her true calling was to write children’s stories.

Together with poems, songs and her short stories, she has created her first children’s book, Life of a Firefly, that won the 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, Children’s Mind/Soul/Body category and Reader Views’ first GRAND PRIZE – OVERALL FICTION – for 2020-2021. She also won GOLD in their Young Readers Category, Teen Category, Regional Award – South Region and the AME Award for Best Debut Fiction.

Getrude Matshe-Kanicki

Getrude Matshe-Kanicki is an inspirational speaker who has been described as a vibrant bundle of African energy whose zest and passion for life inspires everyone she meets. She is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential and find their individual life purpose. She is passionate about individuals’ success. This makes her an energetic, inspirational and enlightening speaker. Getrude has written several books and is launching her new book “Ubuntu Leadership” in 2020.

About Getrude Matshe-Kanicki

Her speaking career started in Norway 1989 and for 12 years she has worked in the IT industry as a Systems Analyst, Systems Support Manager and Project Manager. Getrude immigrated to New Zealand in 2001 with nothing and founded four successful companies.

• Founder and Global Curator of the HerStory Circle and HerStory Women’s Global Empowerment Conference 2019
• Founded Medical Recruiters of New Zealand Ltd 2002
• Founded GM Global Investments Ltd  2003
• Founded Simzisani, a talent agency catering for the film and advertising industry. Instrumental in supplying ethnic extras for prominent movies such as Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and James Cameron’s Avatar
• Founder and CEO of the Africa Thrive Foundation, which supports HIV orphans in Zimbabwe 2001
• Founded Walk on the Wild Side Tours – a symbiotic tourism company that takes tourist to Zimbabwe to work with Aids orphans 2007
• Rooney International Scholar 2012; worked at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 
• Mother of three children; a well-known African Storyteller, poet, artist and published author. 
• She a script writer and an Independent Film Maker
• She writes for CNN iReport,  Blogs for the Huffington Post 
• Actress in the movie “Cry Freedom” with Denzel Washington in 1987
• Speaker at the UN Annual Summit on the Status of Women, 2014 and 2017

Olalekan Odedeyi is the former  BME Officer of Middlesbrough, Pioneer
and Political Education Officer of Tees Valley BME Forum. Olalekan is
the Vice Chair of Unite Community Teesside & Durham Branch.

Olalekan Odedeyi was celebrated  as one of the the talented young black
Teessiders making a difference in North East region, and he was honoured
as the award winner of the Community Recognition Award, Black Youth
Awards 2021.

Olalekan is the brainchild behind Save the Woman, an African led
organization, providing advocacy support to families of children in
care. Following their  intervention and early support of strategic plans
through initiation of Africentric Parenting Skills Course, in the
project’s first year, we have safely facilitated return of ten (10)
children from the care system, directly protected sixteen (16) children
from entering care, and directly empowered and impacted hundreds more
families through the Africentric Parenting Skills Course.

OSAZE TEDDY DESMOND.,Popularly known by his stage name TEDDY ZIGGY, is an Edo State born Nigerian Afro-Dancehall Reggae musician,

He has won several Awards to his Career.

Teddy Ziggy’s musical talent was recognized from his Primary School in Nigeria. He later joined ORIGIN OF CULTURE DANCE TROUPE in Lagos and later Formed a GYRATION Group called DYNAMIC BROTHERS BAND where he continued with his tremendous love for music mimicking the style of LUCKY DUBE,,BOB MARLEY,,MIGHTY MAYTONES,,U ROY,,RAS KIMONO,,MAJEK FASHEK,,CHRIS I.D and many other stars..

Teddy Ziggy is currently based in Prague (CZECH REPUBLIC), He is also a well known Dj in Prague.

Ziggy is he’s popularly called has done songs with so many Established Stars in the MUSIC INDUSTRY, i.e Terry G,,African China,,Clever Jay,,Chuddy K,,Rasco,,Karamanti,,Spicevision and more