Pan-African civil society organization Africa 2.0 in partnership with Social media week Lagos will be co-hosting an event themed: An evening with the leaders. The event will be held at the prestigious Porsche Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on the evening of Tuesday Feb 19, 2013
Former President of Nigeria and Chairman of the Africa 2.0 Advisory Board, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo will head a delegation of Leaders whose aim is to foster intergenerational dialogue during the event while exploring the possibility of leveraging social media and digital tools to move Africa forward. Young and emerging leaders such as Tonye Cole the CEO of Sahara Energy and chapter head of Africa 2.0 Nigeria and other dynamic emerging leaders will also be in attendance. This session will be moderated by award-winning journalist and Social Media Week co-producer Nkiru Asika.
“An Evening with Leaders” adds to the impressive roster of 84 events – panels, workshops, keynotes, networking sessions and entertainment – that will take place during Social Media Week Lagos, the ?rst of its kind in Africa. Powered globally by Nokia, local partners include Beat 99.9FM, M-Net, Channels Tv, Mnet, Africa Magic, Supersport Channel O,
Google, Porsche and the Lagos State Government.