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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spark</strong> | Ignite/Connect/Achieve<br />

www.thesparkng.com<br />

Contributors<br />

Oluwatosin Olaseinde<br />

is a chartered accountant with over 9 years of experience spanning<br />

across accounting, audit, financial management and taxation. She is<br />

the Founder/CEO of Money Africa, a platform that enhances financial<br />

literacy and wealth management coaching. Prior to Money Africa,<br />

Oluwatosin was a commercial finance manager at British American<br />

Tobacco, providing commercial & financial advice on capital<br />

investment and managing marketing investment budget in the 14<br />

different markets across West Africa.<br />

Stephanie Obi<br />

is popularly referred to as the Queen of Online Courses, because she<br />

helps entrepreneurs to create, launch and sell online courses.<br />

Through her website, www.stephanieobi.com, she has impacted over<br />

82,000 people in over 10 countries teaching them how to change<br />

their lives and change the world by leveraging on the internet. She<br />

is also the Founder of Trayny, and has been featured on Channels<br />

TV, Guardian Newspaper, Punch Newspaper, Social Media Week,<br />

EbonyLifeTV, etc.<br />

DIY Law<br />

is a platform that empowers African entrepreneurs by creating access<br />

to simplified legal services and information. All of which is done<br />

transparently and at affordable prices.<br />

Seun Runsewe<br />

is the Inbound Sales Lead at Paystack, an online payments company<br />

that helps African businesses accept payments from anyone,<br />

anywhere in the world. Prior to Paystack, she was the Project<br />

Coordinator for Project Africa, KPMG’s initiative to push the frontiers<br />

of Financial Services in Africa. Seun studied Business Administration<br />

at Covenant University.<br />

Dr Anne Mbonu<br />

MBBS, MSc International Health Management (distinction) is an<br />

accomplished health care professional with almost 20 years of clinical<br />

and management experience within the health sector. She honed<br />

her skills in the medical specialty of Psychiatry, and completed her<br />

Master’s degree in International Health Management with distinction<br />

at the Imperial College Business School, London. She is very<br />

passionate about improving health and well being in the community,<br />

and is registered with the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council as<br />

well as the U.K General Medical Council.<br />

Tabia Princewill<br />

is a journalist, strategic communications consultant and public policy<br />

analyst whose articles and contributions on various topics (from<br />

lifestyle to international politics, African development and public<br />

policy) have been published both locally and internationally, notably<br />

by Le Monde, Libération, ThisDay newspapers, Vanguard newspaper<br />

(where she currently writes a weekly column on politics and<br />

development) and the Guardian newspaper. She is currently a special<br />

assistant to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Lagos, Mr.<br />

Tunji Bello.<br />

Aramide Abe<br />

is an entrepreneur and the founder of Naija Startups, a virtual sectoragnostic<br />

startup accelerator, which has a vision to facilitate small<br />

business growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has collaborated with<br />

organisations such as Google to deliver capability building and skills<br />

for thousands of entrepreneurs in Nigeria and continues to partner<br />

with other organisations to provide value-added services to business<br />

owners across Africa.<br />

Damilola Oyewusi<br />

is a Content and Digital Marketing Strategist working in the Social<br />

Innovation sector. She uses the power of strategic content and the<br />

dynamic nature of marketing communications to influence and<br />

amplify life-changing innovative solutions to social problems.<br />

Simisola Oladigbo<br />

is the founder of Made in Nigeria Brands, an online platform where<br />

she curates locally made world-class products and services. A 17-year<br />

veteran of the media industry, Simi has worked in television and<br />

radio, and currently runs TagTm, a media production company based<br />

in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a fellow of the Bloomberg Media Initiative<br />

Africa, and the Cherie Blair’s Road to Women’s Growth.<br />

Chiamaka Obuekwe (Social Prefect)<br />

is a travel enthusiast, travel writer, tour guide and tour operator. She<br />

is the CEO and Co-founder of the innovative company - Social Prefect<br />

Tours: a tour operating company that promotes African tourism and<br />

connects people and has organized over 50 tours since its inception<br />

in 2015. She has been featured and interviewed on popular media<br />

platforms including Guardian Life, Guardian woman, Genevieve<br />

magazine, Bellanaija, Punch, Channels TV, Leading ladies Africa, etc.<br />

Copyright © <strong>2018</strong> Ice-One. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be transmitted in any form or by any means,<br />

electronic or mechanical, without prior permission of Ice-One.<br />

We do not endorse any products or services mentioned in any of the articles and are not responsible for the outcome of using such products or services.<br />

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