Fidelis Duker is an award-winning filmmaker. He has an MBA in International Business from the Crawford University.
Fidelis has produced and Directed several award winning motion picture contents. He is presently the regional secretary general of FEPACI for West Africa and the MD/CEO of FAD MEDIA GROUP owners of FAD FM 93.1 Calabar, Abuja International Film Festival, FAD Productions Ltd and FAD Publishing Ltd.
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He is a tax lawyer with over 15 years’ experience across top Nigerian law and accounting firms. He contributed to drafting Nigeria’s first Transfer Pricing legislation, strengthening anti-tax-avoidance regulation. An MSc candidate at the University of Oxford, he combines technical expertise with global professional exposure.
She is a British-Nigerian novelist whose work re-centres Nigerian history through women’s voices. Her debut novel, The Parlour Wife, became an Amazon bestseller and ranked among Nigeria’s top-selling books in 2024. She studied at the London School of Economics and Loughborough University.
Gift Chidera Peters, a graduate of the University of Portsmouth received the Culture and Creativity Award. She is the founder of the online platform CP Community — the outfit supports international students in the UK with the right information, resources leveraging a network of vibrant student communities to help them navigate life in the UK better, settle and ace their studies.
Currently, her platform boasts of over 11,000 student members from over seven countries in Africa including Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
Hauwa Liman is an inspector with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), a creative entrepreneur and also the founder of the IMPACT NIGERIA PROJECT. A platform that inspires, empowers and mentors youths to realize their full potentials and also impact communities through networking, collaboration and active youth volunteerism. Her vision is to see youth unemployment tackled through intensive early entrepreneurship education and vocational training.
Henry Bassey is currently Chief Marketing Officer, Sterling Bank PLC. He is a seasoned marketing strategist and brand builder with strong leadership skills and over 20 years marketing communications experience in the competitive Nigerian, South African and UK markets.
His previous work experience span global consulting firms, Gallup Poll and Nielsen, as well Digibrands and Insight Communications (A Publicis groupe company) where he delivered market share growth for world-class organisations.
Isah ‘The Prince’ Matankari is a Nigerian rapper, cultural organizer, and community builder using music and activism to reframe African identity. Founder of Creative Council Africa and co-founder of Creative Culture, he’s supported 1,000+ creatives and led 70+ events. A 2023 British Council Culture Impact Awardee and OneBeat alumnus, he’s released seven albums and champions grassroots empowerment through edutainment, history, and collective storytelling.
The British Council has had quite a huge impact on me. Sometime in 2003, the British Council sponsored me on a trip to Manchester to attend a seminar on Violence Against Women. It was on this trip that I paid a visit to St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre, a place where survivors could receive professional and timely support to overcome the trauma of rape and sexual assault. I was impressed and immediately made up my mind to open the centre.
Jadesola Adedeji, a trained Pharmacist and passionate Educator, is Co-founder/CEO of STEM METS Resources, advancing STEM education for African youth. Her company has reached 30,000+ learners, trained 580 teachers, and partnered with Airbus Foundation, Stanbic IBTC, and ARM. STEM METS co-convenes STEM Africa Fest across seven countries. Jadesola holds degrees from King’s College London, University of Calgary, and INSEAD, and champions Africa’s first STEM Maker Space initiative.