British Council Creative Expo to hold on November 26 and 27
Oladunjoye Opeyemi
The third annual British Council Creative Expo will host Stakeholders in Nigeria’s Creative industry at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos on November 26th and 27th, 2013.
This year’s Creative Expo themed “Capacity” – The Building Blocks for a Competitive Creative Economy is aimed at discussing current measures to develop talent, best practices, case studies and different approaches to building professional, technical and business capacity across the diverse creative industries.
“We want to focus on the vital agenda of lifting the skills, capacity and confidence of talent in the Nigerian creative industries,”Assistant Director of the British Council in Nigeria, Ojoma Ochai said.
The second day of the Expo will see participants create a strategic plan for growing Nigeria’s creative economy.
“We will explore the different strands of capacity building, from the role of Government to private educational institutions, incubation to enterprise development, sector-led strategies to mentoring and more,” said Nkiru Asika, CEO of Enterprise Creative, producers of the 2013 Creative Expo.
Confirmed Speakers at the expo include Mo Abudu, Founder & CEO Ebony Life TV; Steve Moffitt, CEO, A New Direction, UK; Bunmi Oke, CEO 141 Worldwide & President Advertising Association of Nigeria; Chris Ubosi, CEO Megalectrics; Nkiru Asika, CEO Enterprise Creative; Folake Folarin-Coker, Creative Director, Tiffany Amber; Jason Njoku, CEO Iroko Partners; Wole Odetayo, CEO Wennovation Hub; Yemisi Ilo, CEO Ileke Media; Joke Silva, award-winning Actress & Co-Founder, Lufodo Academy; Dr Tom Fleming, Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy UK; Sandra Obiago, Founder CFC & Associate Producer Half of a Yellow Sun.
More names will be announced as they are confirmed to speak.