Nigeria’s Chikezie Emmanuel Uzuegbunam, a second-year doctoral student at the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town has just been selected and named one of 100 Brightest Young Minds in Africa by an international leadership development organisation, Brightest Young Minds (BYM) headquartered in South Africa.

The organisation identifies, connects and mobilises Africa’s most innovative and responsible young people, and gathers them from around the continent to train, mentor and empower them to become change agents as next generation of African leaders in their various spheres of endeavour.

After a rigorous selection process, Chikezie was selected based on his past academic and social innovation works and resume. He is currently joining other awardees in Sandton, Johannesburg for an intense life-changing summit that is billed to run from Sunday 24th September until Saturday 30 September 2017.

Chikezie joined other outstanding young people within the ages of 25 and 35 from up to 17 African countries on a funded summit to engage on issues around social innovation, technology, Big Data, Social Entrepreneurship, Business Financing, Project Development and Model Building to mention a few. There are guest speakers and facilitators from the government, private, public and civil society sectors and groups who are invited as part of the trainings, workshops and seminars that comprise the summit agenda. One of such guests is South Africa’s Minister for Small Business Development, Ms. Lindiwe Zulu who spoke on the need for the Bright Young Minds to take on the challenge of preparing, leading and living up to the bill and responsibility of championing the next generation of Africa towards eradication of poverty, unemployment, corruption, digital infrastructural development among others.

Sharing a few words on how his participation at the summit, Chikezie says:

“It has been an incredible time so far at the summit of Africa’s Brightest Young Minds. Having been to mostly academic conferences and events in the past, this is a whole new, different and amazing experience for me as a young person on the continent. It is making me come up with better social innovation ideas that would impact society aside from the academic research that I have been engaged with, providing new ways of thinking about making impact with my work and passions. I am grateful to have been selected and invited into this very competitive space and my gratitude goes to BYM for the opportunity. I feel ever more challenged and exposed to varirty of new and never-heard-of-before resources to launch me into the next level as an impactful young leader on the continent”.

https://www.linjust.com.ng/chikezie-uzuegbunam-named-one-of-100-brightest-young-minds-in-africa-2017.html

Wow! nice one

He had better be careful 'cause South Africans don't like it when a stranger outshines them in their land.

I must be succesful in life. I tab your success dude. Congrats...

A good Nigerian.

Nigeria’s Chikezie Emmanuel Uzuegbunam...

Good

Proudly IPOBian

Wow


Congratulations


What a time to be alive

Congrat

Up Igbo!! Where are the NCAN dis one na sweet news o

If not Igbo, who else ?

IGBO AMAKA!!!!

Now he is Nigerian ABI?
nairaland self

Wow

These IPOB people again

kimbraa:
He had better be careful 'cause South Africans don't like it when a stranger outshines them in their land.

you've got a real point. banana fall on anyone that want to touch him dia hehehe.

nice one onye biafra.

heryurh:
Nigeria’s Chikezie Emmanuel Uzuegbunam...

When its Good its Nigerian ...but when its drug issue its IPOB abi...

kimbraa:
He had better be careful 'cause South Africans don't like it when a stranger outshines them in their land.

You're right. They will feel intimidated and deprived.

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Good.. Need positive contributions from him to make Nigeria better

Should we be so proud about this seeing that it's only one Nigerian out of a whole 100?.

biafrans can win award ehh

9ja product not like some Chinese product we have around here

heryurh:
Nigeria’s Chikezie Emmanuel Uzuegbunam...

na ds kind achievement we want make igbo guyz dey get for abroad... not powder selling biz.

k

thornapple:
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at ur age , see what village people has done to u

I had a chat with him on Facebook. and he was really helpful