With great pleasure and ecstasy, I wish to inform that I was opportune to attend and witness the first independently organized TED Talk here in Kano city, northern Nigeria. It was held just some few hours ago at the Aminu Kano Center for Democratic Research and Training (Mumbayya House), Kano City.
It held between the time frame of 9.00am to 5.00pm Sunday 31st December, 2017. So I could say some few hours last year.
This first independently organised TED Talk with licensed permission from the TED Talk organizers in the United States took many of us by surprise, because the number of patronage or audience I should say, was highly impressive and motivating.
Hundreds of people from all walk of life were in audience of this first independently organized TED Talk in Kano city, in fact, in the whole northern Nigeria.
Experts, specialists, and consultants from across many disciplines were invited to impact the audience from their oceans of knowledge.
As TED is incomplete with entertainment, traditional dancers performed their wonderful shows, really seeing is believing!
TED Talks Conference is a nonprofit program devoted to spreading ideas usually in the form of short, powerful talks.
TED began in 1984 in Vancouver, British, Columbia, Canada and New York, USA as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics from science to business to global issues - in more than 1000 languages.
Meanwhile, independently organized run TEDx event run across 5000 plus cities in the world. Past speakers include Bill Clinton, Gordon Brown, Bill Gates, Google founders, Amazon founder....and many Nobel Prize Winners.
TEDxKanoCity is one of the independently organised TED event in Africa licensed from TED New York, USA.
Our event of this year held on 31 December, 2017. Among the speakers include the following:
1.Nasir Yammama,CEO AgriVerdent Nig. Ltd.
Ibrahim Dooba, PhD.
Kenneth Gyang, Director & Producer, Nollywood.
Maryam Aliko Mohammad, Cambridge University.
Abdullahi Edward, London, UK.
Fiona Lovat, New Zealand.
Prof. Faruk Sarkinfada, Alkhawarizmi International College of Medicine, UAE, Abu Dhabi.
Fa'iz Bashir, CEO FlexiSAF Edusoft Ltd.
Associate Prof. Ibrahim D. Gezawa, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,BUK.
Mariya Abdullahi Sidi, poet.
Murtala Adogi, Youth Empowerment Specialist, UNICEF.
Muhammad Abdullahi Sufi, Researcher.
Lastly, this first independently organized TED Talk Event has broadened my horizon and linked me to many more talents to go with in this my life.
Hundreds of thanks to the organizers of this event, you did an outstanding job, I owe to your efforts an incalculable debt of gratitude. I wish you successful next events that I couldn't afford to miss!
Thanks so much!
#TEDxKanoCity 2017
