Obj Storms Social Media week with African 2.0 Advisory Board

Pan-African civil society organization Africa 2.0 in
partnership with Social media week Lagos will be co-hosting an event themed: An evening
with the leaders. The event will be held at the prestigious Porsche Centre, Victoria
Island, Lagos on the evening of Tuesday Feb 19, 2013
Former President of Nigeria and Chairman of the Africa 2.0 Advisory Board, H.E. Olusegun
Obasanjo will head a delegation of Leaders whose aim is to foster intergenerational
dialogue during the event while exploring the possibility of leveraging social media and
digital tools to move Africa forward. Young and emerging leaders such as Tonye Cole the
CEO of Sahara Energy and chapter head of Africa 2.0 Nigeria and other dynamic emerging
leaders will also be in attendance. This session will be moderated by award-winning
journalist and Social Media Week co-producer Nkiru Asika.
“An Evening with Leaders” adds to the impressive roster of 84 events – panels, workshops,
keynotes, networking sessions and entertainment – that will take place during Social
Media Week Lagos, the first of its kind in Africa. Powered globally by Nokia, local partners
include Beat 99.9FM, M-Net, Channels Tv, Mnet, Africa Magic, Supersport Channel O,
Google, Porsche and the Lagos State Government. Social Media Week Lagos is coproduced
by Dragon Africa and AFRIKA21 and debuts in Lagos, Nigeria February 18 – 22,
2013. “An Evening with Leaders,” will take place on Tuesday, February 19 at the Porsche
Centre Lagos from 7pm to 9pm
The conference’s mission is to help people and organizations connect through collaboration
and the sharing of ideas and information. SMW Lagos is guided by the global theme
“Open and connected,” This particular session will be live streamed and is expected to
attract a huge global audience online, mobile, radio and tv platforms. Social media week
has been running simultaneously in 10 cities globally for the last five years. Other host
cities for the upcoming event include Copenhagen, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris, Tokyo,
and Washington DC. In 2012, over 66,000 people attended Social Media Week in twentysix
countries globally.