2022 ABUAD Online Community Development Seminar Series
In line with its visions to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), through lifelong learning and continuous personal development among the wider community, The Research and Innovation Directorate of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) is welcoming registration for its 2022 online community development seminars.
Community development seminars are free for students, unemployed and low income earners, while they are offered at subsidized rates for other working class members of the community. The seminars are open to anyone who is 18 years or older, and has a love for learning and personal development. These seminar sessions are offered in five sessions in total (two hours a class), over a two-week period, and are offered in English. Participants who successfully partake in a minimum of four out of five classes receive a certificate of completion. These seminar courses are not credit-bearing and are ineligible for transfer towards any formal degree or program at ABUAD.
With guided presentations and instructions by world class experts and scholars drawn from across the world, participants will be exposed to latest developments and knowledge in a wide range of sustainable development themes.
The series has so far attracted leading professionals and academics from across the world who provide cutting edge perspectives about the SDGs: from Canada (Dr Phil Laird VP International and Innovation at Trinity Western University Canada, Dr Imbenzi George, Dr Renuka Ratjaranm, Mr Edoardo Martins, Ms Cherry Jean-Paul), United Kingdom (Dr. Carole Nakhle, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Crystal Oil), Qatar (Dr. Alexander Ezenagu, Assistant Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, HBKU, Doha, Qatar; Professor Mohammed Evren Tok, Assistant Dean for Innovation and Community Learning, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar), South Africa (Dr. Emem Anwana, A Distinguished Law Lecturer and the Research Coordinator, Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology South Africa), Uganda (Dr. Victoria R. Nalule, The Founder and Executive Director, African Energy and Minerals Management Initiative, Uganda), Nigeria (Honourable Akintunde Ayodele Oyebode, the Honourable Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Ekiti State, Government in Nigeria); Professor Tolu Aderemi – a legal consultant in the Local and International Energy Industry; Dr. Ayodele Oni – Partner/Chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Practise Group at Bloomfield Law Practice; Ms Amaka Amalu – Founder and CEO, Project LEAD, Lagos; Mr. Joel Ogunsola – Partner/CEO at Prunedge Enterprise Technology Solution, Lagos; Professor Smaranda E. Olarinde – Professor of Law and Ag. Vice Chancellor, ABUAD; Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi – Professor of Environmental and Energy Law & Deputy Vice Chancellor (ARISP), ABUAD; Prof. Ayodele Ebenezer Ajayi- Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure & BOT member, ABUAD; Dr. Emmanuel A. Ayodeji – Associate Professor of Development Finance, ABUAD; and Dr. Bayo Ogundipe – Project Finance Expert & Director, ICT, ABUAD.
