The Stream?s Femi Oke is keynote speaker at Social Media Week Lagos

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The Stream s Femi Oke is keynote speaker at Social Media Week Lagos --

Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:48

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Social Media Week Lagos takes place from 17 to 21 February and Femi Oke, former Nigerian media personality of the year, will be a keynote speaker and panel host at the event.

Oke is currently hosting The Stream, a web community with its own daily TV show on Al Jazeera English, the programme s award-winning approach taps into the remarkable potential of individuals through social networks and has attracted a large African following.

Says Oke: The Stream s lively interactive format and our African online community are a match made in social media heaven. Just like Jollof rice and fried plantain, we re delicious together and you always want seconds!

Growing up I would listen to my dad s friends gather in our sitting room and raucously discuss the big issues of the day. If you didn t know better you d think they were yelling at each other, but they weren t. They were just debating Nigerian-style. I m convinced that his love of a lively debate has rubbed off on me and I moderate just like my dad used to Nigerian-style, she continues.

Oke will provide a keynote address on The Stream during Social Media Week Lagos, and host a panel on the intersection of global health, technology, and social media, by using Al Jazeera s upcoming series Lifelines as an example.

Her major speaking assignments include hosting International Women s Day for Ban Ki Moon (the UN Secretary General), moderating Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi s first United Nations panel following her release from house arrest, and emceeing a celebration with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Joyce Banda, Africa s two female heads of state, at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly.

Oke is also a go-to moderator for the World Bank, United Nations and European Union.

Al Jazeera English is a sponsor of Social Media Week Lagos.

Visit http://stream.aljazeera.net for more information on The Stream.

For more on Lifelines, visit http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/lifelines/.

Go to http://socialmediaweek.org/lagos/ for more on Social Media Week Lagos.

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