Update: Last Saturday, (April 2nd 2022) during our April edition of the Talking Trade webinar at our Talking Trade webinar, we had an incredible, insightful time with the International Trade expert and Lead Presenter, Dr Bamidele Ayemibo, the Lead Consultant 3T Impex Trade Academy, and the ED/CEO of NEPC, Dr Ezra Yakusak, who made a guest appearance. You can watch the full replay below or on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMECyCWlz6s&ab_channel=ExportDigest
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The theme was “Opportunities and Strategies for Exporters in Crisis Situations: Exploring the Russia-Ukraine War.”
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About The Talking Trade Webinars
The Talking Trade with Femi Boyede Webinars has been set up to discuss, in a professional manner, all the angles related to the various issues that a firm, an individual, or a country can expect to confront as they design, implement or modify their strategic processes to manage global trade. It is a virtual platform for engaging discussions on international trade; its components, the values international trade offers to individuals, corporations, and countries, such as the reduction of poverty, creation of employment, increased corporate profitability and the growth of national economies, among others.
Talking Trade Webinar – April 2022 Edition: “Opportunities and Strategies for Exporters in Crisis Situations: Exploring the Russia-Ukraine War”
Saturday, April 2nd 2022.
Time: 12pm ET (US & Canada), 5 pm (West Africa Time)
- Guest Speaker: Bamidele Ayemibo: Lead Consultant at 3T Impex Trade Academy, Member BoT, NPNEN
- Guest Appearance by: Dr Ezra Yakusak, ED/CEO Nigerian Export Promotion Council
Moderator/Anchor: Lady Kay
Host/Convener : Olufemi Boyede, CITP
Dr Bamidele Ayemibo Lead Consultant at 3T Impex Trade Academy
Guest Appearance
Dr Ezra Yakusak will be making a guest “cameo” appearance at the webinar. He was appointed the ED/CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council late last year. Dr Yakusak will be on hand to answer questions from the webinar participants.
Guest Speaker
Bamidele Ayemibo is the Lead Consultant at 3T Impex Trade Academy. He is the first Certified Specialist in Demand Guarantee in Nigeria and among the first ten in Africa. He holds a Master in International Business with Law from Salford University, Manchester, United Kingdom and holds a Ph.D In International Business Marketing from the LIGS University, Hawaii, United States of America. He conceived, designed and facilitates the training of the First Export Diploma programme and Six Trade Professional Development Programmes in Africa in conjunction with the American Institute of Extended Studies. He facilitates trade finance training for various banks in Nigeria and also a facilitator at the Lagos Business School, the former Chairman, Export Group at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also an online TV host of the foremost trade programme- Import-Export Platform on Zoom and Youtube every Thursday by 5pm and the author of five trade books: Export Business Made Easy, Import Business Made Easy, Demand Guarantee Made Easy, Standby Letter of Credit Made Easy and A-Z of Export Business Financing.
Guest Appearance Dr Ezra Yakusak ED/CEO Nigerian Export Promotion Council
Expected Outputs and Outcomes
The outputs of the Trade Webinar series will include:
a. Webinar Report: A summary of key findings and policy recommendations distilled from each session, combinations of sessions, papers, and keynote speeches.
b. The proceedings of the webinars, incorporating relevant comments and feedback from peer review and webinar participants will be published after the episode or quarter.
c. Presentation of these findings and recommended solutions will be made to relevant governments agencies, ministries and parastatals as well as other identified stakeholders.
d. Our inhouse team will track results of the webinar series, and make updates available to subscribers and stakeholders.
The Moderator /Anchor
Kemi Amusan popularly known as Lady Kay is a linguist (French and English), an Editor, a Crisis Prevention Intervention Trainer and a community leader (leading several thousands of blacks) as the immediate past president of the Nigerian-Canadian Association in Greater Toronto Area, Canada. She currently works as an Assistant Registrar in a great university in the Caribbean. Lady Kay gives back to the community as the Senior Advocate of Global Women Ambassadors, Canada. In this role, she organizes programs to educate, elevate and facilitate many socio-cultural, entrepreneurship, immigration, educative, empowerment programs for families. Lady Kay is also the host of Agbajo Owo and Ask Lady Kay – the broadcasting arms of Global Women Ambassadors that seek to ‘build the community, one family at a time’.
The Host /Convener
Olufemi Boyede, CITP has over thirty years of professional experience in international trade and strategy, policy advocacy and human capital development. He has broad expertise in trade and business environment improvement, regional integration frameworks, trade linkages, services exports, public-private dialogue and advocacy on non-oil exports and enterprise development issues.
He has a strong background in private sector management positions and consulting roles in the business, trade and logistics communities, and more recently has held numerous senior trade and export development positions in Nigeria’s public and private sectors. In addition to several Consultancy assignments with International Agencies including the World Bank, DFID, GIZ, USAID, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Trade Centre (ITC).
‘Femi’s 30 years of international trade expertise places him in a leveraged position to provide professional advice to worldwide with clients (both importers and exporters) helping them to successfully navigate the day to day complexities of the international trade industry.
His passion to increase awareness and equip international trade stakeholders forms the basis for these series of webinars.