Thank you for attending the October 2022 edition of the TATRIG webinars. Please see below for the collated webinar resources. Thanks – Talking Trade Team
Talking Trade Webinar – October 2022 Edition: “Rebuilding a New Economic Future for Nigeria: Agro-Exports to the Rescue.”
Date: Saturday, October 8th 2022.
Time: 12 noon ET (US & Canada) 5 pm (West Africa Time)
- Guest Speaker: Capt. John Okakpu – MD/CEO ABX World
Moderator/Anchor: Lady Kay
Host/Convener : Olufemi Boyede, CITP
This episode is a practical story-sharing webinar; our guest speaker will be sharing perspectives on how agricultural exports can play a major role in building a bright future for the Nigerian economy.
Webinar Videos
Guest Speaker Profile & Bio
Guest Speaker’s Profile
Capt John Okakpu is a tested and very well-trusted commercial pilot that graduated from Airline Training Institute in San Carlos, California and is the first Nigerian in that school on the honour roll.
Between 1987 and 1990, Captain John T Okakpu was at the helm of affairs of Skyway Aviation Services- a US-based company specialising in an air ambulance and air charter services. He returned to Nigeria in 1998 to commence the business activities of Airborne Express and Air Business Express (ABX WORLD) cargo and an agro-allied solutions company.
He ventured into agriculture after acquiring his first aircraft (Boeing 767-200 cargo plane) and discovered that aircraft flew out of Nigeria empty after dropping their cargoes.
In 2016, Christian Moeller — the Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.) of GLOBAL Good Agricultural Practice (Global G.A.P.), approved and certified A.B.X. world as the 1st member of Global G.A.P. with a Nigerian identity. GlobalG.A.P is the present-day world governing, training and certification body for global good agricultural practices and ultimately certifies agricultural produces meant for export. They are advocates for quality food production and the sustenance of food safety for international market consumers.
Capt John T Okakpu, by his excellent, co-operates agricultural vision and technical expertise in GlobalG.A.P (Global good agrarian practice) productivity tradition and standards, is today listed as a pioneer member of Global G.A.P and the only certified Local Gap owner in Nigeria.
Capt. John Okakpu – Chairman of the Nigeria Agro Committee on AfCTA
He is the lead advocate of agricultural revolution in Nigeria, the Host Custodian of Global GAP NTWG (National Technical Work Group) Nigeria and Nigeria Agro Exporters Group, which he founded as a result of bad policies hindering the development & growth of agriculture in the country.
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.
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.