Talking Trade with Femi Boyede has been set up to discuss, in a professional manner, all the angles related to all the issues that a firm, an individual, or a country can expect to confront as they design, implement or modify their strategic process to manage trade. It is a virtual platform for engaging discussions on international trade from its components, through the values it offers to individuals, corporations, and countries, reducing poverty, creating employment, growing national economies, increasing corporate profitability, etc).
Date and Time: Next webinar date TBC
Guest Speaker: TBC
Moderator/Anchor: Kemi Amusan
Host: Femi Boyede
Update: The inaugural webinar session of the Talking Trade with Femi Boyede took place on 5th June 2021. The Topic was "Why Trade Matters". You can watch excerpts from the inaugural webinar playlists below.
Guest Speaker - "Why Trade Matters"
Dr Ken Ukaoha (President of the National Association of Nigerian Traders).
Dr Ken Ukaoha is a Trade Lawyer with PhD and expertise in International Trade and Economics Law. He has a Masters in International Law and Diplomacy, Masters in Multilateral Legal System, Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Trade Law.
As a scholar Dr Ken Ukaoha has written several analytical works on trade including books and journals on Trade and economic Development law. Indeed, he is the Chief Editor and publisher of 3 key internationally recognized and award-winning journals, namely; (i) The ECOWAS Vanguard, (ii) The Farm and Food, and (iii) The Trade Policy Monitor.
Dr Ken Ukaoha is the President of the National Association of Nigerian Traders. He is currently a Member of the 7-man Eminent Persons Task Force set up by the ECOWAS Heads of State for the Implementation of Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS), the Free Movement Protocols and the settlement of Disputes arising thereof.
He is a fellow of the Global Institute for Trade, Information, and an astute believer in domestic growth and the inter-link of agriculture, industry and trade sectors for the development of Africa.
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
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
Olufemi Boyede 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.