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ACHIEVING SDGs THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS
Kehinde Sogunle
Chief Solutions Architect
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Researchers/Contributors
• Kehinde Sogunle - ksogunle@gmail.com
• Abiodun Mustapha - abiodunmustapha@gmail.com
• Seyi Ogidiolu - seyiogidiolu@gmail.com
• Adetoyese Oyedunmade - adetoyeseoyedunmade@yahoo.com
• Marcellus Nwankwo - cellusnwankwo@gmail.com
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Who We Are
LEAD Resources is Nigeria’s Strategic Human Capital Development
Social Enterprise with a deliberate focus on Governance, Enterprise and
Technology hinged on Learning & Innovation in Africa.
Our mission is to support people organisations and governments to be
the best they can be using tools, practices and techniques that are
world class
We serve as solutions, enterprise and incubation support providers to
start-ups, entrepreneurs, technologists, businesses, social
organisations, government, and impact investors.
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Vision
To be the indisputable knowledge leadership and real solutions
provider out of Africa
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Africa has a lot of challenges
that limit the potential of
citizens to live a better quality
of life
Africa has witnessed a boost
and burst of activities in the ICT
innovation, creativity and
entrepreneurship arena.
Many global players are
recognising the abundant
talent that abounds in Africa,
The burgeoning African
population constitute a large
market which has created a
huge potential for innovative
service and products
Background
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..to take part in
‘a severe contest between intelligence, which
presses forward and unworthy timid
ignorance obstructing our progress’
- The Economist
Published since 1843
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Achieving Development with Tools
Man is a tool using being
With tools he can do many things
Without tools he cannot do many
things
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Moving Forward: Let’s think and innovate...
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Moving Forward: Let’s think and innovate...
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Drivers of Growth
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snow, the color produced by the
combination of all the colors of
the visible spectrum.
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Is the color of coal, ebony, and of
outer space. It is the darkest
color, the result of the absence
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Introducing 2030 Vision
In January 2017, the Business and Sustainable
Development Commission highlighted the huge
economic opportunity inherent in meeting the UN
2030 Sustainable Development Goals (the Global
Goals).
This value will only be realized with unprecedented
levels of private sector collaboration and innovation.
Digital solutions need to be democratized and
deployed across sectors including healthcare,
agriculture, logistics, energy, finance, and education
The 2030Vision is a new partnership that connects
businesses, NGOs and governments with the technology
and expertise they need to realize the Global Goals. Source: Uniting To Deliver Technology For The
Global Goals 2030 Vision: Global Goals Technology
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Critical Areas and Business Imperatives
Source: Uniting To Deliver Technology For The Global
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Risks and Challenges
• Digital technology will have profound implications for business and society in
the coming decades; if channeled mindfully, it will help achieve the Global
Goals.
However, there are a number of risks and challenges to consider in the areas of
• E Waste
• Further Inequality and Gap betweeb Have and Have Nots
• Economic and Labour Disruption
• Security , Privacy and Control
• Accountability
• Over –Reliance on Technology
• 2030vision aims to provide a platform for collaboration across the private and
public sectors to help manage these risks and explore how Technology can play
a role in mitigating such challenges.
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Promising Opportunities for Digital Technology
Source: Uniting To Deliver Technology For The Global
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How do we get there
• Radically reform our education system to be 21st Century and SDG
Compliant
• Rapidly and concurrently address critical energy and connectivity
infrastructure
• Encourage Transition Organisations such as Technology Innovation
Hubs connecting Research with Practice and Innovation
• Accelerated Knowledge and Skills Acquisition on Digital Technology
for Inclusiveness
• Challenge our youth to apply technology to solve the challenges
towards the achievement of Global Goals
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Challenges and Opportunities
Challenges that underline individual and community capacity to survive and
access opportunity.
Challenges that
threaten a child’s
fundamental capacity
to live out their live
Challenges that stifle
children’s abilities and/or
potential to improve their
quality of life.
Infrastructure
Human Mobility
Basic Services of Health and Education
Violence and Hazards
Connectivity and Information
Responding to these challenges present opportunities for technologies in:
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TechHubs - Catalysing Africa’s Development
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Innovation Hubs AsDevelopment Drivers In
Africa
Business InnovationHubs
Efficiency InclusionInnovation
Youth
Entrepreneurship
Youth
Employment
Youth
Engagement
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Digital Economy Competencies

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No one left behind
• Unlearn, Learn and Relearn
• Encourage Inclusion
• Embrace Diversity
• Explore Leapfrogging
• Get Ready for Disruption
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Our footprints
• Established in 2016 at Abeokuta, the first Innovation Hub that serves as serve as a co-working and incubation space for
technologists, social entrepreneurs, government, tech start-ups and impact investors in and around Ogun State
• Facilitated the introduction of the Google Digital Skills programme to Ogun State through which over 10000 participants
were trained that stimulated various activities by youths in the digital marketing space
• Facilitated the Microsoft/AIKI Nigeria ‘Code to Earn’ and ‘A day of Coding’ programmes to popularise the coding awareness
among students of Secondary and Tertiatiary Institutions
• Organised the first ever ‘For Loop’ Conference, Abeokuta as a convergence for networking and technical exchange to IT
programmers and developers
• Established Data Science, Abeokuta and Digital Marketing Abeokuta as regular technical capacity networking interactions
and Organised Highly Successful events such as Data Science Invasion in collaboration with Data Science Nigeria as well as
Digital Marketing convergence for Digital Marketing Experts and Enthusiasts.
• Hosting a regular weekly programme on SWEET FM Radio tagged ‘SME CLINIC’ for Youth Entrepreneurial development
with a focus on the Digital Economy
• Collaborating with the Ogun State Chapter of the Nigerian Computer Society to host the first ever IT Stakeholders Forum in
2018 with the theme Building the Technology and Innovation Ecosystem in Ogun State which brought together many
notable players in the Information Technology Sector from the Public Sector, the Private Sector and the Academia
• Facilitating the Organisation of the Digital Ecosystem Advisory Group as a high-level stakeholder group to stimulate
significant private sector activity in the technology space and in collaboration with the public sector, academia and the
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Our Footprints
• Implemented in collaboration with the GIZ – German Development Commission the pro- Poor Growth and Promotion of
Employment in Nigeria Programme (SEDIN) www.sedin-nigeria.net, the Start Up Business Training and Coaching Loop
(Start-up Loop) as a pilot in Ogun State in 2018 and along with three other organisations viz. Federal University of
Agriculture Abeokuta, National Directorate of Employment, Ogun State and the Justice, Development and Peace
Commission.
• Participated in the development of SME-SABI (www.sme-sabi.com) an interactive learning platform for SMEs and start-
ups, as well as anyone interested in business management and entrepreneurship as part of the GIZ – SEDIN Programmes
• Developed a Digital Economy Competency System aimed at building awareness and motivation about the Personal,
Entrepreneurial and Emerging Technologies necessary to operate confidently and reliably in the Digital Age.
• Operating as an Entrepreneurship Development institution of the Central Bank of Nigeria for the training of emerging
entrepreneurs to access their entrepreneurship development intervention funds.
• Participating as a recognized training institution for the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) of
National Youth Service Corps in Ogun State
• Contributed to the Special Projects and Science and Technology Sub Committee of the Governor Dapo Abiodun Transition
Team by making a presentation on the State of Science and Technology in Ogun State, the principles and
recommendations for moving forward and the periodic priorities for implementation and monitoring.
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Get in touch with us
Our Website
www.leadresources.com.ng
Email
info@leadresources.com.ng
OFFICE ADDRESS
LEAD Resources Innovation Hub
27 ,Oke Ola Estat
Behind Federal Medical Centre, Off Elite Club, Idi Aba
Abeokuta, Ogun State
Phone: +2348097777094, 08050963056
Facebook: facebook.com/LEAD Resources
Twitter: @LEADResourcesNG
Instagram: @LEADResourcesNG
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THANK YOU!