Olalekan Sipasi
Olalekan Sipasi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 September 1987 |
| Nationality | Pan-African University, Lagos Kansas State University |
| Awards | United States Consular General's Award. The Nigerian-American Partnership award. President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative Ambassador to Nigeria, 2013 |
Olalekan Sipasi (born 9 September 1987) is a Nigerian
practice.Education
Olalekan Sipasi received a bachelor's degree in
Sipasi is Currently a
Establishments
ProtectOzone
ProtectOzone is a Nonprofit organization that [5] was Co-founded by Olalekan Sipasi and Olayanju Folasayo in 2015 in Nigeria to set in motion citizen awareness in protecting the ozone layer, and[6] train indigent children, women, farmers and youths in sustainable agricultural practices to improve their living subsistence.
This initiative came as a result of Sipasi trip to
Prior to setting [8] up ProtectOzone, Sipasi had volunteered and still in the act of volunteering with different NGOs. Notable among them are: Food4All Ghana, Education Concern for Hunger Organization[9] (East and West Africa), ONE in Africa, Voluntary Service Overseas Nigeria, etc.
L'Afrika Integrated Farms
As a result
Mobile Kitchen
Sipasi initiated the Mobile Kitchen Garden, where he used environmental harmful waste
Works
Sipasi worked under [13] the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria on the National Livestock Transformation Plan and National Home-Grown School Feeding Program as an N-Power Agro volunteer.
Sipasi is currently Sustainable Smart urban Agriculture to improve their living conditions.
He is the Country Coordinator of African Youth Employment Initiatives, Nigeria. And also coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, Social Development Goals.
Global engagement
Sipasi has spoken in numerous conferences on both local and international platforms on youth's participation in agriculture.[16]
On 24 April, Sipasi joined other 90 G20 youths in
Membership
Sipasi is member of the Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum,[18] and holds a fellowship position of the following bodies:
- Fellow Thinking School Africa 2016.
- Carrington Fellow 2017.
- Full African Fellow[19] of StartingBloc Institute 2018.
- Fellow of the Social Innovators Fellowship of LEAP Africa.
- Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
Awards
Sipasi is a recipient of the following awards:[20] United States Consular General's Award; The Nigerian-American Partnership award; President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative Ambassador to Nigeria, 2013; Hidden Eco-hero Award 2015, Samsung Engineering's Tunza Eco-generation, Seoul, South Korea; Top 10 Go Green in the City Ambassador of the Schneider Electric, 2016; Lion's Awards, as the most influential participant of Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), West Africa Cohort 3, West Africa Centre for Cooperate Social Responsibility;[21] Africa Youth Award for Agriculture; Civil Society Award for Sustainable Environment, 2017; ONE Champion 2017; Africa LEADGo Green in the city; Social Innovators Program & Award SIPA, LEAP Africa.
References
- ^ "How We're Mobilising Nigerian Youths Through Gardening – Ayodele, ProtectOzone | Channels Television". www.channelstv.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "How I grew my chicken farm". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "The Future Awards Africa Prize for Agriculture". The Future Awards Africa. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Olalekan Ayodele Sipasi". IREX. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele". ECHOcommunity. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele". CropLife International. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Fraccari, Milena (6 April 2017). "Olalekan Ayodele Sipasi, ProtectOzone". The Pollination Project. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele: Mobilizing citizens through gardening | DW | 23.02.2018, retrieved 21 March 2020
- ^ Blogger, Guest (8 December 2016). "How an accident in Akwa Ibom inspired me to join the #MakeNaijaStronger campaign". ONE. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ rgnconnects.com (19 December 2018). "More about Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele...BONUS: 5 Things people do not know about him, that will surprise you!!". RGN Connects. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "First Class Material Episode 1: Sipasi Olalekan reveals the question he asked himself that took him from a poor boy to a US-funded CEO (video)". Linda Ikeji's Blog. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Olalekan Ayodele Sipasi - Winners - Junior Engineering Academy - Tunza Eco Generation". tunza.eco-generation.org. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele – UpholdAfrica". Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "GCI Green Personality of the Month; Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele". THE GREEN CAMPUS INITIATIVE. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Close-up on Mandela Washington Fellows | "The Loop" Blog". blogs.k-state.edu. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Olalekan Sipasi's schedule for Social Media Week Lagos 2019". socialmediaweeklagos2019.sched.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele". www.herox.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "protectozone.org". ww38.protectozone.org. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Ayodele, Sipasi Olalekan. "Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele, Author at Startup.info". Startup.info. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "sipasiolalekan_15800". www.genglobal.org. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Olalekan Ayodele Sipasi |". www.entrepreneurship-campus.org. Retrieved 21 March 2020.