ADAEZE ZITA EDOKWE

• I designed and managed entrepreneurial and educational programs like the Seedstars academy which is structured for the acceleration, growth, expansion, and investment readiness programs, that has facilitated the improvement of tech startups, from early stage to growth stage across emerging markets.
• I manage and source technology perk partners for the benefit of the startups in our community.
• The most of my projects that have been virtual includes the following: Swiss Human Security Division (HSD) Migration Program which was designed to support 9 startups solving migration challenges out of Africa and MENA achieve growth, get investment ready and expand to new markets. All these was done in 9 months. On the other hand, CTCN - UNEP Climate innovation Labs and Academy, is a program designed to build promising startups creating technology solutions for enhanced climate action across Africa and Asia-Pacific. This lasted for a duration of 5 months.

• I spearhead the planning and coordination of social and corporate events held mostly in Nigeria.
• The preparation and management of proposals, budgets, project timelines, checklists and itineraries are tasks that come naturally with being Operations Manager at Vertex, which I see to their provision or availability as the case may be.
• In tandem with the above, I manage vendors, contractors, and serve as the intermediary between them and the clients.

• I planned and managed events, partnerships and logistics in over 24 countries in Africa and helped Seedstars expand its companies and services across Africa.
• I Sourced, developed and strengthened partnerships with Seedstars stakeholders (Corporates, Investors, governments, NGOs, incubators and accelerators) who are working towards being ecosystem enablers in their countries of operations.
• I scouted for early stage tech startups in Africa making impact in their various ecosystems. Also maintaining and developing a solid relationship with them.
• My projects included: Seedstars World Events in 0ver 24 countries. The events each included bootcamps, mentors sessions, investor meetings and pitching competitions.
• I went on to successfully manage the #Africavsvirus hackathon which was virtual and had over 25,000 participants from over128 countries. At the end of the 3 day hackathon, 2,478 challenges were identified and 800+ solutions created.
• The Seedstars regional events in Africa, for both Tanzania and South Africa in 2018 and 2019 respectively was a learning curve that solidified the core of my abilities.

• I was responsible for the production of local events in 3 English speaking West African countries from conception through to completion.
• I managed logistics, sourcing of mentors, relationship with Seedstars Ambassadors and local partners in these countries.
• I also created, communicated, and maintained timelines and priorities on every local event.
• My role as an Associate was crucial in the overall business development and sales process with key local players.

Here. I generated new leads and conversions for events (professional events, social events, and trainings). This entailed that i worked in collaboration with global/regional teams to deliver products/services/events in Nigeria or abroad as needed.

In addition, I saw to the Improvement of methodologies for lead generation, conversion, and delivery for both events and sale of office and desk spaces at seedspace.

• Taught teenage girls under rehabilitation skills on event and project management giving them another option of a career they could pursue after school.

• Prepared comprehensive and competitive proposals, documents and reports for events and experiential marketing activations in various states across Nigeria.
• Defined project scope and developed policies or procedures to achieve project objectives.
• Articulated sponsorship and partnership campaigns for events and brands.
• Managed third party support project team and event set up.

• Planned and coordinated social and corporate events in and out of Lagos both on small and large scale.
• Managed vendors and liaised with clients.
• Prepared proposals, budgets, checklists and event itineraries.