TEDxIlorin

Speakers

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• Dolapo Babalola

  Systemic Education Reformer, Visionary Advocate & Caregiver Voice

  Dolapo Babalola is a forward-thinking education strategist, systemic reformer, and dedicated advocate driven by both professional expertise and profound personal experience. As the mother of a child living with cerebral palsy, Dolapo’s advocacy is deeply rooted in the daily realities of navigating complex healthcare and educational systems. This personal journey fuels her core philosophy: child success is a product of environmental health. She champions a profound shift away from modifying the individual child toward actively repairing the fractured ecosystems surrounding them, engineering collaborative frameworks that bridge the gaps between institutional support, personalized learning models, and families.

• Dr. Busola Ogunmodede

  Clinical Psychiatrist, Clinical Spaces Innovator & Cultural Well-being Reformer

  Dr Ogunmodede is a clinical psychiatrist, interior designer, and speaker rewriting the narrative around emotional well-being. She believes that many people are not simply struggling mentally; they are surviving environments never designed for emotional safety. By bridging the worlds of clinical medicine and environmental design, Dr Ogunmodede explores how true healing can begin when we redesign the physical rooms, cultural systems, and communities people live in every day. Her work challenges us to treat mental health not just as an internal breakdown, but as a direct reflection of the spaces we inhabit, advocating for a future where every environment allows us to finally breathe.

• Dr. Hyelni Sambo

  Veterinarian, Agribusiness Ecosystem Builder & Strategic Leadership Catalyst

  Dr Sambo is a veterinarian and agribusiness consultant. With a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), he works at the intersection of animal science and corporate strategy. Dr. Sambo is driven by the conviction that agricultural success in developing nations cannot be achieved by medicine alone. He argues that sustainable growth requires treating farming as a sophisticated, integrated business ecosystem. He believes that by marrying technical field expertise with financial acumen and visionary leadership, he provides an actionable blueprint to transform traditional agriculture into a scalable powerhouse of economic growth.

• Martha Raphael

  Hydrogeologist, Adaptive Tech Visionary & Resilience Mindset Architect

  Martha is an AI designer, speaker, and spinal cord injury survivor whose career spans from the depths of the earth to the cutting edge of technology. Formerly a hydrogeologist, Martha’s life took an unexpected turn following a spinal cord injury. Rather than letting it define her, she applied her analytical mindset to the field of artificial intelligence. Driven by the belief that we must look at where we come from to draw intrinsic strength for where we are going, Martha shares how unexpected challenges can lead to profound growth and reinvention. Today, she uses her unique journey of discovery to shape the future of tech.