Tokunbo 'Toks' Ifaturoti

Let's Act: Sustainably Developing Africa and Beyond

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Hello Sustainable Friends and welcome to the Let’s Act: Sustainably Developing Africa and Beyond Podcast. Here, we will share bold and innovative solutions that will help us tackle social, economic, and environmental issues that affect sustainable development. The “Let’s Act” Podcast episodes will amplify the voices of people from communities, businesses, academia, civil society organizations, and more as they share REAL experiences and stories that will inspire and foster development for Africa and the world we want. Our guests and listeners will come from all over the world and so exciting,...

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Tokunbo 'Toks' Ifaturoti

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EP 07: Financing the Energy Transition in Africa 30.12.2021 46:26

Send us Fan Mail Hello Sustainable Friends and welcome to this episode titled: Financing the Energy Transition in Africa. I had a wonderful and insightful time with my guest Caleb Adebayo. Enjoy! Caleb is a youth and lawyer a focuses on developing Africa to the maximum! He is an Energy, Environmental, and Finance Lawyer who just completed an LLM in Energy and Environmental Law Programme at New Yor...

EP 06: Entrepreneurship: Women with Voices in Africa 15.12.2021 27:04

Send us Fan Mail Hello Sustainable Friends... Welcome to this episode titled 'Entrepreneurship: Women with Voices in Africa'. My guest Toyin Dania is an Entrepreneurial Specialist and Project Manager with nearly 20 years of experience in the West African domain improving economic opportunities of various groups to realize the personal and development benefits of enterprise. Toyin has ov...

EP 05: Youth Leadership and Empowerment: What Next? 30.11.2021 31:30

Send us Fan Mail Hello Sustainable Friends... Welcome to this episode titled 'Youth Leadership and Empowerment: What Next?' “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, then when?”- Hillel “If not me, then who?'' - Dr. Ariel My guest DR. ARIEL ROSITA KING, MPH, MBA, Ph. D. (UK), DTM&H, Ph. D. (France) is the President, Ariel F...

EP: 04 Why does COP26 matter to the African Continent? 15.11.2021 25:48

Send us Fan Mail Hello Sustainable Friends! Promise Nwogu talks about how Energy Poverty affects up to 90% of those living in Africa. Can the Continent achieve the SDG 7 Goal? - Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. This forms the pillar for the well-being of people across the world so Africa is no different. Which of the following emit the lowest carbon emissions...

EP 03: How Can Change Happen? 31.10.2021 32:46

Send us Fan Mail Hello Sustainable Friends. Welcome to Episode 3. Here we seek to understand – How change can happen? Dr. Meera Tiwari talks about her new book titled, ‘Why Some Development Works – Understanding Success’. We unpack: Why some development works with real case studies. The Convergence Framework: Why we need 3 main actors to effect change in any given community and who they are. The...

EP 02: Bon Voyage! The Rush Back to Nigeria 17.10.2021 18:53

Send us Fan Mail On this Let's Act: Sustainably Developing Africa and Beyond podcast, and in this episode titled: Bon Voyage! The Rush Back to Nigeria, I will provide a helicopter overview of why some Africans in the diaspora went back to Africa. To put things into perspective, the context reloves loosely on my family's journey back to Nigeria by sea! Like for many others as well, the m...

EP 01: What are the Sustainable Development Goals? 30.09.2021 14:42

Send us Fan Mail Hi Sustainable Friends, this introductory episode gives an overview of the 17 SDGs which can be used as a reference point throughout all our Podcast episodes. There is a massive call to action for everyone to help to end poverty, protect the plant and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. But is this possible? Especially in Africa? Can people’s lives be truly...

Let's Act: Sustainably Developing Africa and Beyond - The Trailer 15.09.2021 4:14

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Sustainable Friends! This is the Trailer of Let's Act: Sustainably Developing Africa and Beyond Podcast that seeks to amplify the voices of people from communities, businesses, academia, civil society organizations, governments, and more. We will share REAL solutions that can tackle and eradicate social, environmental, and economic inequalities and vulnerabilities th...