SMFest Abuja 2025: Meet the Speakers of the Event!

SMFest Abuja 2025 “Africa Unlocked” is just around the corner, and the entire city is turning high with excitement now. The event revered for empowering technology, social media, and innovation holds great promise for a wonderful gathering. SMFest has carved its name in the books as a potpourri where people and businesses learn the dynamics of digital opportunities toward growth and success.

The annual beauty of the event is always an excellent lineup of speakers. In 2025, a prominent assembly of inspiring leaders, entrepreneurs, and content creators will grace the SMFest. Let us meet some of the speakers who will share their lessons and stories at SMFest Abuja 2025, holding from the 17th to 19th October 2025.

Featured Speakers at SMFest Abuja 2025

SMFest Abuja 2025 gathers influential thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators across all walks of life. This year’s lineup features personalities whose expertise cuts across comedy, digital marketing, leadership, social advocacy, technology, and business development. Here is an introduction to the official speakers for this vibrant event!

Speaker Name	Expertise / Role
Hon. Benjamin Kalu	Public Policy, Leadership
Olugbenga Agboola	Fintech, Entrepreneurship
Odunayo Sanya	Strategy, Innovation
Obinna Ukachukwu	Business Development
Gideon Osi	Startup Development
Ugochukwu Omeogu	Digital Transformation

Here are detailed profiles for each of the SMFest Abuja 2025 speakers:

1. Hon. Benjamin Kalu

Honorable Benjamin Kalu is the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria. He is an ardent advocate for public policy and thus has played a crucial part in legislations that act as drivers of digital growth and innovations in Nigeria.

At SMFest Abuja 2025, he is to speak about how legislation and government policies can be harnessed for creating a more enabling environment for technology adoption, digital entrepreneurship, and economic development in Nigeria.

His huge pedigree in governance allows him to be that crucial bridge in handing relevant insights at the crossroads of policymaking and technology-driven growth.

2. Olugbenga Agboola

Olugbenga “GB” Agboola is co-founder and CEO of Flutterwave, the leading fintech in Africa known for transforming the digital payments landscape across the continent. GB brings over 20 years of experience in software engineering and enterprise architecture and boasts an excellent track record including working at major companies like PayPal, Google, and Standard Bank.

Flutterwave has become a unicorn-a company valued at over 1 billion dollars-and under his leadership, instituted processing of billions of dollars in transactions across over 33 countries. He has made his mark in both the Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and Time’s Next 100 list, and was recently conferred with the national honor, Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) for his support toward technology and economic development.

He will share valuable perspectives from his rich background on fintech innovation and the future of financial services in Africa to inspire entrepreneurs with perspectives on scaling tech ventures toward global financial inclusion.

3. Odunayo Sanya

Odunayo Sanya is an accomplished business strategy and innovation expert. He helps businesses future-proof themselves in an era characterized by rapid technological change and digital disruption.

He shares practical insights into how companies can apply innovative strategies to adapt to changing markets, capitalize on digital trends, and keep a competitive edge.

At SMFest Abuja 2025, Odunayo will offer actionable insights on entrepreneurial strategic thinking and innovation management with an eye on startups and businesses in growth mode.

4. Obinna Ukachukwu

Best known for the effectiveness in business development and empowerment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Obinna Ukachukwu knows how to utilize the vast digital resources and marketplaces for business community to move ahead toward integrating appropriate technology in every aspect of their operation thereby broadening their horizon and possibilities of growth and increase in the level of productivity.

It’s a justified trait for emerging young entrepreneurs, looking to take their businesses to massive heights with a digital transformation; it is an attributive force for SME-enhancers. His presentations at SMFest would turn out to be like analytical thoughts on digital empowerment, and guiding the SMEs.

5. Gideon Osi

Gideon Osi is seen as a known leader in startup development and an incubator of many startups. Skillful in mentoring young founders and making them the builders of supportive entrepreneurial ecosystems helping tech-driven startups to grow, he believes that indeed it is in such a programmatically organized upbringing that startups’ many trumps are tested along the journey from concept to product development, market entry, and scaling. His insight into how to nurture inventive enterprises is sure to draw inspiration for all SMFest attendees.

6. Ugochukwu Omeogu

Ugochukwu Omeogu is the one who provides digital transformation in the highest organizational orders. Here, companies must use these technological solutions to leverage and create cost-effective processes to scale their business and create more growth opportunities.

He, with respect to change management and technology integration, works around designing solutions that let these organizations adopt new digital technologies-solutions that finally align with their corporate visions.

The following year at SMFest Abuja 2025, his presentation of frameworks and best practices will offer an effective guide for successful digital transformation in complex environments where organizations would stride well into the authentic digital economy.

Join SMFest Abuja 2025 and meet these phenomenal speakers who will teach you how to bring about change and success in your personal life and professional career.

For more information on speakers, volunteering, and registration, visit the SMFest official website.

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