Her Excellency, Mrs Rachel Ruto’s Visit: Kenya’s First Lady, 13th May.

In a meeting characterized by an atmosphere of warmth, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to growth and progress, Her Highness, Olori Atuwase III had the distinct honour of meeting with the highly esteemed First Lady of Kenya, Her Excellency, Mrs. Rachel Ruto. The meeting fostered an opportunity to bridge the divides whilst shedding light on the immense strength intertwined in shared humanity, further sparking the lights of boundless possibilities.

 

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Street to Forbes: Rise up to the Challenge Covenant University, 19th May

In an event with over 2,000 undergraduate students of Covenant University, Ota, seated, Her Royal Highness, Olori Atuwase III, on Saturday, 19 May 2024, had the pleasure of delivering a speech at the “Street to Forbes: Rise Up to the Challenge” event that held at Covenant University, Ota.

 

Her Highness’ speech “Africa, Arise, Irrespective”, themed around a subject very dear to her heart – Africa’s uprising, provided Her Highness a platform to speak directly to the hearts of over 2,000 change-hungry and emerging young leaders on the necessity of adopting a resilient spirit in the quest for a better Africa.

 

Citing her experience with making a difference at any level of influence through engineering social change, Her Highness encouraged the students to quit the usual response to the challenges of society – complaints and escape but to rather take up the art of proffering solutions at the level of their capability. In the words of Her Highness, “The power to change Africa’s story lies with you, the youth. Yes, external circumstances pinch daily, but we must arise, in fact, it is IMPERATIVE that we arise and take responsibility regardless of the status quo. We’re not helpless, and our history backs this up.”

 

Further highlighting how that passion fueled by a desire to create value through enterprise has now become the springboard for Her Highness’ current endeavours in social and economic change-making but on a much larger scale, Her Highness again resounded the need to recognize a challenge, innovatively develop a solution and start small instead of waiting for the perfect conditions.

 

Africa’s uprising rests solely on the reins of resilient young change-makers who must now rise to the challenge of building the Africa of our dreams.

 

 

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“The Singing Stars Find Their Beat,” – 4th Edition of Story Time with Mama Iwere, 27th May.

On Monday, 27 May 2024, 55 children from across 7 schools and local communities in Warri gathered at The Palace Church for the fourth edition of Story Time with Mama Iwere, an educational platform combining early literacy development with promoting creativity and moral values in children.

 

Initiated by Her Highness, Olori Atuwase III, the Queen Consort of Warri Kingdom, Story Time with Mama Iwere is geared towards fostering a love for reading, literature, drama activities, and community building through engaging storytelling in a bid to encourage children to explore their imagination and creativity.

 

The fourth edition, held on Monday 27 May 2024 marking Children’s Day, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, featured engaging activities such as fun games, storytelling sessions, and interactive discussions. The story-reading session by Her Highness was the highlight of the event.

 

Reading from “The Singing Stars Find Their Beat,” a story focused on inculcating the virtues of teamwork and collaboration in children and authored by Her Highness, the children learned with rapt attention and excitement light eyes as they journeyed through about the power of unity and collaboration as the benefit of working as a supportive team, rather than individuals to achieve set goals.  

 

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Launch of the Fourth Love Garden Project – Dom Domingos College, Edjegba, 28th May.

On Tuesday, 28 May 2024, Her Royal Highness, Olori Atuwatse III, visited Dom Domingos College, Edjegba for the launch of the fourth Love Garden Project.

 

Love Garden Project was born out of a burning need to tackle the issue of food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty in the Warri South LGA. This project focuses on educating primary school students on the importance of Agriculture and its importance, specifically the need and method of growing one’s food. 

 

Through this initiative, Her Highness aims to raise the next generation of leaders who go beyond traditional learning to immersion in practical day-to-day skills in the art of negotiation, customer service, and buying and selling. Produces from Love Garden projects are sold within the host communities, further fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship.

 

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I Am the New Nigeria Campaign, Yar’adua Center, Abuja, 30th May.

Her Majesty, Olori Atuwase III, on Thursday, 30th May had the privilege of delivering a speech at the “I Am the New Nigeria” Summit convened by Madiba Foundation at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The summit brought together a diverse group of emerging change-makers and aspiring youth leaders driven by the fundamental belief that the genuine transformation sought in Nigeria begins at an individual level.

 

Through her speech, Her Highness, shed light on the pivotal role individuals play in leading positive societal change and progress by adopting an internally generated vision of transformational leadership and accountability.

 

 

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Elevate Africa Vision Casting Dinner  – London, 23rd June.

As part of Her Royal Highness, Olori Atuwase III’s commitment to reshaping and redefining Africa’s and the world’s perception of her, Her Highness, on Tuesday, 23rd June 2024 at the Corinthia London, led a powerful vision casting dinner.

In a gathering full of esteemed elites; industry titans, CEOs, and founders, Her Highness, Olori Atuwase III, Queen Consort of Warri Kingdom and visionary CEO and Founder, of Elevate Africa, led a powerful and thought-provoking dialogue session on Africa’s immense potential lost sadly to negative narratives by the media, a major anomaly Elevates Africa exists to cure. 

 

Driven by a vision of becoming the foremost institution elevating Africa’s and the world’s view of her through which Africa will become; a dignified and collaborative Africa that is globally integrated and valued. Elevate Africa aims to Influence, Educate, Inspire, Empower, Enlighten, and Spotlight to achieve this by bridging the gap between Africa’s past and present, empowering Africans to own and tell their story.

 

Her Highness further shared that Elevate Africa’s targeted development projects span education, healthcare, economic opportunity, and community building. In her words, “The “how” is as crucial as the “what.” We’re establishing three transformative channels: Convenings to foster collaboration, Fellowships to nurture future leaders and Think Tanks to turn ideas into action. Central to our approach is harnessing the power of the media to highlight Africa’s inherent brilliance”.

Elevate Africa exists not to impose a vision but to foster inclusion, collaboration, and ownership. By working together within Africa and beyond, sustainable development and the upliftment of countless lives will be achieved. Hence, the Vision of Elevate Africa is beyond an interesting concept; rather, it’s a movement. A movement that has begun.