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from the president, OCIIP Nigeria, Michael Esuong
followed by a goodwill message by Prof. Emeka
Iweala, the director of Covenant University Centre for
Research, Innovation, and Discovery (Nigeria). The
next on the agenda was a keynote presentation by
Majid El Bouazzaoui, the president of OFEED (Morocco)
followed by special presentation and inventor success
stories. A second keynote presentation was followed
by Stephen Key, the co-founder of InventRight (USA).
It was a great session as a lot was shared and learned.
A recap was done and closing remarks by Michael
Esuong.
The second day of the event started with an opening
address from the president, OCIIP Nigeria

followed by a goodwill message. A keynote
presentation was made by Wendy Mahoney, CEO of
Newmella Holdings (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) The next
on the agenda was a special presentation and inventor
success stories. A panel session followed with Dr. Stell-
Maris Orim, Assistant Professor, Coventry University
(United Kingdom), Petra Rees, Founder & CEO Why
Toyz (South Africa) , and Dr. Stephen Oluwatobi,
Founder, Edustart Global (Nigeria) as the panelists,
speaking on digital transformation. Shortly after the
panel session, Radwan Chaouib, President of, National
Association for Science and Research (Lebanon)
delivered a keynote presentation. The event came to

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