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CEO at Startup52, Former Candidate for President of Nigeria

Chike Ukaegbu Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000

CEO at Startup52, Former Candidate for President of Nigeria

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Speaking Fee:
$20,000 to $30,000

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Secondary Topic Category:
Cybersecurity / Cryptocurrency / Blockchain

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Chike Ukaegbu Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Chike is a dynamic speaker and inspiring storyteller with a unique and extensive background that captivates diverse audiences. He believes in the untapped potential of each audience as he engages them to unlock new ideas through experiential storytelling.

Chike is currently the Head of Crypto Policy and Emerging Markets Strategy at Visa. He has a lifelong passion to empower untapped and under-banked communities and believes that Crypto is a tool that will foster financial inclusion globally. Before Visa, Chike founded Startup52, NYC's first diversity-focused tech accelerator focused on creating better access to resources, capital, and support for founders from untapped communities. At 35, he ran for president of Nigeria, becoming the youngest presidential candidate in Nigeria and Africa. He is an alumni Colin Powell Fellow in Public Policy, an inductee to the UN’s Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Hall of Fame, among other accolades, and holds an executive MBA program from the Howard University School of Business. Chike remains a leading inspirational voice on several topics related to empowering diverse, inclusive and untapped communities. He continues to develop, implement, and share effective frameworks, models, and novel methodologies relevant to building, inspiring and engaging targeted audiences and communities. He has also consulted and advised over 25 international delegations, including China, England, South Africa, The EU, Brazil, Denmark, Argentina, Chile, Australia, Nigeria, etc. on diverse topics, like Afrofuturism, financial inclusion strategies, NFT & Crypto commerce, how ,to support founders building inclusive tech and entrepreneurial ecosystems, among others. Chike is currently based in New York, loves fried sweet plantains (it's a Nigerian thing!), believes fitness is a necessary inconvenience, and can't wait to become a #dogdad again.
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