With a Degree in Linguistics and African Languages, a Masters in Business Administration, a Masters in Investment Management and a PhD in view, Ejemen has built a successful career in Banking and Finance, Asset Management. Real Estate Investment, and FinTech.
An entrepreneur at heart with a passion to see Africa transformed. She has lived in the United Kingdom for almost two decades and reflects an emerging class of Africans who want to make a difference in society and deliver long lasting change whilst promoting economic freedom.
Ejemen is a proponent for the Creative and Cultural Industries and the Creative Economy, and believes in the transformative potential and economic benefits of creativity and innovation. She believes the Creative Economy and Industries are innovative ways for Africa to diversify its dependency on natural resources.
She founded the African University of Creative Arts in as a way of giving something back to the community that so richly invested in her.
Multi-award winning architects Stallan-Brand are specialists at developing holistic learning environments that cater for a diverse range of needs – and it shows. Their vision for AUCA seamlessly blends together the functions of work, rest and play to create a destination capable of delivering maximum benefit at all levels: individual, local, national and international.
Revered destination planner Malcolm Allan thrives on developing useful, beautiful, memorable places that deliver real economic value to cultures and communities. Drawing on 30 years experience as a town planner and economic developer, Malcolm has worked with public and private sectors throughout the UK, Europe, North America and Asia Pacific to help deliver projects of all sizes and complexities.
Brian Barron and Michel de Jocas head a team of planners at Educational Consulting Services (ECS), that possess a range of specialized skills with a local and global perspective of the education sector. ECS provides advice to higher education institutions and agencies in Canada, the U.S. and the rest of world to help develop buildings, campuses, policies and planning tools that foster quality learning, research and an enhanced student life experience.