Didi Akinyelure has built an impressive career as a Moderator and Speaker.
Didi has built an impressive career as an Events Moderator and Speaker.
In May 2021, she chaired a high level conversation at the United Nations with Nobel Laureate Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Katalin Kariko. She also chaired two panels at the Africa Energy Week in Cape Town in October 2022.
In 2021 she moderated a panel discussion at the Africa CEO Forum's Africa Finanical Industry Summit. She also moderated the Africa Entrepreneurship session at the London School of Economics Africa Summit. At the Global Trade Review West Africa, she moderated a panel discussion on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area.
She hosted the 2019 GECF 2nd International Gas Seminar in Equatorial Guinea. She also hosted the Africa Oil Week in 2019, moderated a panel at the Africa CEO forum in Kigali, Rwanda and hosted the Africa CEO awards and gala dinner.
In May 2019, she chaired a high level conversation with great minds at the United Nations in Geneva. Panelists include Dame Wendy Hall, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Carlo Rubbia and Prof. Jurgen Schmidhuber. In 2018 she chaired a United Nations conversation with Sir Roger Penrose and Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet.
In celebration of International Women's Day in 2019, Didi moderated panels at the Access Bank conference, WimBiz and AWIEF.
She also moderated the entrepreneurship panel at London Business School’s Africa Summit in 2018.
In 2017, she chaired the Africa Construction Week in Munich, Germany.
At the 2017 Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, Didi moderated the ministerial panel and a discussion on the moral case for fossil fuels. The following year, at the Future Energy Africa Exhibitions and Conference in Cape Town, she moderated a discussion on strategies to promote industry-wide collaborations in Africa's energy sector.
She also moderated a discussion at the University of Nottingham’s Africa Summit, hosted the West Africa Property Investment Summit, the Lagos at 50 International Conference, the Lagos Kano Economic Summit, the Lagos State Stakeholder Engagement on Real Estate Business, and the 6th National Credit Reporting Conference.
In 2016/2017, Didi presented the BBC Africa Debate on Fake News in Malawi and the BBC Women in Digital Journalism panel at Social Media Week in Lagos. She also moderated a panel on Social Entrepreneurship for the BBC.
Didi was invited by the United Nations to interview delegates at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ordos, China.