making him a globally recognized cultural ambassador. His London Debut will be on the 19th of July, 2025 where he will perform the Igbo Oja during the African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall in London,
Gerald Eze is a music educator, academic researcher and performing artist from the Igbo-speaking ethnic nationality in southeast Nigeria. He holds a BA in Music and MA in Ethnomusicology from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,
In 2013, Eze founded the Ichoku Academy, which provides music education to Nigerian youth, grounded in Igbo-African cultural systems. With the Ichoku Academy, Eze has produced many young performers and instrument technologists of Igbo music and musical instruments across
Asian-African festival, in Beijing, China, upon the recommendation of Professor Joseph Ahaneku (the former Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka).Eze has been announced a OneBeat Fellow by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural affairs,
He won the Christopher Kolade prize for music excellence in 2015, at MUSON Center, Lagos. He has featured in BBC Africa and has since maintained excellence both locally and globally. Eze’s global presence started in 2016, when he was the only Nigerian music ambassador at the
different age grades and professions, ensuring that some endangered Igbo musical resources are not only preserved, but returned back to use as functional intangible cultural heritage.
He is a registered engineer with Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Fellow Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (FNICE), and Fellow Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE). On October 12, 2023, Engr Chetanna made a scholarly paper presentation
Rev. Fr Engr Chetanna Jude Chukwuneke was born almost half a century ago to Chief Raphael Ndianefo (Ezennadialo) KSM and late Mrs Roseline Onyemaechi (née Ifekudu) LSM. He is the third of six children (four boys and girls). He is a native of Ozubulu.
He is a civil engineer and a Catholic priest of Nnewi diocese. A chaplain at St. Camillus de Lellis chaplaincy, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus; a champion in Youth Apostolate; founder and CEO, YouthAlive Development Initiative (YADI).
He has mentored youths, and over 250 of his mentees are studying and majorly working as expatriates in Europe and America.
Finally, he has been honoured with certifications and merit awards of excellence considering his pragmatic and proactive commitment to societal growth,
Through his youth apostolate both as founder and CEO, YouthAlive Development Initiative (YADI), and as youth chaplain, he has redefined the youth perspective through training, self-discovery programs, mentorship, enterprise development, talent promotion, capacity building .
This is in addition
to the school having received the British Council’s Top in Nigeria Award for its performance in
the Cambridge International Examinations, the National Mathematical Centre’s Science Olympiad
Outstanding School Award, the Africa Brand Review’s Outstanding
Since its establishment in 1998, Grundtvig International Secondary School has grown steadily to
become one of the leading secondary schools in the country, and has been consistently outstanding
in meeting the educational outcomes for achievement and standards.
This culminated in the school
receiving the Presidential Award as the Overall Best Private Secondary School in Nigeria at a
ceremony held at Eagle’s Square, Abuja to mark the 2020 World Teachers’ Day.
Crystal Garden estate is a leading realestate company committed to providing affordable housing for Nigerians. Founder by Dr Onyekachi Paulinus...the company has made a major impact in the real estate sector in the past 10 years.
Crystal Garden is Brand of the Year.
IG Aguowo Foundation is one of the most impacting charity in Southeast Nigeria today... founded and solely funded by Ignatius Onyeka Aguowo.
IGHAF funds over 600 students scholarship programs across Nigeria.
This year is being recognized as Anambra NGO of the year
Fellow: Nigerian Academy of Science, International Academy of Astronautics, Royal Astronomical Society England, Nigerian Institute of Physics, Astronomical Society of Nigeria.
A UN Award recepient. A visiting Fellow Harvard University.
AMTY will be honouring one of Nigeria's foremost Scientist...Prof PN Okeke, Emeritus Professor of Physics.
A producer of over 35 PH.D scholars and several masters.
He has published over 80 articles in reputable international journals.
Fellow: Nigerian Academy of Science,