Zuriel Oduwole speaks at AEF series in Columbia University

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13 April 2015 | 12:17 am

FOR the 12th edition of the yearly African Economic Forum (AEF) Series, Columbia University, an Ivy league school in the East Cast of the US, has invited 12-year-old Zuriel Oduwole, as the world’s youngest film-maker and an accomplished presidential interviewer, to share her remarkable story, under its theme - Beyond Potentials.

Past speakers at the event included the former Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga and the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Zuriel’s invitation to the event as a guest speaker, is in recognition of her contributions towards a Positive Africa, via her acclaimed documentaries, while she embodies the power of an early and comprehensive education, in the life of an African child, especially a girl-child. The organizers of the event are taking pride, in showing clearly what is possible with Africa’s next generation.

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