WORLD NEWS: International Leadership Conference & Tea Prime Leadership Excellence Awards to take place Nov. 14
Andre Johnson 
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Esteemed certified leadership coach Esther Adelana and Life/Business coach Dr. Marcea Burnette Whitaker, MD have announced they are spearheading what is suitably known as the 2025 International Leadership Conference and Tea Prime Leadership Excellence Awards.
Powered by Tea-Prime Leadership Academy, the 2025 International Leadership Conference and Tea Prime Leadership Excellence Awards will take place November 14 at the Nigerian National Merit Awards House from Abuja, Nigeria at 10am -4pm WAT/4am-10am EST.
A globally-acclaimed empowerment event that is centered on highlighting the collaboration between Nigeria and the United States, this assembly is designed in large part empowering local, regional, and world leaders, many of whom are equipping students and leaders with immeasurable leadership skills to impact a nation.
Longtime professor Udenta O. Udenta will serve as this event’s keynote speaker, an assembly that will also include a panelist comprised of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Country Representative, Mr. Cheikh Toure Ousmane, Ambassador Kema Chikwe, Dr Prada Uzodimma Esq, Dr Stella Iwuagwu, Phil Biobele Okoroafor, and Dr Goodluck Mfonnom.
Registration is available at International Leadership Conference and Awards, 2025.
Interestingly enough, the 2025 International Leadership Conference and Tea Prime Leadership Excellence Awards will highlight a host of U. S.-based and international speakers and sponsors, each of whom trained during the 12 pre-conference workshops
These speakers and sponsors are:
- Dr. Anthony Shannon, The Victory Church International
- Charonne Randall, Cultivating Unstoppable You
- Dr. Cheryl Monroe, CK Management & Consulting Group
- Dr. Angela Harden-Mack, Live Great Lives Holistic Wellness Coaching
- Dr. Darlene Williams-Prades, Superior Love Forever
- Shawn Fair, Leadership Experience Tour
- Dr. Carl Barnes, Call Me Big Brother Consulting
- Christopher Hampton, The ChampIAm Organization
- Marcus A. Wright, The Wright Mentality
- Lisa Mitch, The Brand Innovator
- Sharrarne Morton, Morton Media/Black Door Society
- Saran Baker, STB Financial Services
- Dawn Penson, Let Us Rethink Marketing
- Terry Golightly, Terry Golightly Consulting and,
- Renee Dixon, Empowered 2 Empower
According to organizers of this assembly, this is the time American speakers will be on hand for the 2025 International Leadership Conference and Tea Prime Leadership Excellence Awards.
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The only individual to twice be named Making Headline News International Women’s Day Woman of The Year (in 2023 and 2024), Dr. Whitaker is an award-winning international keynote speaker, physician, master destiny life coach, author, and radio personality.
As CEO of In Full Bloom Health and Life Coaching, she empowers professional women to break free from their personal prisons and achieve their destinies.
She is the founder of Girl Boss Life Academy and Life Coaching for Business Builders, two transformational platforms that equip female entrepreneurs to harness the power of their story, redefine their mindset, build authentic platforms, and chart a clear path to life and business success.
A recipient of the Women’s Business Coaching Award, Dr. Whitaker has been featured in Forbes, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CEO Weekly, and USA Today. She hosts Boss Business Strategies Talk Show and is a guest host on SiriusXM.
Adelana, meanwhile, is a Creative Industries and Diplomacy Professional who currently works as a public servant at an agency under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy.
She acquired certificates in Public Policy and Leadership from the School of Politics, Policy and Governance, GOTNI Leadership Center, African Center for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Lagos Business School, Sustainability Center.
Also, Adelana is a Fellow of the Institute of Public and Corporate Administrators of Nigeria.
She has trained in several corporate bodies, including the Nigerian Labour Congress, Lagos Chapter and has appeared on programs such as NTA and the Nigerian Police Radio (99.1 FM).
Adelana is a researcher and a participant of the African Research Councillor Programme at Wheeler Institute For Business and Development, London Business School.
As a Creative Writer and Cultural Administrator, Adelana’s research focuses on Cultural Policy, Diplomacy, Digital Heritage, Gender Mainstreaming in Cultural Administration and Management.
In 2022 she was awarded a lifetime member of the World Innovation Alliance, an international organization in Spain, an honor that collaborates with companies, institutions and influential multidisciplinary professionals from more than 200 countries to bring solutions to the global challenges of leadership, education, health, and poverty.
Adelana is a fellow of LEAP Africa Leadership Training Programme (2022), the Forward Program at McKinsey & Company (2023), Female & More Social Impact Program (2022), a pioneer graduate of the Thrive Program (2023) at Plan International Nigeria Fellow, Young Women Leaders Program (2024) at Leap Leadership Institute, and Fellow, Ebedi International Writers’ Residency.
She has served as a judge for several writing contests, including the ANA/Yusuf Ali SAN Prize, and Splendors of Dawn Poetry Foundation.
Adelana’s works on Leadership, Gender and Culture has been featured in The Chronicles Newspaper, This Nigeria Newspaper, Daily Asset Newspapers, News Agency of Nigeria – News and several online media platforms.
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