Celebrating Ndi-Igbo

Anna is the mayor of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Waltham Forest is a borough in East London, England and forms part of Outer London. It is a mix of built-up residential development and a fifth of the borough is made up of forestland, reservoirs, open space, parks and playing fields. It is located between part of Epping Forest in the east and the River Lee in the west which form two green corridors, passing into London from the surrounding countryside. It is sometimes confused with the adjoining Epping Forest district, which is not in Greater London. Waltham Forest is one of five London boroughs which have been designated host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Waltham Forest is also the birthplace of William Morris, best known as one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement, former England Captain David Beckham, England Cricket Captain Graham Gooch and film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock. Prior to standing as a councillor, Anna was and sti...

Ashley Madekwe (born 1981) is an actress best known for portraying 'Bambi' on ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl and the canceled The CW drama series The Beautiful Life. Madekwe was born December 6th in London, England. She has a GCSE in Drama and BTec from BRIT School of Performing Arts as well one year foundation course at LAMDA. Not only is Madekwe a trained actress but a flamenco and period dancer as well. Madekwe also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. While attending the prestigious school, she appeared in numerous stage productions including King Henry V as Princess Katherine and Wuthering Heights as Catherine Earnshaw. Madekwe started her acting career by appearing on English police show, The Bill. Since then she has made guest appearances on Teachers, Doctors, Casualty, and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Madekwe landed her first motion picture in the Woody Allen film, Cassandra's Dream. Madekwe played Lucy opposite Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor. Fo...

Chinasa is an actress who plays the role - Lloyd in the new sci-fi FOX drama, Fringe. Fringe explores mysteries of the paranormal as well as the relationships between the characters, and is steeped in mythology. She has also starred in the hard-hitting and emotional series from NBC’s Law & Order brand chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York Police Department, the elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes. Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is the second longest-running drama series in the history of television. Chinasa also plays a role with Allison Schubert and Indika Senanayake in “A Family of Perhaps Three,” by Gertrude Stein.

Ndubuisi Ekekwe was born in Ovim, Abia state. He attended Secondary Technical School, Ovim and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri where he graduated as the best student in the department of electrical & computer engineering with specialization in electronics/computer engineering in 1998. He holds four masters degrees: MBA (University of Calabar), MTech (Federal University of Technology, Akure), Ms (Tuskegee University, USA), MSE (Johns Hopkins University, USA) and a doctorate in management from St. Clements University. Ndubuisi is certified in many key technologies and has published many technical papers in leading journals and conferences. His working experiences include NNPC and Diamond Bank. He holds two pending patents on microelectronics and has consulted for universities, World Bank, and firms. He also holds visiting appointments in two African universities and presently the principal investigator of emerging Africa’s first microelectronics institute. He is attendin...

15 year-old Kimberly Anyadike is the youngest African-American female to fly solo across the country. Anyadike made history by flying across country – logging 7,000 miles – from Compton to Newport News, Va., in 13 days. Kimberly, who started flying at the age of twelve years old, was accompanied by legendary Tuskegee Airman, Levi Thornhill. Kimberly, who lives in Inglewood, was praised for her courage at flying a single-engine Cessna aircraft across America unsupervised, from Compton Woodley Airport to Newport News, Virginia, which are opposite parts of the country. And she has been honoured for the feat. In her blaze of glory, Kimberly not only appeared on Cable News Network (CNN), but has also been hosted by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California within a space of hours. Source(s): Linda Ikeji, AllAfrica, The insider, CNN

Dr. Chuma Igbokwe is the Consul of the Republic of Niger to the United Kingdom. Chuma is a seasoned entrepreneur and medical practitioner. He obtained his medical qualification at the College of Medicine, University of Ife in 1989, where he was awarded the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBCHB) degree. Dr. Chuma Igbokwe serves on the board of a number of companies both charitable and non-charitable, where he lends his wealth of experience. He is a founding member and Executive Director of Mild Group of Companies UK, Clinical Director of St. Luke’s Hospital Group UK, President of Sartorius Medical Solutions Houston, Texas USA, Chairman, Mild Energy and Mineral UK operations, Executive Director of Golden Dragons Limited and Patron “For Our Tomorrow”, a charity based organization. His Excellency has, over the years, been member of the following professional bodies :- Royal College Of Psychiatrists UK, British Medical Association, Medical Protection Society UK, Fellow of the Royal Societ...

Standing Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu is a successful entrepreneur with proven ability to lead teams to grow revenues and market share through innovation and people leadership. A graduate of Political Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he is the pioneer Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of InfoGraphics Nigeria Limited with over 20 years of an eclectic career spanning marketing communications, digital design, strategy, change/transformation and software development in private and public sectors. In 2005, Microsoft recognised his leadership of InfoGraphics’ to excellence in execution through adherence to Microsoft best-practices, implementation guidance and effective and customer-acknowledged internal process methodology with the two prestigious awards – the 2005 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Enterprise Solutions and Regional Partner of the Year (Nigeria/Ghana). Gobal recognition came also in 2006 with the Regional Winner, Microsoft Worldwide Partner Awards to consolidat...