RED Managing Partner Chude Jideonwo will be teaching on Social Media Awareness at the Youth Empowerment and ICT Foundation Seminarthemed, ‘Social MediaAwareness: the Good, the Bad and the Opportunities’ on Friday, May 3 2013 at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Mr Jideonwo will be speaking on how to create awareness among Nigerian youths on the benefits as well as the negative effects of social media usage.

Speaking alongside Mr Jideonwo are Linda Ikeji of Linda Ikeji blog, Uche Pedro of BellaNaija, Lanre Aina of Google Nigeria, Kaptain Idoko of GidiTraffic amongst others.Special guest speakers for the day include Jim Ovia, Founder Youth Empowerment and ICT Foundation; Professor Ibidapo Obe, Former VC of Unilag; Mrs OmobolaJohnson, ICT Minister; Dr. Eugene Juwah, NCC. Exec. VC; and Malcolm Phillips, Principal James Hope College.

YouthEmpowerment & ICT Foundation is a non-governmental organization, which focuses on improving the socio-economic welfare of Nigerian youths by inspiring and motivating them to embrace information & communication technology (ICT) as a means to equip themselves and society. This initiative holds annual Youth Empowerment conferences, seminars, Implements projects and programs seeking to address the most pressing youth issues in Nigeria.