2024 Scrum Masters of African Descent Agile Conference

About SMAD

Vision

We’re an online and offline agile enthusiast group hosting live speaking events on a range of tech topics seeking to expand our knowledge & capabilities – we primarily identify as a “black” “minority” group, but we encourage active participation from all races and places

Mission/Objectives

  • Achieve high tiered active networking and collaborations
  • Create extensive collaborations with bodies and groups with similar aligned interests
  • Expand and promote a robust agile workspace in projects
  • Be a leading indicator and beacon of hope for people, organizations and institutions who feels disfranchised

SMAD Leadership Network

Chibuzo Anyakora – “Buzi”

Co-Founder

Gbemisola Adetayo

VP - Brand Strategy & Development

Onyinye Nwegbe – “Daylor”

VP Innovations & Design Thinking

Abigail Edgal

VP Operations & Administration

Owolabi Gatta

VP Content Creations

Irene

Director Socials (Slack)

Vitalis Aondosso

Director - Design Thinking

Henry Iduwe

Director – Ops & Admin

Godwin Nwaugha

Director - Content Creation

TBD

Director – Socials (LinkedIn)

Ebot Leonel

Director - Design Thinking

Karen Yeates

Director – Ops & Admin

Ndugi Njoroge

Director – Ops & Admin

Adesuwa Tess Giwa-Osagie

Director - Content Creation

Femi

Director - Design Thinking

Our Focus

Brand Strategy & Development

  • This department will focus on strategies to aid the growth of the organization by taking on initiatives that will enable SMAD gain access to partnerships, opportunities and the recognition it deserves.
  • Initiatives:
    • SMAD Digital (Slack, Linkedin, Meetup) 
    • Elevated Experiences 
    • Partnerships

Operations & Administration

  • This department will be in charge of general operational and administrative projects, coordination’s and management
  • Initiatives:
    • Operational & administrative efficiency
    • Direct support to the Head, SMAD
    • Elevated Experiences

Innovations & Design Thinking

  • This department will focus on design thinking’s and capability experience taking a futuristic look at SMAD’s product, process and offerings
  • Initiatives:
    • Design thoughts Process flows 
    • Elevated Experiences 
    • Partnerships

Content Creation

  • This department will focus on conference agenda and topic preparations, bi-weekly calls revamp and general backlog management
  • Initiatives:
    • SMAD Conference theme and agenda creation
    • Bi – weekly calls revamp
    • Elevated Experiences

We want to hear from you

Contact

Email: scrummastersofafricandescent@gmail.com
Slack: Scrum Masters of African Descent
LinkedIn: Scrum Masters of African Descent
Meetup: Scrum Masters of African Descent

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