The Power Of One: How One Citizen Can Create A Sporadic Change | Hamzat Lawal | TEDxOkene

Hamzat Lawal, an Activist, speaks about "The Power Of One" and how one citizen can create a sporadic change in a social eco-system of a community. He spoke about how he has managed to bring people together who were otherwise silent and how anyone can give a voice to a million people.

For Hamzat, in life, BEING MORE is about placing value on yourself. He concludes by saying "The world is ours to conquer, let's conquer it together". Hamzat Lawal (Hamzy!) is an activist who has successfully led grassroots campaigns in over 40 African countries with over nine years experience in the non-profit sector and specializes in practical issues associated with Climate Change, Open Data, advocacy campaigns and development policies as it affects rural and deprived grassroots communities.

Hamzy! is also the Founder of Follow The Money, a Pan-African grassroots data-driven movement and leads a team of technology & innovation driven campaigners to amplify voices of marginalized communities in promoting accountability as it affects utilization of public funds focusing on specific communities across Africa.

He is currently the Chief Executive of Connected Development (CODE), under his leadership CODE won the ONE Africa 2016 Award which recognizes, rewards, and advances the exceptional work of Africa based organisations; dedicated to helping the continent achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx