Win-Win: Optimising Blue-Collar Employee Welfare and Productivity

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Meet the Speakers

Prof. Dapo Adeleye

Professor of Human Resources, Georgetown University

Lynn Eisenhart

Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Emmanuel Okeleji

CEO & Co-founder, SeamlessHR

Boason Omofaye

Anchor, Arise Xchange Senior Consultant, New Markets Media & Intelligence Limited

About the Event

This is an exclusive event organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in partnership with SeamlessHR and PwC to engage the top 20 employers of blue-collar workers in Nigeria.

The discussions will cover:  

  1. Improving blue-collar worker productivity through cutting-edge technology solutions and tools. 
  2. Improving the quality of life of blue-collar workers through various Embedded Finance innovations already deployed by the Foundation in other global markets.


The event will be an impactful 120 minutes of engagement, and here are a few key highlights you can look forward to:

  1. Engaging panel discussion featuring senior global leadership at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as SeamlessHR and PwC leadership.
  2. Insights from the Foundation’s experience with similar projects globally.
  3. Keynote speech by Professor Dapo Adeleye, Professor of the Practice of Human Resource Management and Faculty Director Human Resource Management at Georgetown University, Washington DC.
  4. Networking with fellow executive leadership of top 20 employers in Nigeria, fostering valuable connections and knowledge sharing.
  5. Showcase of innovative technologies designed by SeamlessHR in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for blue-collar workers welfare and productivity.
  6. Participation and contribution to Africa’s first seminal research and publication on blue-collar workforce on the continent.   


Our goal at the end of the day is to address the unique challenges faced by blue-collar workers in Africa, share from the experience of the Foundation in other markets, and collaborate with you and other employers to develop, experiment and fine-tune different cutting-edge solutions that will improve the lives and productivity of the most hard working Africans.