Social Media Week Lagos: Full Schedule

2:30pm WAT

Postcrossing: Cultural Exchange Through Postcards

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Social media has given us the ability to learn about other cultures through the eyes of locals without ever actually having to leave home.

Postcrossing.com is a global website where participants are invited to send and receive postcards with people around the world whom they have never met. The only thing that brings them together is their love for exchanging postcards. This event will demonstrate how Postcrossing.com is bringing people closer, redefining communication and encouraging people to send handwritten messages in a digital era.

Speakers

Pelu Awofeso

Travel Journalist, Travel Next Door

I am a travel journalist, culture reporter and city guide. Sometime in 2009 I launched a solo travel project tagged “The Beautiful Underbelly Tour”, during which I crisscrossed 18 states in Nigeria’s six geographical regions. Stories and photographs I generated from that 10-month... Read More →

Nnenna Fakoya-Smith

Tourism Enthusiast, NENE-UWA HUB LTD

Nnennaya Fakoya-Smith aka Ajala Nene of Nene-Uwa is a Tourism Enthusiast: Tourism Booster/Promoter, Tour Broker & Travel Blogger. She is also a Deltiologist (Postcard Lover), A Philatelist (Stamp Collector), A Numismatist (Coins and Banknote Collector) and an Afrocentric Enthusiast.Nene-Uwa... Read More →

Raphael James

Director General, Center For Research, Information Management & Media Development

Dr. Raphael James is the founder of the largest Photo Museum of Nigeria History with over 35, 000 photos. Publisher of African Dame and The National Biographer Magazines; The National Biographer Magazine have featured some VIP's in Africa and beyond, including former Military President... Read More →

Chuck Nwachukwu

Head Business Development, Culture Shock Africa

Chuck and the Lagos LaidBac team have been able to build a business around creating societal value for the city of Lagos.In collaboration with his Partners, they have bridged an existing gap in the education of domestic tourists and business travelers as well as helped proliferation... Read More →

SMW 2018 CLOSER NENE UWA HUB LTD PROPOSAL POSTCROSSING IN NIGERIA pdf

SMW Lagos 2018 Nene Uwa's Postcrossing Session Poster jpg

Thursday March 1, 2018 2:30pm - 3:30pm WAT
Annex

Talk, Salon

Host Organization NENE-UWA HUB LTD
Subject Marketing & Communications, Hospitality & Travel
Audience General
Featured AfricaNXT
Tags #SMWPOSTCARDS