About SpeedJobs Africa

Ibem Kalu IDIKA is an Organisational Human Resource and Human Capital Development Expert. With over two decades hands on experience in Business Leadership and Human Resources Management spanning several industries including Public Sector, ICT, Telecoms, Courier, Software Development, Consulting, Banking, Real estate development and Electricity distribution, he is qualified to lead any project and deliver the desired outcomes. Ibem is also the originator and lead developer of a comprehensive Career Planning Toolkit and Occupational Directory designed to bridge the gap between education, employability, and workforce readiness. This practical resource was developed to guide students, jobseekers, and early-career professionals in making informed career decisions based on aptitude, labour market realities, and long-term growth prospects. The Career Planning Toolkit integrates self-assessment frameworks, career mapping templates, skills-gap analysis, and guided decision tools that help users align personal strengths with viable occupational pathways. Complementing this is an Occupational Directory that provides structured, contextualised information on diverse professions, including role descriptions, required competencies, entry pathways, training requirements, and progression opportunities—adapted to the Nigerian and African labour market context. These tools have become foundational to the success of the Speed Jobs Career Planning Service and SPEED Job Centers, enabling consistent advisory standards, scalable career guidance delivery, and measurable outcomes in employability and job matching. Through this innovation, he has strengthened institutional career guidance capacity, improved career clarity for thousands of beneficiaries, and advanced evidence-based workforce development practice. This contribution underscores his role not only as a workforce development leader, but as a thought leader in structured career planning systems, with practical tools that translate policy, education, and labour market insights into real-world career outcomes. Ibem is a member of the power sector skills council. He has developed several HR leaders who are leading HR in different organisations. He served on the committee that reviewed the competency matrix for jobs in the Nigeria electricity distribution sector. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from University of Nigeria, a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and Member, Nigerian institute for Training and Development. He is also a member of Nigerian Society for Corporate Governance.

Mrs. Edith Egube is a seasoned Human Resource Development Consultant and Business Management Professional with over a decade of experience helping organizations build capable, efficient, and high-performing teams. As Managing Partner at SPEED Consulting Limited, Edith leads strategic initiatives to deliver workforce solutions, organizational development, and business advisory services to clients across multiple sectors. She is widely recognized as a Social Impact Ambassador, committed to raising standards in recruitment and workforce development, especially within the informal employment sector. Edith’s business career spans more than 15 years, beginning with the establishment of On-The-Go Ventures in 2008, a CAC-registered sourcing and outsourcing firm. Her practical exposure to business management was preceded by nearly a decade in the telecommunications industry, where she excelled as a Customer Service Representative and honed her skills in operations, client relations, and process improvement. In 2010, she earned an MSc in Entrepreneurship & Business Management from the University of Bedfordshire, UK, equipping her with advanced insights into enterprise growth and talent strategy. Since 2015, she has focused on human resource development, pioneering standardization efforts in informal sector recruitment and championing professionalization of employment practices for SMEs and startups. Edith is passionate about enabling businesses to thrive through talent optimization, capacity building, and systems that drive sustainable growth. Through SPEED Consulting, she continues to collaborate with forward-looking organizations to deliver practical solutions that improve efficiency, workforce quality, and business outcomes.

Francisca Yetunde Armon is the Managing Partner at Work Culture. A veteran and Strategic Human Resource Expert with almost 25 years HR practice experience spanning the Financial Sector and SMEs. Her broad exposure cuts across most aspects of Human Resource Management which includes Employee Relations, Change Management, Human Resource Business Partnership, Learning and Development, Outsourcing and much more. As a HR Leader, she works with key stakeholders to incorporate the right culture. She sees Reading as a veritable tool for social change. She combines her passion for positive Work Culture practice and Reading Advocacies in People Development using teaching, training interventions and social commentaries to influence and transform. An Alumni of the University of Lagos, she holds a First degree, a Master’s degree, professional membership of the CIPM and several certifications & trainings.

Nsikak has a background in Educational Management/Political Science, from the University of Port Harcourt where he graduated with a second-class upper division. He has an MBA from Rome Business School and an EMBA from Valencia International University. He is a HR professional with requisite skills in people management, Talent Acquisition and management, people analytics, data analytics and strategic business partnering. He is a go-to person for Talent Development, HR Strategy, Change Management, Community Relations Management, Data Analytics and Human Capital Business Partnering in the Oil and Gas, Digital Transformation, Energy, and FMCG Industries with key competencies developed overtime through personal development drives and work experience. He has in the course of his career championed the ideation and execution of cutting-edge HR initiatives and strategies that transformed the outlook of employee – management relationship, resulting in improved employee engagement and performance. He has facilitated HR Process re-engineering and strategy optimization for several organizations. He is a public speaker and has led numerous training programs, and mentored over a hundred young graduates and career driven professionals on developing skills and career for the future of work. He has been involved in innovative and purpose driven intervention programmes that has positioned his respective workplaces as a learning organisation and achieved workforce optimization for productivity. He has spare headed the recruitment of several level of employees using several strategic channels and initiatives that has enabled him standout among other recruiters in the HR space.