Our projects
National Leadership Summit (NLS)
About
This is a summit designed for high school and university students as an approach to addressing leadership challenges in the country. This summit brings together students to learn about design thinking with their peers and to learn from leading individuals in various industries.
2016:
Our 2016 NLS was held at Petra Secondary School, Ibadan, Oyo State, and it had eight different schools represented with over 80 students in attendance. There were leadership and design thinking sessions for the students and it helped us gain an insight on what we needed to teach students moving forward.
2017:
Our 2017 NLS was held at Covenant University and it included keynote speeches and several sessions to help build our students. We had over 12 secondary schools represented as well as students from covenant university and other tertiary institutions.
We had partnerships with global Organizations including the Global Shapers Community, World Economic Forum, Guardian Nigeria, UNILAG FM, and more.
2022:
Our 2022 NLS was held at the international conference center at Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State. We had over 10 secondary Schools present as well as students of the University of Ibadan, Lead City University, and other tertiary institutions. It included keynote speeches, a panel discussion, a high school debate, the grand finale of the idea pitch competition, networking, and more.
Our guests included Engineer Abiodun Fijabi (International and Award winning public speaker), Seun Fakorede (Hon. Commissioner for Youths and Sports), Ayo Arikawe (Co-Founder and CTO Thrive Agric Limited), Femi Adeyeye (National Publicity Secretary, AAC), Dr. Oluremi Olutimo, (Secretary-General, United Nations Association of Nigeria), Mide Olayinka (CEO, Kashbase), and more.
We received funding from the generous OneFoundation and Giving.ng, and our host of partners and sponsors were the United Nations Association of Nigeria, Lead City University, Junior Chamber International (JCI UI), Kayode leadership Alabi initiative (KLCI), and more.
Aliu Empowerment Program (AEP)
About
The AEP is a program that provides deserving high achieving but low-income students with full or close to full tuition, resources to help them thrive at school, and trainings on community development to enable them give back to their community.
The Aliu Empowerment Program does not only provide them with academic scholarships, but also helps them as they navigate their desired career paths. By joining Upsurge Global, they are also joining a lifetime global community of change-makers where they would also receive training to give back to their communities and help other young people around them.
2021/2022 Cohort:
Our first cohort consists of 10 students in different institutions across the country. They are students of Engineering, Medicine, Architecture, Accounting and more, and they have shown dedication to their academics and a drive to positively impacting their society.
Regal Tech Academy (RTA)
This is a Tech Academy where we provide our students with quality and affordable training in various digital skills. With our strong teaching model and fantastic trainers, we are able to train our students to use their skills to stay on top of the economy.
This training includes:
- Skilled Facilitators
- Certificate of Participation
- Hands-on Learning
- Internship Opportunities
- Membership Opportunities
- Amazing Prizes
Cohort 1 (April 12 – May 12, 2021):
In this cohort, we offered 6 skills to our students and they were:
- Web Development (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS)
- UI/UX Design
- Data Analysis
- Graphics Design
- Web Design (WordPress)
- Digital Marketing
Cohort 2 (October 25th – November 26th, 2021):
In this cohort, we offered 3 Courses to our students and they were:
- UI/UX Design
- Data Analysis
- Graphics Design
Royal Leadership Fellowship
About
We held the first cohort of our Royal Leadership Fellowship virtually in June. Engr Abiodun Fijabi was our RLF mentor and he took our fellows through two days of leadership, creative writing, and public speaking training.
Idea for Change Competition
About
In these competitions, we call out for submissions of innovative and sustainable ideas that address various issues in our society, especially relating to health and youth empowerment. Through these competitions, we are able to promote critical thinking and healthy competition among our young ones.
Cohort 1:
Our first “Idea for Change” Competition was in February 2021 and the theme was “Our Path to Better Education”. We had three judges and three students emerged as our winners.
Cohort 2:
Our second “Idea for Change” Competition was in March 2022 at our National Leadership Summit and it required our Royal Leadership Fellows to create solutions to certain critical issues in our society.
School Outreaches
About
Through our school outreaches, we provide students with empowering sessions ranging from leadership, creative writing, to problem solving skills, our goal being to help students in the area of design thinking so that they can in turn transform their community.
2020:
In early 2020, we visited His Royal Diadem College and taught about 100 students design thinking and how they can utilize it in their immediate communities.
Online Leadership Trainings
About
These are leadership training sessions where we invite experts in various fields to speak to our community members on important issues and topics. These topics range from leadership development to goal setting, risk management, and more.
These trainings started during the start of the pandemic and helped us connect with young people across the country who we trained and provide platforms to learn about leadership and design thinking.
Upsurge Global TV
About
This is a medium where we tell the stories of young change makers in our immediate community. Some of them are beneficiaries of one Upsurge program or the other while others are working for a similar cause as Upsurge.
