By Maryjane Austine
Converge 2025 Set to Unite Young Nigerian Professionals This December
Converge, the annual forum that brings together young Nigerian professionals from within the country and the diaspora, will return on 21 December 2025. The event provides a platform for participants to connect, exchange ideas, and explore collaborative opportunities across various sectors.
The organisers say the gathering is designed to harness the growing global network of young Nigerians, formed in the wake of increasing youth migration. Positioned during the popular December holiday season, Converge aims to create purposeful moments amid the festivities by encouraging reflection, ambition, and community-building.
Following a successful inaugural edition in 2024, this year’s event will host 200 participants, expanding from attendees who came from seven countries last year, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, Kenya, and Nigeria.
Converge 2025 also features new partnerships. Access Bank returns as a supporter, while Flutterwave, Raenest, and Antler join as partners. Antler will provide attendees with access to a complimentary business masterclass. The organisers say the event will introduce new perspectives while maintaining the momentum of its first edition.
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The 2025 programme will bring together young professionals, entrepreneurs, creatives, investors, technologists, and policy advocates. Highlights include a keynote on long-term national development, panel sessions covering finance, technology, the creative economy, public service, and global development, as well as an interactive conversation with notable Nigerian changemakers.
Other activities include a showcase of young entrepreneurs, structured networking sessions linking diaspora returnees with local leaders, and guided discussions with conversation prompts. Speakers expected at the event include Tunde Onakoya, Mayowa Kuyoro, Rolake Akinkugbe, Olumide Soyombo, and Dr Ola Brown, among others.
Registration for Converge 2025 is now open. The organisers describe the gathering as a movement aimed at connecting and empowering Nigerian talent globally, with the goal of transforming individual ambition into collective progress.
