Ete Harriman Ayida

Ete Harriman Ayida B.Sc. M.A is the founder of African Child Development Initiative. She has a long standing interest in children’s education as a mother
of two. Whilst living in Washington, DC, she spent time volunteering with disadvantaged adults at the Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington and also volunteered her creative skills to her children’s school. On returning to Nigeria in 2006, with her background in Anthropology, she was able to translate her passion for photography and non-profit work into ACDI; whose vision is to light the creative and intellectual spark in children of diverse backgrounds through non-traditional learning experiences.

Chief Hope Harriman

Chief Hope Harriman was born in Warri, in the Niger Delta. He is a philanthropist and alumni of Government College, Ibadan. He is a Chartered surveyor by profession, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Nigerian Institution of Management. He attended Christ College, Cambridge 1955-1958. He sits on the board of numerous companies such as NDCC, NBTC, Evans Medical Plc in his illustrious career as an industrialist.