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Chukwuka Chukwunedum Monye  (born 21 July 1979) is an innovation strategist, corporate development and consumer intelligence expert who is at the helm of Ciuci (pronounced see-you-see) Consulting as its Managing Partner and is also the Director-General of Delta Economic Summit Group (D.E.S.G). His experience covers various sectors in several industries including financial services, telecoms, agriculture, solid minerals, media & entertainment, retail and the public sector. He is adept at formulating corporate and marketing strategies as well as providing solutions using technology and innovation. He is on the board of directors of several companies including House of Tara and Franchise Business Development Services International Limited.

Early life
Chukwuka Chukwunedum Monye attended Maryland Convent Private School for primary and Federal Government College, Ijanikin for secondary, where he graduated in 1996 after completing his West African Senior School Certificate Examination. He graduated with a BA in Business Administration (Honors) from Warner University in record time of three years with no summer classes and was also the university's first black student union president. He received several awards including "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges" and the United States Achievement Academy Award given to top students in the country. He has a MBA and a PDG in Strategy and Innovation, both from University of Oxford. He has also attended programs at Harvard Business School and INSEAD.

Career
He started his career in the United States, where he worked as an analyst at Citigroup’s private client business in Florida, before becoming the branch manager of a credit union. His passion for the development of the African continent led him to establish Ciuci (pronounced see-you-see) Consulting with two objectives – to provide advice to businesses in Africa and to develop locally based human capacity amidst a challenging educational and economic environment. He has led Ciuci to become one of the leading consulting firms in the African region having executed over 200 projects in 10 years. His passion for positive change within the continent, also led him to establish iQube- an organization designed to engage the youth, foster knowledge sharing, collaboration and out of the box thinking. It is founded on 3Is – Innovation, Inspiration and Insight. iQube is addressing specific socioeconomic development needs in Africa through different programs.

Chukwuka Chukwunedum Monye has led the development of several social impact initiatives aimed at taking the capacity building focus to corporate Nigeria and the society at large in sectors such as agriculture and healthcare on a pro bono basis as a sign of Ciuci’s commitment to its ideals. A key part of the company’s philosophy- social impact continues to expand rapidly as seen by the scope and volume of the projects it has undertaken since its inception. As a consultant to state and federal government institutions he has led teams to execute a number of projects such as supporting the Federal Ministry of Works in developing its Public Private Partnership framework; supporting the Federal Ministry of Health in developing a number of programs; conducting the impact assessment of an agriculture cooperative scheme for the Lagos State government and developing a transformation road map for a Lagos State owned Pediatrics Hospital.He has been involved in the incubation of a number of successful products and companies including the City of Lagos Monopoly game and the Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), a leadership institute for the healthcare sector with collaborators such as Cambridge and Duke Universities.

He is also an execution focused public speaker and has spoken at various business and youth conferences around the world especially as it concerns the youth, capacity development, education and entrepreneurship. Many of his published materials have been featured in Nigerian newspapers. Chukwuka Chukwunedum Monye has also been interviewed on a number of media platforms such as CNBC Africa, Channels TV, Arise TV and the Fidelity SME Radio forum where he reinforces his ideas as an Innovation Strategist and his commitment to seeing African businesses grow and properly positioned as the anchors that hold the economic future of the continent.