About the Event: The Africa Debate Cup is a continental debating competition that brings British Parliamentary debate to secondary schools across Africa. In 2024, the University of Ibadan British Parliamentary Debating Society partnered with the Africa Debate Cup to extend the competition beyond Lagos and establish an Ibadan edition for the first time.

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Learn more about Africa Debate Cup here

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About My Role: As Communications Lead and Head of Research for the University of Ibadan British Parliamentary Debating Society, I managed the end-to-end communications effort that made the Ibadan edition possible. To bring the competition to life, I took on three distinct responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

1. School Outreach & Coordination (Reached out to secondary schools across Ibadan, liaised with assigned school trainers, and organised training sessionsincluding teaching some sessions myself.)

• Event Communications (Designed the promotional flyer and created a promotional reel to drive awareness and participation for the Ibadan edition.)
• Adjudication (Served on the adjudication core across 4 preliminary rounds, judging and helping coordinate the competitive structure of the event.)

Key Results

1. Successfully extended the Africa Debate Cup to Ibadan for the first time, partnering with 16 secondary schools.
2. Mobilised 64+ participants across preliminary rounds and a grand final.
3. Designed and produced promotional materials including a flyer and video reel.

Gallery

Promotional reel towards finale, see shortliisted schools

Promotional reel towards finale, see shortliisted schools

Grand finale flyer

Individual School flyer sample

Recap reel of grand finale

Recap reel of grand finale

Shortlisted schools flyer