Good People, Alhaji Aliko Dangote will deliver the 37th Public Lecture of my alma mater, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, on Saturday, April 25, 2026. And when he is done, a peerless icon of Africa’s entrepreneurial capitalism will be honoured with the Ikenga, FUTO’s enduring symbol of strength, excellence, and citizenship (two of mine in photo). In the Igbo tradition, it takes the killing of one leopard to be called a killer of leopards. In the marketplace of enterprise, Dangote has brought many business leopards home. We warmly welcome him to our University and look forward to him sharing from his vast experience, elevating minds and inspiring the next generation. Seventeen years ago, I had the privilege of standing on that same podium to deliver FUTO’s 15th Public Lecture, the first by an alumnus in the University history. It remains one of the highest honours because it is the Public Lecture. As an undergraduate, I attended one delivered by late HRM Prof. Joseph Chike Edozien, the former Asagba of Asaba. It was an intellectual festival chaired by Prof. Oba, then Vice Chancellor of FUTO. On April 25, Dangote will speak under the academic chairmanship of Prof. Mrs. Nnenna N. Oti, our distinguished Vice Chancellor and leader of our University. Good People, the road leads to Owerri. Come and experience what makes FUTO Africa’s finest technical university. To all the students, Dangote will solve “ODE – o di egwu” but here instead of calculus, it will be the “mystical” calculus of markets. Enjoy the lecture.