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The Future Runs Through Africa

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IOAD's Flagship Initiative

Integrated Health Pods

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— pods —
Urgent care
builds trust

trust enables
participation

Strengthening Trusted Communities

partnerships fund
care & jobs

Participation
powers
partnerships

Community Based Integrated Health Pods

Central Treatment Clinic

Community Health
shared future

Regional Medical City

Multi-Disciplinary Health Center

Phase I: January - March 2026

Investment: $200,000 | 4 Communities | Target: 200+ Businesses, 3,000 People Served.

Economics + Capacity Building => Health Care Soft Launch of Pods

—Launch + train strategic micro
—Learning: general and livelihood skills
—Microloan basics and interest literacy

—Community “wanted/offer” board (Craigslist-style)
—Build & orient Pod teams from local communities and contacts

—Urgent health info and care pathways
—Maternal health: access and education for mothers/mothers‑to‑be
—Parenting/child‑raising community connections

Success Metrics:

Pilot Paves the Way for Phase II (Q2-Q4 2026)

Phase II: Through Q2 2026

Investment: $800,000 | 20 Communities | Target: 1,000+ Businesses, 30,000 People Served

Success Metrics:

Target by End 2026:
30,000 people served, 20 self-managing communities

Phase III: 2027+

Investment: $5,000,000+ | 100+ Communities | Target: 150,000+ People Served

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These sessions are launching at the 2nd World Summit on Social Development
5th November 2025
Live from Doha, QatarJoin UsBuild Better Together

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Program:

2:00 PM (Qatar)
WELCOME

Moderator:

Ali Lankerani, DC
President, Foundation For Optimal Beginnings (USA)

Speakers:

Dealing with Reality
Aikande Robert Nkya
President, Tanzanian Women's Group (Tanzania)

The Vision
The Honourable Otunba Dele Ajayi-Smith
Co-Founder IOAD International (Nigeria)

The People
James Patton
Leadership (USA)

The Tech
Mike Harris
Co-Founder, CEO Exonym (Germany)

What Our Difference Means for You
Karen Judd Smith, DM
Co-Founder, CEO IOAD International (USA)Live Q&A

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Ali Lankerani, DC

Dr. Ali Lankerani is a clinical neuroscientist, a family advocate, including lobbying on Capitol Hill for healthcare reform. He ran an award-winning private practice focusing on children’s performance
optimization and is now channeling his entrepreneurialism into his work at Role Model Maker International, Founder of the Foundation for Optimal Beginnings Nonprofit, and Organizer for the Family Circle Community.
Twice voted as one of America’s Top Doctors, recognized by the UNICEF Leadership Circle, and a published environmental researcher (AMBIO by Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Conservation International, and World Wildlife Fund), he is also an international best selling author speaker, mentor, and consultant on preventative policy against poverty for marginalized groups and people at risk.
His networks span 21 time zones, and his events and programs were seen by over 3.86 million viewers in the first half of 2025 alone.
More: www.rolemodelmaker.com/international

Aikande Robert Nkya

Dr. Ali Lankerani is a clinical neuroscientist, a family advocate, including lobbying on Capitol Hill for healthcare reform. He ran an award-winning private practice focusing on children’s performance
optimization and is now channeling his entrepreneurialism into his work at Role Model Maker International, Founder of the Foundation for Optimal Beginnings Nonprofit, and Organizer for the Family Circle Community.
Twice voted as one of America’s Top Doctors, recognized by the UNICEF Leadership Circle, and a published environmental researcher (AMBIO by Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Conservation International, and World Wildlife Fund), he is also an international best selling author speaker, mentor, and consultant on preventative policy against poverty for marginalized groups and people at risk.
His networks span 21 time zones, and his events and programs were seen by over 3.86 million viewers in the first half of 2025 alone.
More: www.rolemodelmaker.com/international

Otunba 'Dele Ajayi-Smith

Founder, President & CEO, African Citizens Development Foundation (ACDF)
Otunba 'Dele Ajayi-Smith is a distinguished development practitioner with three decades of leadership advancing sustainable development across Africa. As Founder and CEO of the ACDF since 1995, his leadership ensured sustained impact on continental development initiatives.
His integrated approach to social development encompasses education, food security, and civil society strengthening. Through Citizens Schools (established 1997), he champions youth development and educational excellence in Nigeria. As founder of the Society for Shelter, Education, Food, and Agricultural Development in Africa (ASSEFAD) in 2000, he addressed critical food security challenges. As Co-Founder of the International Organisation for Africa Development, headquartered in the United States he is creating international cooperation toward integrated health solutions.
A seasoned Project Development Practitioner, Otunba Ajayi-Smith holds fellowships with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) and Certified Institute of Cost Management (FCCM). He serves as Executive Chairman of Hammersmith Projects Solutions Limited and previously led the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Engineering Services Trade Group.
His civil society leadership includes chairing the Board of Trustees for WANGO Nigerian Chapter and serving as President of NACEVO and bears the traditional title of Otunba Agbeluga of Ijebu-Imusin.

James Patton

Co-Founder, CEO—Exonym.io Mike Harris is a co-founder of Exonym and devised the "Decentralized Rulebooks" system with patents pending in both the US and EU (2020). He has over 20 years of experience in ICT and is an expert in distributed PrivacyByDesign systems. He began his career in Quality and Business Analysis for large-scale distributed trading systems and moved over to development in 2011.
He has experience in founding green-field software teams, international management, and holds a First-Class bachelor's degree in Mathematics & Physics from the Open University (UK).

Mike Harris

Co-Founder, CEO—Exonym.io Mike Harris is a co-founder of Exonym and devised the "Decentralized Rulebooks" system with patents pending in both the US and EU (2020). He has over 20 years of experience in ICT and is an expert in distributed PrivacyByDesign systems. He began his career in Quality and Business Analysis for large-scale distributed trading systems and moved over to development in 2011.
He has experience in founding green-field software teams, international management, and holds a First-Class bachelor's degree in Mathematics & Physics from the Open University (UK).

Karen Judd Smith, B.Sc, D.Min.

Executive Chair & Co-Founder, IOAD International, Karen brings 25+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, peace, justice, and systems innovation. An Australian native who has worked across 35+ countries, she combines full-stack development and cybersecurity expertise with proven social impact leadership. She has advised the UN's CIO, chaired the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, NY, and currently leads the IOAD's Integrated Health Project. Author of "United Nations Unlocked" and forthcoming "Transilience," Dr. Judd Smith specializes in building corruption-resistant, community-empowering systems. Her adaptive capacity-building methodology—honed through international youth leadership, business transformation, and diplomatic engagement—bridges grassroots needs with international support systems.

Karen Judd Smith, B.Sc. (Physics), M.Div., D.Min.

President, Global Development Enterprise dba IOAD
IOAD Co-Founder

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Dr. Karen Judd Smith brings more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of technology, peace, justice and systems innovation to her role spearheading the innovative IOAD Commitment Infrastructure Project—recognizing human dynamics as the catalyst and nexus of meaningful change.

An Australian native who has worked extensively across international organizations and traveled to over 35 countries, Dr. Judd Smith combines deep technological understanding with proven social impact expertise. As a full-stack developer with cybersecurity and digital crime expertise, she has advised the UN's CIO and Information Communication and Technology Network, while maintaining active involvement with the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and serving as Chair of the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at the UN.

Her unique adaptive capacity building methodology emerged from decades of diverse operational experience—from directing international youth leadership programs managing 100+ vessels and 350 participants, to restructuring and turning around struggling businesses, to designing corruption-resistant approaches for international development. These insights are captured in "United Nations Unlocked" and her forthcoming book "Transilience," offer frameworks for navigating personal and organizational transformation.

Dr. Judd Smith has consistently built resilient, self-sustaining systems that empower communities. She led development of a charter for an innovative interreligious peace council, directed fact-finding missions and reconciliation initiatives in the Middle East, and pioneered training programs helping individuals and their organizations develop adaptive capacities essential for navigating rapid change. Her leadership style emphasizes collaborative innovation—assembling and orchestrating diverse expert teams so technical solutions can serve community-defined needs.

This foundation—spanning grassroots community development to high-level diplomatic engagement—uniquely positions Dr. Smith to lead the multidisciplinary team guiding the initial phases of the IOAD Commitment Infrastructure Project. As President, she provides the systems architecture and integration expertise essential for weaving technological, medical, financial, and community development components into a cohesive, scalable solution. Her proven ability to build multi-stakeholder coalitions and navigate complex UN environments ensures the project can effectively bridge local community needs with international support systems while maintaining the commitment protocols and transparency essential for sustainable, corruption-resistant impact.

Otunba ‘Dele Ajayi-Smith

President, and CEO
African Citizens Development Foundation (ACDF)
IOAD Co-Founder

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Otunba ‘Dele Ajayi-Smith is the Founder, President, and CEO of the African Citizens
Development Foundation (ACDF), established in 1995. The Foundation has been granted
Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) since 2009 and with the UN Department of Public Information (UNDPI) since
2007, reflecting its significant contribution to developmental initiatives across Africa.
He is also the proprietor of Citizens Schools, a secondary institution founded in 1997 at
Temu, Epe, Lagos State, as part of the Foundation’s youth development program. The
school aims to foster a “cultured society” by nurturing well-rounded, educated young
Africans.

In 2000, Otunba ‘Dele Ajayi-Smith founded the Society for Shelter, Education, Food, and
Agricultural Development in Africa (ASSEFAD), dedicated to promoting food security across
Nigeria and the continent.

Professionally, Otunba ‘Dele Ajayi-Smith served as Managing Director of Capital
Preservative Limited from 1984 to 1995 and currently holds the position of Executive
Chairman of Hammersmith Projects Solutions Limited. He has also been actively involved
in the business community, serving as Chairman of the Engineering Services and Repairs
Trade Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) until 2021 and
participating as a Council Member of the Chamber.

His leadership extends into the nonprofit sector, where he has held several notable
positions: he is a former President of the Iju Lions Club, Chair of the Board of Trustees for
the World Association of NGOs (WANGO) Nigerian Chapter, and President/Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organizations (NACEVO). Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Nigeria Institute of
Management (NIM) Epe Division.

Otunba ‘Dele Ajayi-Smith is a Chartered Manager and a seasoned Project Development
Practitioner. He is a full member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM), the
London Institute of Directors (MIoD), and holds Fellowships with the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants (FCMA) and the Certified Institute of Cost Management (FCCM).
His philanthropic contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including the
prestigious traditional chieftaincy title of Otunba Agbeluga of Ijebu-Imusin, Ogun State,
awarded in 2001. His international recognitions include the African Business Leadership
Award (Paris, 1990), African International Award of Merit (2001), Achiever’s Platinum Award
for Global Excellence (2002), Leadership in Nigeria Education Gold Award (2005), and the
Distinguished Nation-Builder Merit Award (2006). Other honors include the Great Legend in
Africa Gold Award (2008), the Standard Performance Award from the Institute of Public
Relations (2009), and recognition as Leader of the Month by the Association of Chief
Executives of Voluntary Organizations (ACEVO) in the UK.

He is also the Founding President of the International Organisation for Africa Development
(IOAD), headquartered in the United States, and serves as the Permanent Representative of
the African Citizens Development Foundation (ACDF) to the United Nations.
Born on April 3, 1952, Otunba ‘Dele Ajayi-Smith is a respected scholar of Natural Sciences.
He is married and a proud father.

Lagos, Nigeria
January 2, 2024

Dr. Ali Lankerani
Physician • Consultant • Activist

Founder
Foundation for Optimal Beginnings

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Dr. Ali Lankerani is a clinical neuroscientist, a family advocate, and a consultant to
the United Nations.

Over the past 30 years, Dr. L has lobbied on Capitol Hill for healthcare reform, ran
an award-winning private practice focusing on children’s performance
optimization, been a leading entrepreneur and international inspirational public
speaker.

As a visionary, a connector, and a capacity builder, Dr. L has been the Creator of
Role Model Maker International, Founder of the Foundation for Optimal
Beginnings Nonprofit, and Organizer for the Family Circle Community.
He has been voted twice as America’s Top Doctors, recognized by the UNICEF
Leadership Circle, has been a published environmental researcher (AMBIO by
Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Conservation International, and World
Wildlife Fund), and an international best selling author. Dr. L serves on the board
of International Organization on African Development, and is currently nominated
to be the Deputy Director General of Global Alliance Offices on Drugs and Crime
NGO (with ECOSOC status to UN.)

He is a sought-after speaker, mentor, and consultant on preventative policy
against poverty for marginalized groups and people at risk. Dr. L has shared his
insights with a focus on youth empowerment, partnership for sustainable
development goals, and entrepreneurship as key components for social
development, peace, and stability worldwide.
His networks span 21 time zones, and his events and programs were seen by over
3.86 million viewers in the first half of 2025 alone. He has been featured on TEDx,
FOX, NBC, RMM TV, and other media outlets.
More: www.rolemodelmaker.com/international