Bello Mohammed Tongo 2022 speaker

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings

Biography

Engr. Bello Mohammed Tongo is an award-winning experienced educational, construction, design and innovation professional, entrepreneur. He is the Executive Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tongston Entrepreneurship Group (Tongston), a leading award-winning pan-African group connecting entrepreneurship and education through finance, media and business. Bello is a Top 100 Visionary in Education conferred by the Global Forum for Education and Learning (GFEL).

With 14+ years of professional experience, he is an education entrepreneur transforming educational philosophy and delivery on the African continent. He is leading Tongston to scale entrepreneurial thinking through education, media, business and finance to achieve sustainable socio-economic development on the African continent.

Bello Mohammed Tongo is an experienced Training and Curriculum Development Consultant with PURD Consulting, Africa’s Leading Education company, where he led training workshops and professional development programs on project-based learning, teaching pedagogy, curriculum design and assessment to 500+ heads of schools and educators. He conducts curriculum re-design focused on integrating project-based learning into the Nigerian secondary and primary school curriculum.

Bello Mohammed Tongo was previously a Primary School Team Lead, Educator and Coordinator of various clubs and activities at the ICICE Academy, a leading British, Nigerian and Islamic curriculum based educational institution in Nigeria, where he managed and provided oversight to 15+ teachers on classroom management, lesson plan and curriculum re-design and ongoing support. He was a founding member and pioneer coordinator of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) Alumni Association, an independent global network of 1300+ NTIC Alumni resident in 20+ countries globally. He is a regular speaker at several events, and on TV and radio. He is a mentor for the Skills Outside School Foundation, a leading pan-African entrepreneurship, employability and education organization with 150+ partners and over 50,000 beneficiaries. He was previously a civil engineer in Atilgan Construction Company and as a site supervisor for the Nigerian Ministry of Works.

Bello Mohammed Tongo holds a Civil Engineering degree and a Postgraduate Certificate in Construction Management from the University of Birmingham, and an MA in Education (in view) from the University of South Wales. Bello is a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Young Directors Forum (Institute of Directors) Nigeria and the VC4A community with over 190,000 members & 22,000 start-ups.

Bello Mohammed Tongo has been a speaker at multiple events/platforms such as TEP Centre, NTA Business Express Show, North East Festival for Literacy & Creativity (Nigeria), NTIC Graduation 2021, other radio/TV shows, seminars, and is also slated to speak at the Education 2.0 Conference in Dubai (March 2022).