Welcome to the Layers of Design Podcast! I'm your host, Ebehi. Thank you for tuning in and if this is your first time, welcome! Before we get into this episode, we're 2 weeks away from our first annual event, on April 17th! DESIGN X COMMUNITY: Rethinking Public Spaces! If you haven't checked out this event or signed up yet, head over to our website, layersofdesign.online. Design X Community is going to be a series of events encouraging designers to think about and take action towards social issues in our communities. This first event is focused on bringing awareness to people experiencing homelessness. It's a 3 part event so there's something for everyone. Again, head over to layersofdesign.online of all the info. Also, we had an amazing conversation with Julia Nagele, principal and design director at HEWITT during our last Sketch It Out episode. So if you missed it, head over to our website or YouTube channel for the replay! Now, to this week's episode. Our guest is Ike Obanye, he's the principal of the award winning RIBA Chartered architectural practice - Iketecture. Ike is also a founding partner of the Project Africa Network, an organization devoted to the economic empowerment of the continent through strengthening the relationships, partnerships and collaborations between the continents diaspora and its local communities, businesses and people! Ike truly is an inspiration and openly shares with us how he got started in the profession. He gives a lot of great advice and tips on growing in your professional and personal life. Most of all, this conversation was a lot of fun and we had lots of laughs too! So stay tuned and enjoy! Beat by Doctunes aka Omzzi Song Rambo by Henri-Paul