A webinar to commemorate International Nurses Week. Convened by African Nursing Activists.
Senior nursing academics from two outstanding nursing departments in Nigeria, in conversation about what professional recognition and strategic direction mean for the next decade.
Professor of Nursing
Director, Institute of Part Time Studies
Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE)
Professional Identity and the Nigerian Nurse: Standards, Ethics and Global Recognition
Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
Bayero University, Kano (BUK)
The Six Pillars of the Nigeria Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery (2025-2030): What Every Nigerian Nurse Must Know
This is not a generic webinar. It's a tight, 90-minute conversation built around what working nurses, students, and educators across Africa need to hear right now.
Understand what protecting the Nurse title actually means, and how it ties to global recognition for African nurses.
Walk through Nigeria's Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery 2025-2030 with the academic leading the conversation.
Live Q&A with two highly respected nursing academics. Bring your questions; they'll answer them.
Concrete language and frameworks you can use the next day. In your practice, your faculty meetings, your advocacy work.
Register below and we'll send the Google Meet link to your email closer to the date.
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Free to join. Run by nurses, for nurses.
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Quick answers to what people usually ask before they reserve a spot.
Yes, the webinar is free for everyone who registers. ANA is a movement, not a paid programme. We're funding this commemoration of International Nurses Week ourselves to make sure professional development stays accessible to every nurse, student, and educator who wants to be in the room.
Once you register, you'll get an immediate confirmation email. The actual Google Meet join link is sent separately around 24 hours before the event, with a reminder one hour before we go live.
If you don't see anything in your inbox an hour before the event, check your spam folder, then email hello@africannursingactivists.org and we'll send it directly.
The webinar runs from 8:00 to 9:30 PM West Africa Time (WAT, UTC+1) on Saturday, 30 May 2026. 90 minutes start to finish.
The 8:00 PM WAT start converts to roughly: 7:00 PM GMT (UK), 3:00 PM EST (New York), 12:00 PM PST (California), 9:00 PM CAT (South Africa), 10:00 PM EAT (Kenya), 11:00 PM AST (Saudi Arabia).
Practising nurses, nursing students, midwives, nurse educators, nursing researchers, healthcare policymakers, and anyone with a stake in the future of nursing in Africa. You don't need to be Nigerian to attend. The conversation is rooted in Nigeria's strategic context but the themes (professional identity, regulatory reform, education modernisation) apply continent-wide.
Absolutely. We've built dedicated Q&A time into the agenda. Bring your questions about professional standards, the six pillars, nursing education reform, anything our speakers' topics cover. If we don't get to your question live, we'll follow up by email.
Nothing required. Your registration helps us keep you in the loop on future ANA events. If you'd rather we remove your email from the list, just reply to any of our emails and we'll take care of it.
Still stuck? Email hello@africannursingactivists.org and we'll get back to you fast.
