Nigeria's technology industry was left stunned a few days ago when technology communications strategist, Kelechi Udoagwu, shared the story of sexual assault he experienced at the hands of Kendall Ananyi, ceo and founder of Tizeti Network Limited.
Kelechi, who appeared to be emboldened by lousy stories from other rape and sexual harassment victims who still flooded social media platforms, revealed that the attack occurred while he was through the mentoring program MEST in Africa.
According to her, the Tizeti CEO approached her and thrust his penis into her hand. Kelechi said that Kendall was designated as her mentor at the event but sought more from her than being her guide.
He wasn’t a staff of MEST. He visited as a Guest Speaker. Our friendship had been purely platonic and professional till that afternoon.I could barely assimilate and react that this was really happening cos I had put the guy on a pedestal and know about his wife.
— Kelechi U (@anti_ratrace) June 2, 2020
She added that when she reached out to other colleagues in the industry and shared her experience, they gave tepid responses with no actionable support which further led to silence.
While Mr Kendall Ananyi is yet to address the claims, however Tizeti has taken to Twitter to declare a zero tolerance on sexual harassment while announcing that an investigation has been commissioned.
We have zero tolerance for sexual harassment and assault at MEST and within the MEST community. We will stand behind you and help escalate action if you wish. We have privately DM’d you as well.
— MEST Africa (@MESTAfrica) June 3, 2020His name is Kendall Ananyi. Founder of https://t.co/rgZVPGLshR or Tizeti. https://t.co/M5dkVoiti5— Kelechi U (@anti_ratrace) June 3, 2020
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