The Fashion Souk, an electric congregation of fashion enthusiasts, witnessed a surge of businesses eager to secure grants through an intense pitch competition.
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LCCI President, Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, gave the charge at the Chamber’s 10th Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program (EMP) graduation.
The ceremony was held on Tuesday in Lagos.
Chudi Ugwuada-Ezirigwe, the acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, disclosed this in Abuja.
“We’ve seen clearly that a transition from secondary or tertiary education directly into sustainable entrepreneurship requires both financial and learning support,” comments Josh Adler, Executive Director of the Anzisha Prize. “Through our long-term partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, we’re thrilled to not only announce an increase in the number of fellowships we can offer each year, but also in the monetary support each venture will receive.”
For the past 10 years, the programme has supported very young entrepreneurs between the ages of 15-22 through a fellowship programme that builds business acumen skills and provides access to business coaching and offers cash prizes.
The event topic is designed to expose SMEs to various finance opportunities that they can access and utilise to foster the continued growth of their business, whilst optimising the sustenance of their business operations in contributing to national development.
This is according to a new impact report from the Anzisha Prize, which has worked with Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs for the last decade.
The Bank of Industry says it has introduced rehabilitation loan for entrepreneurs in the North East devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency.
The management of Airtel Nigeria has assured Nigerians of its commitment to create more entrepreneurs and “connect more people with their dreams’’ in the country.
The Managing Director of BoI, Kayode Pitan, made the disclosure at the bank’s celebration of the 2018 International Women’s Day in Lagos.
The Director, Communications and Public Affairs, GE Africa, Patricia Obozuwa, made this known on Saturday in Lagos during a media tour of GE Lagos Garage, a hub for advanced manufacturing, established in November 2016.
The Hon. Minister of State for the FCT, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, stated this at the weekend during a meeting with the National Director of Public Affairs of NCBC, Dr. Chukwu Tony Chime, and Chief Executive Officer of Asakeoge Couture Limited, Asake Agoro
At a lecture delivered at The Tony Elumelu Foundation offices in Ikoyi, Lagos State, Porter, who was described by the Times of London as the world’s “most influential management guru” and is widely regarded as the foremost authority on company and country competitiveness, spoke on competitive strategy, addressing entrepreneurs and business leaders on how best to sustain market advantage