Get Your Business Proposals Ready! It’s Time for the 2015 WIMBIZ Impact Investment Competition | Deadline 31st August 2015

 Female entrepreneurs, are you ready? It’s here!

Women In Management, Business & Public Service (WIMBIZ) has announced it annual impact investment competition. The competition is a business plan competition for start-up businesses in the impact investment niche. The theme of this year’s competition is Women in Technology.

So who is eligible to apply?
Nigerian, female entrepreneurs between the ages of 21 and 30.

Eligible businesses must:

• Have clearly defined goals and objectives
• be registered in Nigeria, situated in Nigeria and suitable for Nigeria
• be sustainable and profitable
• Impact society
• be in the start-up phase and should not be more than 12 months old (new businesses are welcome to apply)
• be technological start-ups

What is up for grabs?

• 1,000,000NGN will be awarded to the top 3 businesses.
• The top 10 applicants will be granted scholarships to attend the Annual Conference.
• Awards will be presented to the winners during the closing ceremony of the Annual Conference.
• The winners will be assigned mentors on the platform of the WIMBIZ mentoring program.

Last year, Stephanie Obi won the prize with her plan to build an online business school, to host 1000 courses for aspiring entrepreneurs, existing entrepreneurs in 10 years.

Watch the video of Stephanie Obi’s winning entry ; 

https://youtu.be/65bDeMVboCE

UNILAG Alumnus wins 7Up Harvard Business School Scholarship 2015

 
 Norden Thurston, Head of Marketing, Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc; 7Up Harvard Business School Scholarship 2015 recipient, Bankole Rasheed Makanju and Adeyinka Adesina

Hardworking and intelligent Bankole Rasheed Makanju, a 2010 Electrical Engineering graduate of UNILAG has been awarded a full scholarship at Harvard Business School, United States, one of the best business schools in the world to study for the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) for two years.

The scholarship is sponsored by 7up, as part of its corporate social responsibility with the objective of helping to produce the next generation of Nigerian leaders with excellent business skills who are equipped with global leadership best practices. Bankole was unveiled last Tuesday, August 11 at a fully packed Afe Babalola hall, Unilag made up of over 400 guests drawn from serving corp members in Lagos, Post-graduate students of UNILAG and other interested members of the public.

                                                Cross section of guests

Lanre Olusola, “The Catalyst”, a renowned life coach and motivational speaker gave some nuggets on how to achieve greatness while ace comedian, Koffi was MC at the event.

Yinka Adesina, GM, Human Resources, Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc (SBC) said Bankole like other former recipients is not under any obligation to pay back.

                                                       Adeyinka Adesina

Head of Marketing, Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, Norden Thurston is happy that the vision of the scholarship is already being achieved with a previous winner, Misan Rewane already making an impact to alleviate unemployment in Nigeria by starting an NGO, WAVE that trains and finds jobs for unemployed youth in the hospitality and retail sector.

The other previous winners of the scholarship are Misan Rewane, Olujimi Williams,Mayowa Kuyoro and Shola Olaniyan.

                                                Registration of guests

7Up Harvard Business School Scholarship 2015 recipient, Bankole Rasheed Makanju

                                       Brand Manager, Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, Segun Ogunleye

                                               Cross section of guests

 Head of Marketing, Norden Thurston, GM, Human Resources, Adeyinka Adesina and Manpower Development Manager, Steve Olayinka, all of Sevenp-Up Bottling Company Plc

                                           Bammy College Students, Alimosho Lagos

                                                                       Guests

THE 2015 MAIDEN EDITION OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH REFORM CONFERENCE

 

GBENGA LEMO , BUILDING BRIDGES INTERNATIONAL

 The 2015 National Youth Reform Conference was an event held on 25^th -27^th, July 2015 at the National Centre for Women Development, Abuja.   The event was a laudable and commendable effort hosted by the National Youth Reform Group, with a number of Youth audience representing civil society organization, Non-Government Organizations, Faith Based Organizations, Student Bodies, Community Youth Leaders, Public Servants, Civil Servants, Political Youths, Religious Stakeholders, Ethnic Groups, Actors, Actress and Young Professionals etc. within the six geo-political zones in the country with the intention of creating a highly interactive, inspiring, motivation, challenging and unleashing platform for young people to educate themselves and chart a course for a better youth sector and a prosperous Nigeria.  Also the conference is an avenue for young people to discuss the need for all-inclusive change in Nigeria. However, the event featured the launching of a re-orientation programme tagged “catch them young” which aimed at sensitizing youth and students on right orientation and attitude. The organizers of this event believe that the result of the event will awaken the consciousness of the new generational leaders of influence; discourage charlatanism especially in youths trusted with positions of leadership.

 

ALAO IDRIS,UNILORIN SU PRESIDENT 

                                              AKOREDE SHAKIR, NANS KWARA CHAPTER

 

ADEBOLA WILLIAMS WITH YOUTH ACTIVISTS AND ENTREPRENUERS

 The event addressed the following problems;

Factionalized National Youth Council

A passive Sector without a voice

Lack of well-designed Youth Program

Lack of monitoring and evaluation of youth programs

Lack of Unity of purposes and common vision among the youths.   

     

 

    SCREENING EXERCISE AT THE NYRC  ABUJA 2015                                                                     

                              RINSOLA ABIOLA

JAPHET OMOJUWA  

 

                                    DELIBERATION MODE ACTIVATED

                    MR. CHARLES OLUFEMI FOLAYAN, CHAIRMAN, NYRC ABUJA 2015

 Ably present at the event are  celebrities, renowned business entrepreneurs and youth leaders like Adebola Williams, Japhet Omojuwa, Comrade Gideon Obande, Comrade Preye Ketebu-Brown, khali Halilu, Ibrahim Jalo-Waziri, Dr. tunji Asaolu and many more