We successfully graduated the Fifth Batch of Fellows for the Conversations for Change (C4C) Global Entrepreneurship Fellowship Programme on December 6, 2023. An additional Twenty-three (23) young entrepreneurs received empowerment in the form of - training, inspiration, motivation, and equipment provision to help them carve out a place in society and use their abilities to better their communities, nations, and even the entire globe. We concluded the 2023 programme with a spectacular graduation celebration following a rigorous year of training and capacity-building seminars, internships, and business clinic sessions.
We have successfully graduated our second batch of Entrepreneurs!!!
Inspirational young Nigerians who have demonstrated skill, innovation, passion, and grit regardless of the challenges of the year 2020.
Over the years and even more recently, I have come to realize that above any tips on mental health that anyone wants to give, love is still the best solution. I had to learn again that letting love rule my heart saves me from burning down the house, with me in it. It is never an easy step to take but it is worth it either ways.
So here it goes, my own definition of Love.
Have you ever wondered how you can make yourself more visible and employable to the many employers out there seeking to hire job talents? I bet you have. Convincing an employer to hire your service can be tricky sometimes, but building a professional online presence can make your job search easier.
Wow! How things have changed! Our normal routines and habits such as hugging loved ones and shaking hands with business partners are now abnormal. Our private lives have been altered and so has work and business. The pandemic has left us either short of breath or waiting to exhale; but exhale, we must.
Many entrepreneurs tend to feel overwhelmed, especially when it seems there's never enough time to get things done. Many times this could be a result of poor time management - not getting as much as you can into the time you have. Time is really of the essence hence the age old adage - time is money!
I’m sure we all wish that there is a surefire formula for succeeding as an entrepreneur. Sadly, there isn’t. This means that the possibility of failing in your endeavor to create a thriving start-up or even running an existing business is very much present. If in the course of time, your business runs aground, it doesn’t in any way mean you should give up on your entrepreneurial dreams.
The world consists of 1.1 billion girls. This is an undeniable potential for future greatness. If the potential is harnessed properly, girls will be drivers of exponential development for generations to come. However, the statistics demonstrate that girls around the world have the disadvantage of being discriminated against in one way or the other.
On this day in 1960, Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, got her independence from British colonial rule, and today the country celebrates 56 years of self-governance and sovereignty. A country rich in resources and intellect, Nigeria continues to strive for excellence, but is yet to reach its full potential as the Giant of Africa with a seat on the world table.
Literacy is a human right. Every individual should have access to education, as it is the bedrock of all progress and development. It gives people the power to improve their lives- their health, their interaction with their environment and their world, and their income. Also, literacy is the key to solving wider issues such as gender equality, poverty, mortality rates, peace, and good, sustainable governance. All these provide better living conditions for a healthy existence.
In this second part of our two part write-up, we will continue exploring tried and true strategies that budding entrepreneurs could adopt in order to grow their businesses. In the previous post, we discussed the use of marketing mix, good quality products and excellent customer service to ensure customer loyalty and increased patronage.
As we had said in a previous post, the world has changed a lot in the last few decades. The population structure is changing and the most significant change is perhaps that we now have the largest generation ever of young people inhabiting our planet earth today. There are 1.8 billion young people in the world today, and a whopping 50% of the world’s population is under the age of 35.
