SELF STARTERS NIGERIA

It does not require much thinking for one to realize that skill acquisition is what we need to reduce the high rate of unemployment. But unfortunately, our educational system does not allocate room for such. If much emphasis were placed on the development of talent and skills as it is placed on studies, we would have made progress as a people. Because in the absence of white collar jobs, as it is at the moment, the utilization of personal skills would make it possible for one to survive with ease. However, it is important to note that the acquisition of vocational skill is not limited to the unemployed. Vocational skill is just as useful to everyone as it is to anyone. Our job security in this country is poor and the take-home pay is not different either. But with vocational skill, you're certain that come what may, you can never be jobless. On the other hand, it can as well generate extra income for low salary earners. Here are five vocational skills that everyone should con...

Are you an Innovator, Problem solver, Startup founder and professional ? Join us for an evening of problem solving, as we discuss the question. ''How can we support young innovators in founding and accelerating digital organizations and companies for working and living?''. We believe that technology, digital transformation, and Africa's budding and thriving entrepreneurs have the ability and potential to modernize Africa's economies and provide solutions to her problems by creating new avenues of employment, and providing solutions to developmental challenges. Are you interested in an all expense paid trip to the EU-Africa Summit. Then join us: DATE AND TIME Fri, October 27, 2017 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM WAT LOCATION Impact Hub Lagos 14 Gerrard Road, Lagos. Register on  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-lab-tickets-39145868346

In the past, being in the Agro-business involves you owning and cultivating your own farm with hoes and cutlass. This has discouraged many young Nigerians from venturing into farming. They prefer to chase the limited white-collar jobs. However, with advancement in technology, this is no longer the case as you can now confidently be in the business of agriculture without necessarily getting into the farm. And the startup that is making this possible is Farmcrowdy. farmcrowdy.com , Nigeria’s first digital agriculture platform is offering a new way for Nigerians to participate in Agriculture using their online technology. Through Farmcrowdy, Nigerians across the world can commit an agreed sum to own a minimum farm space, start and complete a farming cycle. In doing so, the farm partner is able to sponsor a farmer in one farming cycle thereby empowering the farmer, expanding their farm operations, participating in the drive to end food scarcity and making use of 50 million hectares ...

IBPLC KICKSTART SEASON 3 … RELOADED! Season 3.0 is here, and promises to be bigger than any of the previous seasons of the program. With registration processes upgraded and a much elaborate feedback medium put in place applicants for this season will have a much memorable and engaging experience. The KickStart program is a competition for budding entrepreneurs and innovators aged between 18 and 35 providing them with business-skills training, development support, mentorship and chance to come away with grant fund. The ultimate goal of the programme is to help build a young prosperous society by creating a culture of entrepreneurship among the youths, thereby reducing youth unemployment for indigenes in the South West. The KickStart program is one major initiative that would turn around the lives of youths in the area and improve the economic prosperity of the South Western Region. Season 2 saw the emergence of 24 lucky finalists who got grants to kickStart their businesses from...

Dogonyaro (Azadiractin indica) or neem is widely known in Nigeria and has traditionally been used as a herbal remedy for malaria. However, its cash spinning potential is slowly being realised as the world watches India continue to roll out products ranging from contraceptives to anti-diabetic drugs annually and raking in a tidy income, aside from the employment benefits it provides for the populace. The journey to scientific documentation and knowledge sharing on Neem resources began when Prof. H. Schmutterer, a German scientist working in Sudan during an outbreak of locusts in the region in the late 1950s observed that the locusts did not defoliate the Neem trees as they did the other plants. He later went to work to discover the secrets of Neem’s pesticidal properties. Curiously, it has its uncanny way of distinguishing between harmful and beneficial insects. Athough its activities cover well over 450 known insect pests and nematodes, it does not harm animals and benefic...

At 9 years of age Babatunde Lawal started his journey into entrepreneurship selling female scarves with a startup of 4,000 Naira which came from his savings and gifts from relatives. With a mission to thrive and leave a mark in business, he has taken this early start in business and experience over the years to the agriculture sector, setting up Siyon-Jay Premium Company. Siyon-Jay Premium Company is an Agriculture enterprise focusing on production, processing and consultancy. With an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Babatunde set out to leverage on technology and innovation to improve agricultural practices, product yield and nutritional benefits of agriculture products. Over the years, his business which started out as a farm has grown into much more as the 2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur is setting up an ultra-modern cassava processing plant through which he will process cassava into several products including GARRIMAX (a nutritionally enhanced ...

Are you a tech startup founder looking for partners and/or funding? Are you a business owner seeking innovative technologies that can drastically bring down cost and radically increase efficiency? On May 11, 2017 about 1,200 technology startup founders; technologically-attuned entrepreneurs, tech investors, geeks, industry experts and successful technology entrepreneurs will converge at the Sheba Centre, Beside FCMB, Off Mobolaji Bank-Anthony. You will learn, get business mentorship, listen to amazing success models and gain access to funding partners. Akin Oyebode will show you how easy it is to access the N25Billion Lagos entrepreneurship fund. You really should not miss this. Speakers Include: Akin Oyebode- Executive Secretary, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Lola Masha- Country Manager,  OLX Godwin Benson- Founder, Tuteria.com Adewale Yusuf- Founder, Te chpoint.ng Maria Keshinro- Uber Country Manager Julliet Ehimuan- Country Lead, Google John Obidi- SmartBCamp Og...