Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is widely acclaimed for having made Youth Entrepreneurship Development one of the key functions of his robust development banking programmes. Right from his inaugural speech, the governor clearly defined…
Mr. Olukayode Pitan is managing director/CEO, Bank of Industry, which has developed one of the most extensive and coordinated youth empowerment programmes in Nigeria. The bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship Support programme (YES) aims at reducing youth unemployment through capacity building and…
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) runs a series of programmes that support youth empowerment towards Nigeria’s attainment of a digital economy. This is in line with the mission of the agency to create…
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission, has played an extensive role in the empowerment of Nigerian youth through a number of Information Communication Technology-based (ICT) initiatives he has put forward at the commission. He explained that…
Mr. Fola Adeola, founder and pioneer managing director/CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank, is also the founder of Fate Foundation. He stands out as Nigeria’s foremost business incubator and accelerator. He established Fate Foundation in 2000, a non-governmental organisation that sets out…
Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, general overseer, Omega Power Ministries, runs OPM Foundation – a humanitarian outfit that rehabilitates, empowers and trains people in computer and other skills. His free computer training centre at Elele Prisons has been in operation since 2010…
Mr. Tim Akano, an investor, entrepreneur, writer, author, mentor and life coach, is the founder and managing director of New Horizons Nigeria Limited. He is the man who saw the need to bridge the IT knowledge divide between Nigeria and…
Mr. Jim Ovia is founder, Jim Ovia Foundation (JOF), which sets out on a mission of investing in the unlimited potential of the Nigeria youth as a key to the social and economic growth of the nation. It is the…
Mr. Tony Elumelu is the founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF),a youth development and philanthropic platform, which has empowered thousands of entrepreneurial young Africans. The foundation’s youth empowerment programmes include an annual TEF Forum, one of the largest gatherings of entrepreneurs…
Introduction Ever since the growth functions of Nigeria’s business sector began to run out of steam in the 1980s, the need to change the job orientation of the nation’s soaring youth population has arisen. Three major developments happened in the…
