Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture hosted a youth conference, EkoYouth, with EbonyLife Place, to highlight the leadership qualities and entrepreneurial achievements of young people in Lagos.
Organised in partnership with The Future Project, EkoYouth featured panel discussions on leadership and business, a ‘pitchathon’ for young entrepreneurs to win seed funding for their fledgling enterprises, and an awards ceremony for achievement in business and the arts.
The event kicked off with a panel discussion by experienced panelists including Bada Akintunde-Johnson, Viacom International Media Networks Africa; Ugo Nwosu, co-founder of GETJAMA Limited; Otosirieze Obi-Young, editor-in-chief of Open Country Magazine; Sandra Amachree Senior Media, Brand PR & Sponsorships Manager, Nigerian Breweries Plc; Dafe Oboro, filmmaker, producer, portrait and documentary photographer; and Fuad Lawal, content honcho and growth lead at Eden Life Inc.
Over 57 would-be business moguls applied to be part of the EkoYouth Pitchathon. Favour Adeleke of Qiqi Farms emerged winner out of the four selected to pitch their ideas at the event. He received N500,000, courtesy of Access Bank Plc.
Born in Lagos, twenty-year-old Favour Adeleke from Oyo State who comes from a generation of farmers believes in changing the narrative, while ensuring that Nigerians get access to healthy food. “I’m happy that we got this amazing grant from EkoYouth. It will be used to get equipment to help in processing our farm products faster, so as to meet the demands of our market base across six states of the country.
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