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Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by MysticZeus: 9:26am On Apr 30, 2016 |
FanYogo1: Thanks. 1 Like |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Nobody: 9:27am On Apr 30, 2016 |
seunny4lif:Lol What ? |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by seunny4lif(m): 9:37am On Apr 30, 2016 |
I know WILL888: |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by seunny4lif(m): 9:37am On Apr 30, 2016 |
Nothing oooooh Noel1: |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by uwalakathankgod(m): 9:45am On Apr 30, 2016 |
FanYogo1: I'm walking my way to be the nest multinational businessman |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by ZUBY77(m): 9:45am On Apr 30, 2016 |
Fanyogoyogo: So which people owns the Larger % there? Hausa? Yoruba? Edo? Tiv? 1 Like |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Fanyogoyogo: 9:46am On Apr 30, 2016 |
ZUBY77: Yorubas. We've left the petty trading and 2x2 shops for you guys. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by ZUBY77(m): 9:48am On Apr 30, 2016 |
Fanyogoyogo: Really? Do you prefer 1 man that owns 2 Billion naira venture or 20 people that owns 100 million naira venture each? 3 Likes |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by sholay2011(m): 9:52am On Apr 30, 2016 |
Oga Biii!!!!!! Wow! Congrats to him (Abiola Olaniran) and others!!!! Wow... |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Fanyogoyogo: 9:52am On Apr 30, 2016 |
ZUBY77: Sweety, one Yoruba person on that list makes more than the 100 million naire venture you just drew out of thin hair. A whole town in Ijebu makes more than 1000 igbo petty traders combined. Off topic, when you talking huge business, speak in Ijebu dialect 3 Likes |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by shyguyy(m): 9:59am On Apr 30, 2016 |
FanYogo1: |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Lilimax(f): 10:14am On Apr 30, 2016 |
Kjking:Is seun below 30 years ? |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Sphinx02(m): 10:29am On Apr 30, 2016 |
Biggers82:They fight back online nd abuse d Yoruba.. that's wat they do 3 Likes |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Kingspin(m): 10:51am On Apr 30, 2016 |
[quote author=FanYogo1 post=45169770][/quote]One Nigeria. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by goodgate: 10:56am On Apr 30, 2016 |
MysticZeus:AMEN! Bro. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by YourNemesis: 11:01am On Apr 30, 2016 |
FanYogo1: My brother, You are an Inspiration to all Yorubas and lovers of Yoruba people and culture worldwide. Oduduwa a gbe wa. 1 Like |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by newacca: 11:43am On Apr 30, 2016 |
YORUBA, SW NIGERIA. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by newacca: 11:46am On Apr 30, 2016 |
FanYogo1:Awon alale a gbe e. Ase!!! 1 Like |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by NewNigeriaMind: 12:49pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
EZEIGBO1OFIMO: Above all have a little integrity. U dont even know where Akoka is not to talk knowing the business community |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Kaysalas(m): 1:23pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
WILL888:NO! It is not YORUBIAN, IT is rather YORUBA-IAN! LOL, thumbs up to these guys! proudly NIGERIAN |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Kaysalas(m): 1:25pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
Castroii:Well said! O.P read this again. 1 Like |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Kaysalas(m): 1:28pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
Fanyogoyogo:A beg! fanyogo abi na wetin u call yaself. leave Zuby77 a beg, no kill d guy, just leave am. but you. nor dey try sha, must we tribalise efritin? |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by SimpleBea(m): 1:31pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
God FanYogo1: |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Cyrus77(m): 1:32pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
Giants may not appear on the list,becos they are in the league of thier own;giants like Seun and people like me and u. Still I congratulate them and urge others to be inspired to dream more. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by ABAMOWA: 2:15pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
[quote author=FanYogo1 post=45169770][/quote] |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by EZEIGBO1OFIMO: 2:48pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
NewNigeriaMind:I school in UNILAG, besides do you know of the tall, strong tower parish of RCCG, Which was just recently completed, just besides Zest hotel?. I have lived in akoka, all my life. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by Dainikel(m): 3:06pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
FanYogo1:Super thumbs up to these guys...Entrepreneurship really is the way out...I guess I have to start working towards this! |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by uncjay(m): 4:50pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
ZUBY77: God bless you......i wonder the kind of mentality some folks on here parades.... Seriously, what is the essence of 'one' rich among every 'hundred' people. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by jollymizzle(m): 5:58pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
uncjay:Sorry to burst your bubble but Theres no where in this earth where u wud find 10:100 ratio |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by uncjay(m): 11:18pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
[quote author=jollymizzle post=45189208] Sorry to burst your bubble but Theres no where in this earth where u wud find 10:100 ratio [/quote Ta le le e?? |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by scholes0(m): 10:34pm On May 05, 2016 |
Fanyogoyogo: Oga mi, na one yeye moderator ban me for like 2 weeks o.... Just for one silly reason like that. |
Re: 5 Nigerians Among Forbes 30 Most Promising Young African Entrepreneurs For 2016 by OSIYEM: 7:32pm On Nov 15, 2016 |
TOP 25 PROMISING NIGERIAN YOUTHS UNDER 35 TO SERVE NIGERIA Nigerian youths top the global young change-makers precisely in the different section of development. But, when will these youths be given a greater responsibility in the political arena? Aside from being Nigerian citizens, among other qualifications, the 1999 Constitution stipulates that aspirants for the presidency must attain the age of 40; 35 years for governorship; 35 years for Senate; 30 years for House of Representatives; 30 years for House of Assembly; 30 years for council chairmanship; and 25 years for councillorship. 1. Misan Rewane, founder and CEO of WAVE Hospitality, an entrepreneurial solution that addresses education challenges in Africa, particularly vocational education that provides skills and jobs to the continent’s most disadvantaged. Misan previously worked at Monitor Group, Technoserve, Bridge International Academies, and The Center for Public Policy Alternatives. After receiving a seed fund from from Havard she launched WAVE Hospitality Academy in August 2013 which was designed to focus on the training and placement of unemployed youths in the hospitality and retail industry. She has also co-founded IMPACT Initiative (a youth development non-profit), and Desigining Futures (an education incubator). Misan has received degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School. 2. Dayo Israel Dayo Israel is an astute motivational speaker and advisor to many world leaders, business executive, politicians, young entrepreneur and sports professionals. He is also an internationally recognized personality with over 12years of professional experience in international development having worked with organisations such as The United Nations, British Council, Save the Children UK, UNICEF, in various capacities and has appeared on countless television interviews, commercials, talk shows, radio programs, and was even selected by the United Nations to represent all the young delegates to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children on a special CNN Live Interview. Recently, He was specially invited by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to a private reception at Buckingham palace.He is one of the Africa’s leading authorities on Social Entreprise and Youth Development. He co-launched the UNICEF State of the World Children’s Report in 2003 alongside Carol Bellamy and Oscar Award Winner – Vanessa Redgrave CBE. He is the first African to become a Student Council Chair in London’s Largest University and a recipient of so many International Awards which includes the British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award, PEWA (Person Earnestly Working for Africa) Award, GAB Award, Icon Awards, Icon of Hope Award, Young Achievers Award and many more. 3. Rotimi Olawale, Rotimi Olawale is chairperson of the African Youth Panel and founder of youthhubafrica.org. For over 12 years he has been involved in leading youth advocacy efforts mainly around the Millennium Development Goals and policies/programs that affect youth. Rotimi is currently involved in shaping local, national and global policies to benefit youth and also leverage opportunities for young people. Rotimi currently chairs the African Youth Panel as well as theAfrica Youth for Results Network. Rotimi is consulted by many National and International Agencies including The World Bank, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Africa Development Bank (AfDB), The International Republican Institute (IRI), the European Union and the African Union Youth Division among others on various issues related to youth policies, youth programming and youth development. 4. Toyosi Akerele Toyosi is the Founder / CEO of RISE NETWORKS, a Leading Social Enterprise in Africa, with a deliberate interest in Technology and its relevance to Youth and Education Development across Africa. Toyosi received a 2nd Class Upper Bachelors’ degree in Civil Law from the University of Jos, has studied Strategic Management at Executive Level at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, obtained a Certificate in Youth Inclusive Financial Services from University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA, holds a Certificate in Media Enterprise from the School of Media and Communication, Pan African University and an Executive Masters’ Certificate in Project Management from The Project Management College, UK. 5. Steven Harris Steve Harris, often regarded as Nigeria’s leading life strategist, is a highly sought after management consultant, motivational speaker and author. He assists his clients to plan and execute strategy to enhance their personal and corporate productivity. He has also designed, managed and facilitated several customer service and personal mastery training programmes, management and leadership retreats. He describes himself as the shortest distance between where you are and where you want to be. He has been a consultant to several organisations, including GTBank, Diamond Bank, NLNG, Access Bank, Zenith Bank, NLNG, StanbicIBTC Pensions just to name a few, where he managed streams of customer service management, emotional intelligence, passion infusion and workforce activation training programmes and retreats on behalf of his firm, EdgeEcution. 6. Grace Ihejiamaizu A sociologist lecturer at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and a Social Entrepreneur and Global Changemaker with over five years of experience working in the nonprofit and youth development sector. In 2010, she started an afterschool youth development project called ‘Raising Young and Productive Entrepreneurs’ – RYPE Initiative, with the aim of educating, engaging and empowering young high school leavers to become leaders and entrepreneurs in their communities. RYPE’s impact has spanned across various communities in Nigeria, directly reaching more than 300 young people. Grace also founded iKapture Networks in 2013, a social enterprise strategically focused on providing educational and leadership services for students, school leavers and graduates. Grace is also the founder and chief editor of Opportunity Desk, one of the largest online platforms for information on youth opportunities, scholarships, events, summits, etc. Opportunity Desk has over 100,000 visits monthly and has a growing social media platform for youth engagement. Grace’s outstanding leadership skills has earned her multiple national and international awards and recognition including being named one of Google’s 12 Brightest Young Minds in 2011, and the recognition by the US State Department as the ‘International Exchange Alumni Member of the Month for September 2012’. She is the youngest to receive this award. The changemaker joined 59 other youths for the British Council Global Changemakers’ Summit in Brussels, Belgium 2012 and was one of 11 outstanding speakers at the TEDxYouth event at Bukoto, Uganda, same year. In 2013, she was one of the Honorees of the Future Awards Africa Young Person of the Year Prize and has been recognized by many other organizations in Africa for her work and achievements including the Under35CEO and Remarkable30 awards. 7. Blossom Nnodim A Nigerian writer, entrepreneur and public servant. She is popular across major cities in Nigeria for her social media educative start-up known as #AdoptATweep, Abuja’s and probably Nigeria’s foremost largest offline social media event, specifically targeted at the use of twitter for business, networking, marketing, Social Good and branding for creative folks.. Consequent upon graduation in 2005, she had a brief work stint with Guaranty Trust Bank, Port Harcourt, as a Customer Care officer. Blossom Nnodim was awarded the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) of the U.S Department of State as one of the Young African Leaders selected to monitor the U.S Elections in November 2012. She was one of the speakers at TedX Abuja. Her pieces have appeared on Bella Naija. In July 2012, she and another leading Nigerian social media expert, Japheth J. Omojuwa , were named ProMaCon Project Management Ambassadors, to use the social media and other platforms to educate their fans and followers on the ideals of project management and its indispensability to national development. Blossom has become a sought after public speaker with her message of Social Media for Social Good. She recently shared a stage with Nuhu Ribadu at “Project Mentor-Me”. In 2013, she was named alongside other A-class individuals as one of the top ten Nigerian celebrities to follow on Twitter. Notable in the list are Don Jazzy and P-Square. In 2014, Blossom got a surprise listing in a high powered listing of Social Media personalities. This is a list of the top 100 most influential black people on digital/social media. Notable in the list are Barack Obama and Beyonce Knowles. 8. Otto Orondaam Otto Orondaam is a young African born and raised in Nigeria, a country he has so much believe in. He has a bachelor’s degree in Human Anatomy from the University of Port Harcourt and holds an executive masters in project management from CUPE UK and certificate in Social Change, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship from the United Nations University for Peace, Costa Rica. Otto Orondaam founded Slum2School Africa in 2012 during his national youth service as an intervention to advocate for and improve access/quality of education for disadvantaged children in slums and remote communities.. His passion to improve the state of his country and continent made him volunteer and work several Non-Profits organizations and International development Agencies in Nigeria and within African countries since the age of 16, where he assisted in building structures for the implementation developmental projects. Otto Orondaam’s contributions to the social sector has fetched several recognitions like the Lagos state Honors Award as most outstanding corps member in 2012, Nigerian CSR Awards, the Future Awards for innovation in education in 2012 and 2013 consecutively, African sustainable solutions showcase at the African CEO’s Roundtable and was recognized by the Presidency as one of the top 100 Nigerian Youths. Otto Orondaam is a member of the Human Capital Development / Education Committee of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), The Education Reform Team and also an Ambassador for Junior Achievement International. 9. Okechukwu Ofili Okechukwu Ofili is a leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education and business. He runs the popular blog ofilispeaks.com and is the author of several books including the controversially brilliant “How Intelligence Kills: Our Dangerous Addiction to Respect, Religion, Intelligence and Lots More” In addition to writing and speaking, Okechukwu is the founder/owner of okadabooks.com, a fast growing and easy-to-use mobile book reading app (MTN 2013 app of the year) for the African market. A design engineer in the professional life Ofili is a writer and speaker in his alternate life with his articles appearing in several top online publications like Bellanaija, Ynaija etc. READ MORE http://edujandon.com/2016/11/top-25-promising-nigerian-youths-35-serve-nigeria.html/ |
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