Nyerhovwo101:
To me thEse guy's are fraudsters

imagrg:
I suspect something is fishy about their operations too.
Must they arrange hotel accommodation which is not free for participants too?

stagger:


Save your money. Not worth it. Someone gave an account here of how they were collecting money from people at the so-called award night using POS machines. I don't even know who has received any funding from them. I participated twice and after getting assurances of being granted loans for my business idea, I never heard a thing from them.

imagrg:
I suspect something is fishy about their operations too.
Must they arrange hotel accommodation which is not free for participants too?

Jatinzbusinessc:
Ayeen is FAKE not real and I have not personally seen anyone funded from that program.

Check my former post you will find more Intel on this Ayeen and be extremely careful.

If they fund any business then it must be from there circle friends and relatives. I have once attended something similar and all the selected applicants where already known by the organizers.

We just went to cheer them up and take photos for the promo of there brand

cardiorap:


Give us the link to the former post and the Intel you say you have. The programme you claim to have attended, is it AYEEN or 'something similar?' We are talking of AYEEN here.

cardiorap:


Give us the link to the former post and the Intel you say you have. The programme you claim to have attended, is it AYEEN or 'something similar?' We are talking of AYEEN here.

Linzo:

I see this fellow as part of that fake AYEEN. I wonder why Nigerians keep extorting their fellows. AYEEN is fake and encourage anyone to run far from them

imagrg:
I suspect something is fishy about their operations too.
Must they arrange hotel accommodation which is not free for participants too?

cardiorap:


Share your full experience here. Were you invited to be screened by the judges? Were you told you've won the grants? Did you pass through the entrepreneurship (AYEEN) platform or you applied for loan to A.Y.E - the mother body of AYEEN. What stage of participation did you reach?

Mind you, like I mentioned in my reply above, the guy who made that post apologized later, saying he was only aggrieved. But since I've done a lot of research, maybe I should inform you more on that POS talk.

A.Y.E is an organization, while AYEEN is an empowerment programme initiated by A.Y.E. AYEEN gets funding, training etc. from the donations made by members of A.Y.E. Anyone can be a member and support A.Y.E. Some of the high profiled members of A.Y.E are Aliko Dangote, Folorunsho Alakija, Atiku Abubakar and so on.

Mind you that POS at the award night weren't given to beneficiaries to slot their cards, but members and those present there who may wish to also make financial contributions to the organization.

Linzo:

I see this fellow as part of that fake AYEEN. I wonder why Nigerians keep extorting their fellows. AYEEN is fake and encourage anyone to run far from them

Jatinzbusinessc:


Check my former post and the find them there I don't have that time to go do search for you, what is AYEEN or do you think I will come here and talk what I don't know.

I am a registered member of that scam I paid for there service as a member to there AYE foundation now AYEEN and I can tell you that sees my registration I have never gotten a.

Thanks for your registration as a member of AYE now you have been upgraded to so so so and so. But till date I didn't get any messages from them I even sent them countless of mails just to confirm my registration but no I didn't get any from them.

I was even asked to stop calling there lines they are only interested in donors not collectors.

Her4labi:
I will be attending my own defence before the judges on Tuesday...wish me luck and I will give the house a feedback on how it went.

cardiorap:


To start with, my question were of two different things; first a link to the Intel you have and also the programme you referred to as "something similar" if it's AYEEN or another programme. You've only made efforts to address the first part, but not the second part.

To start with, understand that A.Y.E is not the same thing with AYEEN.
A.Y.E means Africa's Young Entrepreneurs, while AYEEN is Africa's Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria. AYEEN is an annual project of A.Y.E as an organization. A.Y.E has several members which I mentioned include some top shots.

When you say you paid for membership registration, to be a member of the organisation, it doesn't tally with your screenshots. Your screenshots is about AYEEN and not A.Y.E.

Furthermore, the J18 from is a form for applicants of AYEEN. The form is sold for N3,000 and is for those who don't have a comprehensive business plan, but rather than loose out, they fill this form, which explains their idea better in the absence of a comprehensive business plan.

For the umpteenth time, the J18 form as far as I know, isn't compulsory. Applicants have a choice to make. For those who have a comprehensive business plan, the form is not an option. Personally, I didn't pay for the J18 form since I have a comprehensive business plan.

Why they'd delay responding after you paid for a J18 form I don't know, I believe they should have given you an appropriate explanation with regards to that. Though I know that even this year, they were messages sent severally to those who have paid for the form and didn't receive it instantly to exercise patience and give a space of about two days.

I have followed A.Y.E/AYEEN and their history closely for some months now, and I can tell you that I believe in it.

bigfoot79:
Any feedbacks guys?

Jimwalex:
I wonder why people like Her4labi, cardiorap, who promised to come and give feed back didn't do that again..

Jimwalex:
I wonder why people like Her4labi, cardiorap, who promised to come and give feed back didn't do that again..

cardiorap:


Lol... Count me out o mbok

Jimwalex:

But bro,u promised to give feed back na. On a serious note,please how did whole thing go last year? What would you sincerely advise some of us planning to register for this year? Thank you

cardiorap:


AYEEN for me was an experience. It put me on my feet to prepare effectively for the entreprenuial task ahead of me.

I went for the screening last year, I passed through series of them, and the regular "job interview line" followed (I believe you understand what I mean).

I never got funding or support, but at the same time, I'd be careful on whatever I'd say. All the same, I don't see myself applying for it again, not even in the nearest future. I have already gotten the experience, it has already put me on my feet.

For someone planning to register this year, I'd leave you to make your choice, but I'd say you shouldn't expect too much, don't put all hopes there.

Things I benefited from applying;
1. It made me increase my pace. The quest to meet up deadlines and also win, made me put in more work than I'd have done normally.

2. It made me register a limited liability company at a time I could have kept on with procrastination.

3. It made me come up with a concrete business plan and blueprint.

4. I was able to assess myself by myself on how far I've gone.

5. It prepared my mind towards other grants and their realities.

All the work I put in to win AYEEN Grant, was what formed the basis of my readiness and understanding, which I used to scale through in The Tony Elumelu Foundation's Entrepreneurship Grant.

Note: All the things mentioned above, are things I did personally without any aid or fund from AYEEN or any other party. The zeal to scale through in AYEEN was only the motivation behind the milestones.

My observation on grants in this part of the world; the realest of the all is Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme.