Monday 16 February 2015

Winners of Enterprise Challenge Competition receive prizes


Winners, Ese Odiete and Nasir Yammama, Andrew Pocock (British High Commissioner to Nigeria), Rachel Coffey (Country Manager, Virgin Atlantic Airways), Sola Oladipo (Executive Director, Zenith Bank)



 On the June 14, 2014, Eseoghene Ise Odiete and Nasir Yammama emerged winners of the maiden edition of an online competition tagged ‘Enterprise Challenge’, launched by the British Council, in partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways and Zenith Bank in 2014.
They have since had the opportunity to meet with and be mentored by one the UK’s foremost entrepreneurs and Chairman of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson.
A total of 10 finalists (Nigerians based in the UK and at home) battled for the top two spots last year.
Eseoghene Odiete is an award winning young female fashion entrepreneur and the brain behind Hesey Designs, (an African inspired accessories label). Nasir Yammama just concluded his postgraduate studies in creative technology at Middlesex University in London and he is currently developing an agricultural themed mobile application which he hopes to launch before the end of the year.  
Other prizes won by the top two include, a five day entrepreneurship foundation course at the Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship in South Africa and a business support grant of N1,500,000.00 (One Million Five hundred thousand naira) for each individual. The grant will be used to either support an already existing business or develop a business idea.
As a show of continued commitment to the development of Nigerian youth, the programme partners have committed to run another cycle of this competition in second quarter of 2015.
“Enterprise Challenge” is an online competition which seeks to give young, brilliant entrepreneurial minds the opportunity to further develop their skills in this area and bring their innovative ideas to the fore for possible future development.
This year’s competition will be open to Nigerians domiciled in Nigeria who fall within the 18 to 35 year age bracket.
 

No comments: