The Enterprise Funding Fair organised by Fountain Initiative for Social Development (FISD) to encourage entrepreneurship among Nigerian graduates is set to fund entrepreneurs among Nigerian youth corps members. According to a press release from FISD Deputy Executive Director, Yewande Oguntuyi, the fair is scheduled to hold on the 8th of October at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Iyana Ipaja Road, Agege, Lagos and about 5000 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are expected to .
Oguntuyi said the Enterprise Funding Fair is targeted at corps members who are looking for financing, investment and partnerships for their business ideas after completing the NYSC Skills Acquisition & Entrepreneurial Development (SAED) programme. “The goal of the Enterprise Funding Fair is to support the promotion of entrepreneurship among NYSC members in Nigeria through the creation of a credible platform that will contribute to securing much needed funding, investment and partnerships for enterprise ideas and innovation,” the statement read.
Dignitaries expected at the event include the NYSC Director General, Brigadier-General Johnson Olawunmi, FISD Executive Director/CEO, Fola Kudehinbu, SAED Director, Mary Danabia, and the Group Managing Director, Courteville Business Solutions Plc, Otunba Bola Akindele. FISD is an independent, not for profit, faith-based social enterprise established by by The Fountain of Life Church
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