Youth entrepreneurship is the next step in ensuring the continued success and social impact of entrepreneurship in any economy. Young people need to view entrepreneurship as a viable means of sustaining themselves and need to be encouraged to step out and create their own business ventures.
Youth Participation in nation building is a major focus of this session. The session will further seek to explore the dynamics of the next generation, their readiness to take up leadership role in the private, public and social space, their values and work ethos/ethics as well as their aspiration for Nigeria.
Tolulope Sangosanya is the Founder of LOTS charity foundation. A nonprofit organization widely known as DUSTBIN ESTATE that caters to the needs of street kids and vulnerable children.
Tolu is a 2012 YouthActionNet fellow for her work in DUSTBIN ESTATE. For her contribution to the educational sector, she was invited to the IIEP UNESCO's educational forum in Paris as one of the 20 Youth participants to set the world's agenda in regards reaching the MDG goals on education. She is a LEAP AFRICA youth leadership award winner [2011] and a winner of Future Awards in the category of the BEST USE OF ADVOCACY 2010.
Tolu is a graduate of Mass communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun state. She holds a diploma in Public Relations [NIPR] and in leadership [DLA] and was part of the first set of beneficiaries of the Social Sector Management course under EDC.
Prior to all these awards and recognition, she held a degree in FAILURE. With that degree, she is assisting 125 registered kids and counting in DUSTBIN ESTATE in attaining such 'height' as she did in primary school. The fruits of her endeavors with those kids she says will be seen by the world more clearly in coming years.
Chibuike Aguene, an expert adviser to Startups and a business development consultant, is the Director of Startup Hub Nigeria – a platform that provides acceleration to the growth process of startups in Nigeria through mentoring, capacity building and business development.
His expertise spans across strategic planning and business development. He has championed various initiatives to empower young people to turn their ideas to successful business ventures. He is presently partnering with the National Youth Service Corp to empower and build the capacity of NYSC Members in the venturing process.A Transformation Leadership Program alumnus of Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) - Pan Atlantic University, Chibuike is a visionary and resilient Social Entrepreneur. He co-authored the nationally acclaimed book- 'THE 3RD ALTERNATIVE'.
Kunbi Wuraola is the Executive Director of Junior Achievement Nigeria, a non-profit organization aimed at equipping the next generation with entrepreneurial skills.
She is a 1993 graduate of the University of Lagos, whose career spans the Broadcast, Media, Advertising, Marketing, Investment/Financial Education, Relationship Management and Training Consultancy. She has an AM P from LBS and SSM of the Enterprise Development Centre, both of the Pan-Atlantic University (Formerly Pan-African University). She is also an Alumnus of the Harvard University's Kennedy School of Governance, a Transformational Leadership Scholar of the Arresty Institute of Wharton University, Pennsylvania USA and a CSI Fellow of the Graduate School of Business of the Stanford University, USA.
Kunbi plays the saxophone as well as loves and speaks French as a second language. She is married to Ayodeji and they live in Lagos with their 4 children.
Jonathan Kola
is from Nairobi, Kenya. He graduated from Harvard College in 2012 with a BA in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is the Co-Founder and CTO over
Wecyclers Nigeria.
Jonathan Kola, Wecyclers provides a simple, community level solution to
Nigeria’s current waste crisis. In Lagos, Nigeria only 13% of recyclable
materials are salvaged from landfills. Because of the low salvage rates,
recycling plants in Lagos face a chronic supply constraint with one large plant
running 50-60% below capacity. Using a fleet of low-cost cargo bicycles,
Wecyclers motivates families to recycles plastic bottles, plastic sachets and
Aluminium cans. For every kilogram of waste a family recycles with Wecyclers,
they receive points which they can redeem for goods such as food items or cell
phone minutes. After collection, Wecyclers sells the material to local
recycling processes.
Through its business model, Wecyclers effectively bridges
the gap between collection and recycling, thereby eliminating the supply
constraint on local recycling facilities.
Tolulope Sangosanya is the Founder of LOTS charity foundation. A nonprofit organization widely known as DUSTBIN ESTATE that caters to the needs of street kids and vulnerable children.
Tolu is a 2012 YouthActionNet fellow for her work in DUSTBIN ESTATE. For her contribution to the educational sector, she was invited to the IIEP UNESCO's educational forum in Paris as one of the 20 Youth participants to set the world's agenda in regards reaching the MDG goals on education. She is a LEAP AFRICA youth leadership award winner [2011] and a winner of Future Awards in the category of the BEST USE OF ADVOCACY 2010.
Tolu is a graduate of Mass communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun state. She holds a diploma in Public Relations [NIPR] and in leadership [DLA] and was part of the first set of beneficiaries of the Social Sector Management course under EDC.
Prior to all these awards and recognition, she held a degree in FAILURE. With that degree, she is assisting 125 registered kids and counting in DUSTBIN ESTATE in attaining such 'height' as she did in primary school. The fruits of her endeavors with those kids she says will be seen by the world more clearly in coming years.
Kunbi Wuraola is the Executive Director of Junior Achievement Nigeria, a non-profit organization aimed at equipping the next generation with entrepreneurial skills.
She is a 1993 graduate of the University of Lagos, whose career spans the Broadcast, Media, Advertising, Marketing, Investment/Financial Education, Relationship Management and Training Consultancy. She has an AM P from LBS and SSM of the Enterprise Development Centre, both of the Pan-Atlantic University (Formerly Pan-African University). She is also an Alumnus of the Harvard University's Kennedy School of Governance, a Transformational Leadership Scholar of the Arresty Institute of Wharton University, Pennsylvania USA and a CSI Fellow of the Graduate School of Business of the Stanford University, USA.
Kunbi plays the saxophone as well as loves and speaks French as a second language. She is married to Ayodeji and they live in Lagos with their 4 children.
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