Gbenga Sesan, Toke Makinwa, Others Educate Unilag Students At The Future Young & Emerging Leaders Program 2014

The Future Project in partnership with the University Of Lagos organised a conference tagged 'Beyond the Gate' on Tuesday 21 October, 2014.

 Maureen Iyasele

The program which held at the Julius Berger Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka was aimed at helping young students identify the opportunities that abound in their immediate surroundings. It featured young, successful entrepreneurs and professionals who taught the students on varied topics to equip them for life after school and also inspired them with personal stories from starting small.

Gbenga Sesan

The Executive Director of The Future Project, Chude Jideonwo said "Our choice of targeting university students is to catch and empower them at the point where they are able to make timely decisions on their life careers. We are glad we are able to achieve this through this program."

Zubair Abubakar

Other speakers at the conference included Mr. Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) who spoke on "Shaping your future as an entrepreneur/leader". Mr. Zubair Abubakar web/mobile application developer gave a lecture on business opportunity identification while Mr. Olusola Amusan's topic was 'No limit in technology in pursuing your chosen career'.

Participants

Other speakers were Mrs. Maureen Iyasele, CEO, JOBMAG who educated the students on the topic 'essentials of life skills' while, Opeyemi Awoyemi, co-founder of Jobberman spoke on the topic "If I were the employer, will I employ me?'. Mr. Uche Nnaji, CEO, OUCH talked about understanding the market and your job path while on-air personality, Mrs. Toke Makinwa-Ayida, gave a lecture on the 'Tackling competition in your chosen field".
Of particular note was the financial freedom topic by the Head of Wealth Manager, Partnership Investment Plc, Mrs.     Arese Ogiemwonyi Ugwuwho taught on making smart money and turning your salary or savings into wealth - your road map to financial freedom.
According to the Citizenship Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Olusola Amusan the goal of the program was to help the youths bridge the gap in transitioning from school to the outside world and getting the knowledge required for this.
The event was hosted by on-air personalities Realskillz & Tomike Alayande of Unilag FM and featured many       side attractions from upcoming acts within the University community. There were also lots of freebies for the students form partner organisations.
"The conference is part of our offline training activities at The Future Project linked to our employability portal – Aiki.ng. We are very positive as to what the students have learned which if applied, will have a lot of positive results said Chude Jideonwo.”
The conference was organised by The Future Project in partnership with Microsoft Nigeria Unilever Nigeria, Jobberman and Passion Incubator. For more information visit @tfaafrica or @aikinigeria on the employability programme, or email info@thefutureafrica.com.

Words by FUNSHO AROGUNDADE
Photo Credits: Red Media Group