The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will lead other national and international dignitaries to declare open the 5th edition of the four-day entrepreneurship capacity-building summit slated for tomorrow in Abuja.
Tagged: ‘The Kingdom Summit’, the event which Lagos edition will start on Friday, is an annual non-denominational International Marketplace Economics and Leadership Conference which seeks to promote the understanding of God’s principles for the marketplace. This year’s summit has as its theme: ‘Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs’
Speaking on the activities lined up for the summit, the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, who is leading other organisers to champion the cause of knowledge-driven approach in the nation’s entrepreneurship and market space, said the Vice President’s remarks would be complemented by incisive thoughts of at least 20 speakers.
He said the various speakers, who will deal with key aspects and issues that are critical to improving the performance of Nigeria’s real sector, include Brett Johnson who is President, The Institute for Innovation, Integration & Impact, a Silicon Valley Think-Tank.
Summit is launching the Goshen Impact Fund, which is being established to provide mentorship, capacity building and business incubation to upcoming entrepreneurs that have innovative and credible business value propositions, and who sign up to our governing principles. The Fund is also to help prepare such entrepreneurs and their businesses for access to investors and funding in the near future.
“We hope that at the end of the events in Abuja and Lagos, participants will be better positioned to handle the intricacies of entrepreneurship and leverage their brands’ competitiveness in the market place,”Akabueze added.
The first summit was held in 2014 and the past editions featured international Christian business leaders from various countries including the United States of America, UK, India, South Africa and Nigeria.