To help address the issues of funding for the budding entrepreneurs, AGDC, under the IGNITE initiative, partners with The Chair Centre Group and Lagos State Government, to commission the conduct of a crowd sourced contest called IGNITE BUSINESS IDEAS CONTEST aimed at identifying One Thousand One hundred (1,100) innovative and viable business ideas.
Each of the One Thousand one hundred (1,100) winners will receive a sum of N100, 000 (One hundred thousand naira only) as seed capital to progress their business ideas and also benefit from 1 year business management mentoring by some members of the screening & selection committee.
Out of the 1,100 winners, The Chair Centre Group will provide the seed capital for 100 winners while Lagos State Government will provide seed capital for the remaining 1,000 winners.
The submitted business ideas will go through a screening process by a Screening and Selection Committee carefully selected from varying industries across the nation.
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Field Engineer - Wireline at Baker Hughes
Offshore Structural Engineer at WTS Energy
Lead, Reward and Compliance at Green Africa Airways Limited
Accountant at Cardinal Integrated Projects Limited
Political and Economic Officer at Embassy of Ireland, Nigeria
Logistics Execution Manager at British American Tobacco
Procurement Manager at Nigerian Sinotrucks Limited
Maintenance Engineer in an Engineering Manufacturing Company
Finance and Administrative Officer at Kalthum Foundation for Peace (KFP)
Senior Programme Manager at Kalthum Foundation for Peace (KFP)
Master Data Manager at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited
GIS Specialist at World Health Organization (WHO)
National Sales Manager at Meyer Plc
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