Tonye Cole, Osayi Alile, Mimi Onalaja,
Ayo Thompso and others were among the influential personalities at
the official launch of Accelerate Labs powered by Microsoft Nigeria
in partnership with the The Future Project. The event was held yesterday at the
Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Accelerate Labs is an initiative to
support socially-inclined, high-profit and competitive businesses
among young entrepreneurs in the country.
Themed ‘Activating Small and Medium
Scale Enterprises’, the initiative is set to offer trainings and
funds to young entrepreneurs across Nigeria, with the aim to bolster
the local economy and provide employment.
Guests at the event include Bunmi
Adeoye, who represented the Minister of Industry, Trade and
Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah; Rashidat Umar, representing the Lagos
State Commissioner of Youth and Social Development, Uzamat Yussuf;
Muniyat AbdulRazak, who stood in for the Minister of Science &
Technology, Ogbonaya Onu.
Others are Taiwo Abiose, Director of
Entrepreneurship, Lagos State; Hakeem Adeniji-Adele, Chief Technology
Officer, Microsoft Nigeria; and Olumide Makanjuola, Executive
Director, The Future Project.
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