The Conference Overview

Nigeria is endowed with so much human, mineral and natural resources, yet amongst the poorest Nations of the world. This Nation holds enormous prospects for young entrepreneurs whose dreams are to own businesses and create employment. However, the conditions don't seem favourable for them to succeed. A reasonable proof that Nigeria hold huge potentials for entrepreneurs and investors is the fact that we have an abundance of successful entrepreneurs who started from scratch and built massive business empires without leaving the shores of Nigeria. Many businesses have moved into Nigeria to harness the resources embedded in this country to grow their businesses but the story is different for young Entrepreneurs who are citizens

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Young CEO's in Nigeria have taken up the challenge to create jobs intended to tackle the increasing youth unemployment bedevilling the country but the stringent conditions facing them as young entrepreneurs will not allow the small businesses to thrive, to curb the unemployment challenge. The Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria today are faced with challenges that need urgent attention and this planned conference will turn this challenges into windows of opportunities. SMEs are increasingly recognized as the principal catalysts for achieving equitable and sustainable industrial diversification dispersal and in most countries SMEs account for well over half of the total share of employment, sales and value added (Udechukwu, 2003). 

 

The practical reason for this conference is to inspire and build a new generation of young global economic giants from Nigeria. The Young CEO's Conference will bring together over one thousand (1000) carefully selected Young Nigerian CEO's, experts and innovators across the country and those residing in Diaspora who are succeeding in their chosen businesses and young aspiring CEO's that want to grow their businesses in order to build a sustainable Nigerian Economy. It will address challenges facing  businesses owned by young Nigerian CEO's, SME's and develop strategies to tackle these challenges while looking at the prospects of SME's and its impacts on the Nigerian economy. The conference will also create a platform to get well framed views and inputs from panels led by successful Young Entrepreneurs, who against all odds made it in their businesses; it will also create unique networking opportunities for young and aspiring entrepreneurs.