The Etisalat EasyBusiness Millionaires Hunt II (EBMH 2), which commenced
early in the year, ended in grandeur on Tuesday, 13th of October, 2015
as winners filed out to receive their cash and equipment support from
Etisalat Nigeria during the Winners’ Unveil event in Lagos.check out more photos below...
The winners, who presented the 10 most successful business ideas,
were chosen from the list of top 50 contestants after a rigorous process that
ran into months. Each of the top 10 winners was rewarded with a grant of
N2,000,000. In addition, each of the top 50 contestants received office
equipment including a laptop computer, an all-in-one scanner and printer in
addition to six-month mentoring.
Over 3000 applications were sent in for this year’s edition out of
which 50 best business ideas were professionally selected. The 50 were trained in
business and project management, marketing, customer relations and
digitalisation at no cost at the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the prestigious
Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos for one week.
The Etisalat EasyBusiness Millionaires Hunt is an enterprise
development initiative of Etisalat Nigeria in partnership with the Enterprise
Development Centre (EDC) of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos. The initiative was
created to empower outstanding owners of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in
Nigeria with grants, focused trainings, office set-up equipment and mentoring support
to actualise their business ideas.
Speaking at the evening event, Matthew
Willsher, CEO of Etisalat Nigeria said, “Today, we are celebrating the
emergence of a new crop of entrepreneurs with a difference. These are a group
of young men and women whose brilliant minds have set apart from their equals.”
The lucky and equally grateful winners in no
particular order are:
Hauwa Liman, Ukamaka Ugwuoju, Oluwaseyi Dada,
Toby Jejephilip, Abigail Adewumi, Oyeboade
Makinde, Yewande Towobola, Franke Okoye, Tunji Akande and Tomi Adegbenro
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