The conference is scheduled for the 9th of March 2016 at The Civic Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
The theme for the conference ‘Pledge for Parity’
intends to develop and inspire female entrepreneurs in their respective
pursues to leave their mark in an otherwise, male-dominated sector.
Participants will have the opportunity of being mentored by seasoned speakers which include Mosun Belo-Olusoga (Chairperson, Access Bank PLC); Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa (Senior Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs); Oreoluwa Somolu-Lesi (Executive Director, W.TEC); Hajjiya Aisha Babaginda (Chairman, Better Life for Rural Women, Nigeria).
Others are Hon Lolade Akande (Commissioner for Women Affairs, Lagos State); Chief Mrs Kemi Nelson, ( APC Women Leader); Funke Egbemode (Founder, Mummy’s Integrated Farms Ltd); Mosun Umaru (Founder, Harvesters Farms Ltd); Adanma Onuegbu (CEO, Signal Alliance)
Speaking on the need for the conference, Charles Odii, (Executive Director, SME 100 Nigeria) said ‘the
workplace gender parity is high globally and women needed to be
empowered in these three areas. The drive of the organization is to
encourage women to participate in the areas of politics, agriculture and
technology thereby creating a multiplier effect in the society.’
This first-of-its-kind conference is
open to all Nigerians women and will double as the launch of its 2016
Empowerment Training programme where a total of 1000 women will be
trained over the course of the calendar year in various vocations.
SME 100 Nigeria and Rubies Vocational
School aims to continuously stimulate entrepreneurship among Young
Africans through its empowerment initiatives – supporting female
entrepreneurs and enabling communities to reap the transformational
benefits of SME participation in the economy.
The registration fee for the conference is five thousand naira only.
For more information, visit www.sme100nigeriaconferences.com
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