AfriGrowth drives business values through mentorship
The 2008 version of AfriGrowth Youth Mentoring Programme ended in Lagos on Wednesday with participants receiving certificates from the event organisers, AfriGrowth Foundation, at a one-day workshop organised in Lagos.
The 2008 event brought together 24 young people (mentees) who participated in a one month long mentoring programme in Abuja and Lagos.
It was designed to formally give participants knowledge about the lives of successful Nigerians in the corporate world and thereby empower them to succeed in life.
Speaking at the workshop, President, AfriGrowth Foundation, Mrs. Dayo Keshi, noted that the mentoring programme started in 2005 with a pilot and that it had made its impact as many young people who participated in it had successfully taken their first steps in life by learning that honesty, handwork and dedication to good causes was rewarding
“We have continued to receive fantastic reports from our mentees on their progress and we are happy with the success and progress that are making. This has served as a morale-booster for us as a foundation to want to reach out more to young people through our mentoring programme,” she said.
She explained that since its inception, over 80 young people have been successfully mentored by respected and successful Nigerians in the business, civil society, government and corporate sectors in the nation’s economy.
The Managing Director, Chams Nigeria Plc. Mr. Demola Aladekomo, said that it was important for young people to have a clear focus I life as to what they intend to do with their lives.
Aladekomo, who chaired the one-day workshop, encouraged participants to be dogged in their determination in order to overcome every challenge that may confront them in their cause of attempting to achieve their dreams.
He promised to continue to support AfriGrowth’s mentoring programmes in the future.
The 2008 event brought together 24 young people (mentees) who participated in a one month long mentoring programme in Abuja and Lagos.
It was designed to formally give participants knowledge about the lives of successful Nigerians in the corporate world and thereby empower them to succeed in life.
Speaking at the workshop, President, AfriGrowth Foundation, Mrs. Dayo Keshi, noted that the mentoring programme started in 2005 with a pilot and that it had made its impact as many young people who participated in it had successfully taken their first steps in life by learning that honesty, handwork and dedication to good causes was rewarding
“We have continued to receive fantastic reports from our mentees on their progress and we are happy with the success and progress that are making. This has served as a morale-booster for us as a foundation to want to reach out more to young people through our mentoring programme,” she said.
She explained that since its inception, over 80 young people have been successfully mentored by respected and successful Nigerians in the business, civil society, government and corporate sectors in the nation’s economy.
The Managing Director, Chams Nigeria Plc. Mr. Demola Aladekomo, said that it was important for young people to have a clear focus I life as to what they intend to do with their lives.
Aladekomo, who chaired the one-day workshop, encouraged participants to be dogged in their determination in order to overcome every challenge that may confront them in their cause of attempting to achieve their dreams.
He promised to continue to support AfriGrowth’s mentoring programmes in the future.
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