Founder of the African Economic Merit Awards (AEMA) McEva Temofe has instituted AEMAimspire University Tour in line with his vision to build and empower entrepreneurs across Africa starting with Nigeria.
The project, which is targeted at university students, aims to inspire Africans to become entrepreneurs, employers of labour and business executives.
The maiden edition of AEMAimspire University Tour is billed for July 20 at the University of Abuja. The event will be held at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development from 11am. Lucky participants will get N2 million worth of grant from AEMA.
Aside from Temofe who will be mentoring entrepreneurs, the session will also feature pep talk from experts, including the CEO of The Yellow Umbrella Media Concept, Olushola Aluko; CEO of Zebra Group, Buffy Okeke-Ojiudu; and founder of Alpha Reach, Japhet Omojuwa.
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According to Temofe, “AEMA is an organisation that has presence in 17 African countries with Economic impact and developmental projects.
“In each University, we will give grants and other start-up kits to students to help them build on an existing project. Successful professionals will mentor these young entrepreneurs to enable them build a lasting enterprise.”
Temofe said that AEMA organisation is driven by young professionals to promote innovative ideas for entrepreneurial, economic and social development.
“The tour is to inspire students to also pursue their career in the area entrepreneurship and to raise their consciousness on the need to get involved in political affairs of nations for a better Africa,” he said.
On the theme, ‘Safeguarding the Nigerian economy through entrepreneurs’, he said, “It was carefully chosen to encourage and stimulate business prowess among youths. We will visit lots of universities to raise their consciousness on the need to pursue career in area of entrepreneurship to boost Africa’s economy and promote good governance.
“We are bringing together people from the agro industry, tech industry, government, sports and other industries. They will use their voices to inspire these young people to be huge contributors in the Nigerian economy and Africa as a whole.”
He explained that the AEMA aims to boost economic growth in African communities by uniting successful business entrepreneurs with latent talents. The organisation, he said, works towards giving hope to Africans who have given up the creative ideas and business skills to power ideas of craftsmanship into a successful future.
The maiden edition of AEMA’s Economic Varsity Tour of Nigeria was held at BAZE University, Abuja, where stakeholders commended the organisation for birthing an idea that has the capacity of transforming Africa’s economy.
