Over 40 start ups win at Mara Mentor One-on-One Abuja

Mara One On One Business session in full swing
No fewer than 40 young start-ups have been selected for six-month mentorship placements courtesy of Mara Mentor’s One-on-One session held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja recently.
The Mara Mentor One-on-One event, a session organized for ambitious entrepreneurs to engage experienced business leaders, provided over 60 budding entrepreneurs (mentees) with the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to 25 industry experts (mentors) and a compete for a six-month mentorship period during which the experts would act as mentors, providing guidance and direction as they venture into the entrepreneurship space.


One of the Business Pitch sessions 

According to a statement by Mara Foundation’s Media officer, Douglas Imaralu, the selected entrepreneurs will now proceed for the mentorship period under the tutelage of a cross section of business leaders including: General Manager, Regional Operations MTN Nigeria, Adekunle Adebiyi, Chairperson, Better Life for African Rural Women, Hayija Aisha Babangida, Director Bank of Agriculture, Mohammed Santuraki and CEO, Stanbic IBTC Trustees Binta Max-Gbinije among others.

The business leaders, who are also mentors on Mara Mentor, drilled the young entrepreneurs (mentees) who were given three minutes each to pitch their business ideas in a clear and concise manner.

The Federal Minister of Youth Development, Hon. Boni Haruna commended young Nigerians for “driving their own future by creating opportunities for themselves and others, by undertaking different entrepreneurial ventures aimed towards economic freedom and empowerment.”
Mentors and Business leaders at the event


According to the Minister, “Mara Mentor program is a project designed to enhance entrepreneurship education, capacity building and mentorship for the young Nigerian entrepreneur,” the minister said, adding that the Federal Ministry of Youth Development has played an active role supporting the progress of the entrepreneurial initiative.

The Minister also commended the business leaders present, thanking them for investing their time and expertise on young Nigerians.


“Mentors, including Dr. Mairo Mandara (Country Representative, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), Bankole Cardoso (MD EasyTaxi Nigeria) and Hakeem Shagaya (CEO, KAMROD Prefabrication), also lauded the innovativeness of Mara Mentor One-on-One sessions, encouraging young entrepreneurs to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions and take advantage of the unique business mentorship opportunity it offers.
A cross section of mentees at the event 
Following the success of the event, Hetal Shah, Head of Operations, Mara, assured participants Mara will facilitate mentor-mentee relationship during the six-month mentorship period and also provide the mentees with further support during and after the programme,” Imaralu said.







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