Time: May 22, 2015 from 7pm to 10pm
Location: Westin Hotel Atlanta Airport
Street: 4736 Best Rd
City/Town: Atlanta GA 30337
Phone: 7708739265
Event Type: banquet
Organized By: Babs onabanjo
Latest Activity: May 13, 2015
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The A.D. King Foundation will welcome 50 Nigerian Chancellors (Nigerian Universities) to Atlanta Georgia on Monday May 17-23, 2015.
The Chancellor’s mission is to visit and observe strategies of colleges and businesses that are successfully using entrepreneurial models which directly affect young leaders and entrepreneurs and to replicate these models in Nigeria to showcase how entrepreneurship can develop. We have organized a GALA on May 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm,(Westin Atlanta Hotel) designed to engage the Chancellors with Atlanta’s business and education leaders while enjoying the cultural ambiance of Nigeria.
The Nigerian economy, historically, has depended significantly on oil revenues. As the country tries to diversify away from dependence on oil forward thinking Nigerian leaders understand how important entrepreneurship is to the future of the Nigerian economy. The vision of Nigeria is to become one of the world’s top 20 economies during the next two decades. Currently, it is rated as the largest economy in Africa with GPD estimate at 515.431 billion dollars, followed by Egypt and South Africa with GPD estimate at 324.267 and 323.809 respectively. Nigeria has a population of about 173,600,000 (2013). In order to hit that target by 2020, Nigeria will need to increasingly globalize education in two key areas: Information and communications technology, and entrepreneurship.
At least 60% of graduates are not able to get employment immediately. Because of that, people go into one entrepreneurial venture or another, but unfortunately they have not been adequately prepared to face the challenges of venturing. It has become necessary for the Educators of higher learning to put “entrepreneurial studies” into the curriculum in developing these graduates.
There are a few factors that present challenges to Nigeria’s entrepreneur’s; Markets, Infrastructure, lack of vision and dreams, Access to Financing, Production, Reform/Regulations and Entrepreneurial curriculum.
The conference will focus on Entrepreneurship as a new paradigm shift in moving Nigeria economic development forward. There will be discussions on Investments, Regulations and Reform, Curriculum Development, Finance, Infrastructure, Transitioning from Oil to Entrepreneurism, Information, Technology and the Entrepreneur and Media/Film Production.
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