PROTEN INTERNATIONAL EMPOWERS 300 LAGOS STATE YOUTHS WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING

PROTEN INTERNATIONAL EMPOWERS 300 LAGOS STATE YOUTHS WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAININGPROTEN, an international training and empowerment organisation headquartered in the UK with an
African office in Nigeria will be organising an intensive entrepreneurship training programme for
youths in Lagos State as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Nigeria.
The Pasion To Profession Bootcamp is a 1-day programme that is aimed at tackling the high level
of youth unemployment by empowering the upcoming generation with practical skills and knowledge
that are needed to become self-employed. The programme was launched in the United Kingdom by
Ope Onaboye (known as Opy Onas), a UK-Based Nigerian and founder of PROTEN.
Sponsored by HP, Etisalat, A.G. Leventis and RHICS International Group, the Passion To
Profession Bootcamp takes place during the Global Entrepreneurship Week on Saturday 22nd
November 2014 at 10am. The venue is the prestigious Royal Events Centre on 105 Obafemi
Awolowo way, Ikeja, Lagos. The programme will be hosted by Opy Onas, an internationally renowned
Speaker, Author, Corporate Trainer and Youth Engagement Specialist. Other speakers include Ara
(African leading female talking drummer), Dayo Israel (Africa’s Top 30 most inspirational young person, UN Ambassador and Motivational Speaker), Action Jackson (International Motivational
Speaker and Author) and Joshua Ajitena (UK-Based Motivational Speaker). Other international guest
are also expected at the programme.


Activities that will take place on the day include intensive entrepreneurship training, inspirational and
motivational talk, music, comedy and a Business plan pitching competition where participants will get
an opportunity to win several prizes such as FREE websites, mobile phones and many more.
Attendees will receive training on topics such as idea generation, how to check the viability of an idea,
how to secure start-up funding, how to find new customers and many more. A certificate of
participation will also be given to all attendees at the end of the programme.

Speaking on the programme, Opy Onas, the visionary behind the initiative said “Youths unemployment across the world has become an epidemic and the statistics are even worse in countries like Nigeria.
Thousands of graduates are leaving higher institutions yearly with the hope of securing a job, but they
rather end up becoming part of the unemployment statistics with the risk of becoming a lost
generation. As long as I still see our youths risking their lives on the highway, selling snacks just to
make ends meet, I keep reminding myself that there needs to be a change. When I launched the
Passion To Profession Initiative many years ago, I realised that just like I chose the self-employment
route, every other youths should be given the same opportunity to become job-creators rather than
job-seekers. Our aim is to launch the Bootcamp in Lagos State with the hope of expanding it to several other stated in Nigeria in 2015″.
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK (GEW) is a week in November of every year to promote and
celebrate creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship all over the world (www.unleashingideas.org). In
Nigeria, the Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University is the host organization for the
GEW.
PROTEN International engages and trains thousands of individuals yearly through one-one coaching,
seminars and conferences, corporate training programmes and other empowerment initiatives.
Founded in the UK, the organisation has worked with the UK Government to develop various
initiatives to tackle youth unemployment and engage hard to reach youths such as gang members
and ex-prisoners. PROTEN expanded into Nigeria in May 2014, with the launch of its first initiative
known as the Passion To Profession Campus Tour in partnership with the Lagos State Government. It
was an entrepreneurship training roadshow of Tertiary Institutions in Lagos State. The pilot of the
programme was a success as over 1000 students were trained over four days.

Attendance to the progrmme is FREE to all participants but registration is required. This can be
done by sending full name and email address to 08171024068 / 09091179873 or
register@p2ptourlive.com. For sponsorship queries, contact o.onas@protenuk.com or 08036755112.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.