Introducing Youth2business Forum

What is AIESEC Nigeria’s Youth2Business Forum?

It is simple…

Youth2Business is a one day event; a forum that would bring together corporate Nigeria and the youths in Nigeria with the single purpose of coming up with solutions to some of the social challenges in Nigeria. It would also be an avenue for companies to tap into the energy and creativity of youths in solving some of their peculiar challenges.

It goes without saying that there is a lot of potentials in Nigeria’s Youth. In a country with 150million people, youths (people under 30 years old) in Nigeria accounts for 70% of the population and it is estimated that by 2030, Nigeria would be one of the few countries in the world with abundant supply of young workers…

But the question is this: “is Nigeria tapping into the potentials of her youths? do companies in Nigeria recognize the potentials of young people? how are we maximizing the creativity and energy of our youths?”

Presently, challenges abound which limit Youths in various ways. These include a high unemployment rate, dilapidated educational system etc, but still, it is inevitable that in other to spur on the development in Nigeria, Youths need to be empowered.Youths need to be given a platform for development and expression.

So what should be done?

Nigeria must tap all its resources, particularly its young population, effectively and efficiently to develop rapidly — Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Managing Director of the World Bank).

This is why AIESEC Nigeria, the most diverse and credible Youth voice in Nigeria, is putting together the event Youth2business forum which seeks to harness the potentials in Youths. Tapping the resources in the Nigerian Youth in other to spur development and innovation.

We believe there are huge potentials within this section of the population. We believe that Youths in Nigeria not only have the creativity to solve challenging problems in Nigeria, but they also possess the energy to be persistence, resilience and stay on the problem until it is solved.

The Youth2business Forum would allow corporate Nigeria: Companies in Nigeria to harness this energy and creativity in youths to proffer solutions to some of the poignant Social issues in Nigeria and peculiar challenges being faced by these companies. From how to leverage technology to increase market share, how to use technology to eradicate poverty and diseases to the best way companies could attract talents; students attending Youth2business would come together and find solutions to challenges like this.

To make Youth2business forum work, conversations would be hosted using the Open Space Model which would allow for rapid ideas generation and flexibility.

At the end of the day, the solutions, ideas, concepts and innovations generated at the forum would be published by a leading media company in Nigeria.

If you believe in the Potentials of Nigeria’s Youths, then this is an event you should not miss. You can attend as a Company or attend as a Student.

As a company you would be helping in fostering the right discussions, workshops and creating the appropriate  stimulating atmosphere needed for the event.

And if you are attending as a student, you would be contributing your passions, creativity and energy to finding solutions to pertinent problems. You would have the opportunity to rub minds with other youths from all across the country. It promises to be a very engaging and interesting experience.

Youth2business would hold in Lagos on May 5th 2011.

To apply as a Student, fill the registration form here

To apply as a Company, fill the registration form here

You can also connect with Youth2business on Facebook