NGOs train Ajegunle youths on leadership, small scale enterprises

The training focused on leadership skills taught by life coaches from LEAP Africa’s Youth Leadership Program, and computer and new media skills taught by trainers from Paradigm Initiative’s ajegunle.com, a grassroots project committed to teaching inner-city kids information technology skills. The training was complemented by a mentoring session on how to run a small scale […]

The training focused on leadership skills taught by life coaches from LEAP Africa’s Youth Leadership Program, and computer and new media skills taught by trainers from Paradigm Initiative’s ajegunle.com, a grassroots project committed to teaching inner-city kids information technology skills.

The training was complemented by a mentoring session on how to run a small scale fashion enterprise by Bayo Adegbe, the CEO of Modela, one of Nigeria’s leading fashion houses, and a talk on business basics, by Chief Operating Officer Eniola Agbesoyin, of the Olive Micro-Finance Bank.

CFC initiated the workshop as part of the process of filming three exceptional young women in a soon to be released documentary on the struggles of urban youth vis-a-vis achieving the millennium development goals.

“Over the years, we have seen the positive impact of training youths to connect to their inner selves, build self- confidence, set goals, take necessary risks, identify dream stoppers  and manage their funds and resources,” said Mosun Layode, Executive Director of LEAP AFRICA, one of Nigeria’s exceptional youth empowerment organisations teaching young people to be change agents in their communities.

 “Supporting CFC’s film production work by training under-served youths in Ajegunle is an important way of addressing our development challenges,” added Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria,  a youth led ‘technopreneurship’  organisation which started ICT training in Ajegunle almost 10 years ago by equipping young people to solve their problems through the creative use of technology.

A participant, 24-year-old Thompson Ojeme, commented, “The workshop was motivating, we have really learnt a lot.”