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Seven entrepreneurs leveraging technology to ensure their startups provide sustainable solutions across and beyond Nigeria have been selected to participate in Endeavor Nigeria ScaleUp Programme.
The 10-week programme seeks to support Nigeria’s most promising, high-impact business leaders, providing all they need to scale operations, including access to mentorship, fundraising support, partnerships and a strong peer network of high impact entrepreneurs who have built and run successful businesses.
The selected entrepreneurs include:
Ikenna Nzewi, CEO and co-founder of fintech and agritech combined startup, Releaf, and the startup’s CTO and co-founder, Uzoma Ayogu; Tomilola Majekodunmi, co-founder and CEO of fintech startup, Bankly; John Oke, CEO of fintech startup, wallets.africa; and Julian Flosbach, CEO of fintech startup, BFREE, the startup’s CPO, Moses Nmor, and COO, Chuks Enyi.
Including direct and actionable feedback to support their growth as business leaders, the programme will provide a subset of services to the entrepreneurs. Group workshops facilitated by Endeavor Entrepreneurs, board members and mentors, as well as access to executives from industry-leading companies for potential business development opportunities are also included in the programme.
Tosin Faniro-Dada, Managing Director and CEO of Endeavor Nigeria pointed out the company’s delight regarding the programme, reiterating its core values and projection for success.
“We are delighted to have these exciting entrepreneurs on our first ScaleUp programme, and we have prepared an impactful programme that will address their most pressing challenges and support them as they advance to the next stage of their business growth, ” he said.
“One of our core values at Endeavor is our commitment to paying it forward and our Endeavor Entrepreneurs are also eager to support the next generation of high-impact entrepreneurs with their deep knowledge, experience and functional expertise in their respective industries and markets”.
Ever since the launch of its office in Nigeria, 2018, Endeavor Nigeria has provided support to 24 entrepreneurs, currently leading 13 companies, including Flutterwave, Carbon, Autochek, 54gene, TeamApt, TradeDepot, Helium Health, Paga, Migo, Daystar Power, HealthPlus, Kobo360 and FilmHouse Group.
The company was built on a goal to promote a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem in high-growth markets globally. Endeavor selects, mentors and supports high-impact entrepreneurs to scale their companies, driving economic growth and job creation.
Prior to its launch in Nigeria, Endeavor, founded in 1997, affirms to have reached about 40 markets and supports over 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28,000,000,000, have created over 3,900,000 jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4,000,000 in capital.
The company’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust, provides a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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