Microsoft Nigeria, Future Project held Demo Day for Accelerate LABS participants across Nigeria

The Future Project, in partnership with Microsoft, on Saturday, February 3, 2018, held a Demo Day for Accelerate LABS participants in Lagos, Nigeria.

Launched last August, the nationwide entrepreneurship initiative is intended to support and equip 2,160 Nigerian youths with technology-driven status required to build socially-responsible enterprises.

With over 3,000 participants registered under the first stream, young entrepreneurs who passed through the screenings under the initiative was provided the opportunity to exhibit their products for purchase and also pitch ideas for possible investment at the event.

BukonlaAdebakin, the Project Lead, The Future Project, in the lead up to the event, said: “Trainings were held across the six geo-political zones of the country, with over 2,000 participants going through months of intensive training modules. Due to the assessment and positive feedback from classes on pitch presentation, funding proposals, client relations, and others, we are certain that these trainees will impress investors and set precedence for future participants.”

OlusolaAmusan, Citizenship Lead, Microsoft Nigeria, added that: “Microsoft YouthSpark empowers youth to imagine and realise their full potential by connecting them with greater opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship, helping them create a real impact for a better tomorrow.”