The Niger Delta Young Professionals organizes the 1st Niger Delta Young Professionals Economic Summit/Exhibition with the theme: “BUILDING SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NIGER DELTA”, scheduled to take place on 28th June, 2013 at the prestigious Le’ Meridian Hotel & Golf Resort, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, at 9am – 5 pm.
The Niger Delta Young Professionals is a non-governmental organization made up of a group of young enterprising individuals who have achieved great success in their various careers and endeavours and desire to utilize their expertise and experiences in our drive towards sustainable economic and social development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.
This summit has been designed to encourage young people and young professionals from diverse fields of endeavour ranging from Oil and Gas, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Agriculture, Environment and the Creative Economy in order to create a platform for exchanging ideas and design networks where professionals of the Niger Delta Region will learn by engaging successful entrepreneurs like Ashish J. Thakkar( Africa’s Youngest Billionaire), CEO of Mara Group, Dr. Michael Arumemi-Ikhide, Group CEO ARIK AIR, Dr. Alex Otti, GMD Diamond Bank, Tunde Kehinde, MD and Co - founder JUMIA and other relevant stakeholders as mentors working to increase and optimize economic opportunities for the young people within the region.
The summit is hosted by the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency, Sir Godswill Obot Akpabio, while the President and Commander-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GCFR) is expected to be the Special Guest of Honour.
Prospectively, it is an avenue to share some insights, build capacities, obtain ideas, get well framed views and inputs, present practical options and strategies that would be beneficial in maximizing the investment and development opportunities in the Niger Delta Region.
