By Adedoyin Falolu
(Commercial News)
The 4th Edition of the Young Leaders Entrepreneurship Conference, (YOLEC) has been scheduled to hold on the 28thNovember, 2020 virtually and physically due to the COVID 19 safety measure.
According to the convener, Tosin Adesile in a statement explained that only 50 participants will be admitted into the hall with adequate spacing while other participants will join online through zoom and facebook.
Adesile who explained that this year edition is unique in the sense that participants can decide to participate at the comfort of their homes or attend virtually while emphasis will be based on Innovation, ideas and entrepreneurship which is the anchor of the programme.
“This year edition with theme Youth Development and Entrepreneurship in 2020: Implications for National Development Information in the 21st Century, a connecting tool for entrepreneurs’ in industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG goal 9) will focus on providing avalanche of opportunity to the participants with grants for small business owners”,Adesile said.
Speakers at this year conference will have Engr. Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele, Ogun State Deputy Governor deliver a keynote speech while Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information Lagos State, Mr. Lekan Fatodu, SSA on SDG, Lagos State, Popular artiste, Jide Awobona and actress Toyin Alausa will be the conference speakers.
The statement further added that the advisory board chairman, Engr Obed Ikem will deliver a welcome speech to speakers and participants saying participants can however register to attend both physical and virtual by registering through this link: https://bit.ly/3eByqFm while interested Nigerians can also donate to support the event by clicking https://bit.ly/2TVIQpJ.
The Statement further explained that the Young Leaders Entrepreneurship Conference, (YOLEC) is a yearly event designed to lighten the economic hardship faced by young people and particularly in the area of unemployment by providing an alternative through vocation skill acquisition adding that the event is usually put together by a team of Young Leaders with passion for raising new generation leaders with an Entrepreneurial mindset