Our President, His Excellency, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu has been nominated for a prestigious Global Entrepreneurship Award, to be conferred on him at the first Global Entrepreneurship Festival to be hosted in Nigeria in November 2024 at the world’s first Entrepreneurship Village in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
This award, according to the organizers is in recognition of the contributions of the Ugwumba Leadership Center in promoting innovations, job creation and economy development in Nigeria and across Africa.
The cheering news was released in Abuja, last week during a courtesy call on our President by the team led by Dr. Joy Smart Francis, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, Entrepreneurship Village and Dr. Krishnan Ranganath of Africa Data Centres.
Speaking at the meeting, Dr Joy Smart Francis said, the 2024 Global Entrepreneurship Festival shall feature distinguished speakers such as President Barack Obama, former US President; Lady Cherie Blair, former UK First Lady; Reebok founder, Joseph William Foster; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General, World Trade Organization; Dr Christina Rahm, Jeff Hoffman and many other distinguished speakers and business leaders from across the world.
According to her, our President was selected for the prestigious award in consideration of his contributions towards youth and women development in Africa through our programs at the Ugwumba Leadership Center. She added that they identified the Center as a prospective partner and said the maiden edition of the festival in Nigeria would be incomplete without the participation of the Ugwumba Leadership Center.
In his response, our President, His Excellency, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu congratulated the team for the hosting right conferred on it by the Global Entrepreneurship Network and said, the Ugwumba Leadership Center shall be fully represented at the event.
He also thanked them for recognizing our contributions towards unemployment reduction and economic development in Nigeria and across Africa.
To God be the glory