MTN Empowers Link Forum Winners with N10million

In a bid to promote entrepreneurship education and to teach
best business practices in Nigeria, leading ICT network in
Nigeria, MTN, for the past four months hosted successful
business icons and budding entrepreneurs in four major
cities across different regions of the federation.
This idea- sharing and business-empowerment platform
was held in Enugu, Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja.
(Pictured above are Winners of 2014 MTN Budding
Entrepreneur Challenge. Left to right: Akinwole
Oludayo,Muhammed Salisu Usman, Nwaje Lucky and
Ogunlana Olumide at the MTN Link Forum held at
Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.)

(L-R): Ibrahim Mohammed, Senior Manager, Customer

Care, MTN; Mohammad Jubrin, MD/CEO, Suntrust

Mortgage Bank;Akinwole Oludayo; Adekunle Adebiyi, GM

Regional Operations, MTN; Dr. Kazeem

Mustapha,Executive Director, United Healthcare (H.M.O)

and Mr. Hetal Shah,Director Operations, Mara Group&

Mara Mentor, during the presentation of N2.5 million

cheque to Akinwole Oludayo, one of the winners of 2014

Budding Entrepreneur Challenge at the grand finale of this

year's MTN Link Forum held at Transcorp Hilton

MTN Link Forum is an innovative and interactive platform
that is focused on advancing the aspirations of budding
entrepreneurs and professionals, by providing them with the
opportunity to interact with renowned and successful
Nigeria Business icons, who shared with them knowledge,
experiences and insights on their business success.
Out of 497 young business professionals that participated in
this year’s budding entrepreneurship challenge, Nwaje
Lucky, Akinwole Oludayo, Muhammed Salisu and Ogunlana
Olumide emerged as the overall winners. Each of the
winners received N2.5 million business grants. While ten
participants with the best business ideas were also selected
for a fully sponsored trip to the 2014 World
Entrepreneurship Forum taking place in Lyon, France.
The General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN, Mr. Kola
Oyeyemi said, “MTN is committed to initiating ideas that
make life better for all its customers. The MTN Link Forum
is one of these ideas. What MTN has done is to create a
platform where budding entrepreneurs can interact with
accomplished entrepreneurs and role models, so as to
garner insights and knowledge on making a success of their
businesses”.
Speakers at this year's MTN Link Forum include the
Managing Director of Nigeria's online trading firm, Jumia
Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Doerr; the Director of Operations of
Mara Group &Mara Mentor, an online mentorship
community, Mr. Hetal Shah; the Managing Director of
Nigeria's leading online hotel booking firm Mr. Marek
Zymyslowski; the Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of Suntrust Mortgage Bank, Mr. Muhammad Jubrin;
the Executive Director of United Healthcare, Dr. Kazeem
Mustapha among other notable business icons in Nigeria.

L-R: Dr.Kazeem Mustapha, Executive Director, United
Healthcare (H.M.O); Mr.Hetal Shah, Director Operations,
Mara Group& Mara Mentor and Muhammad Jubrin,MD/
CEO, Suntrust Mortgage Bank at the grand finale of 2014
MTN Link Forum, Held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

Left: Dr. Jonathan Doerr, the Managing Director, Jumia
Nigeria, delivering a lecture at MTN Link Forum in Enugu.
Right: MTN Project Fame Season 6, 1st runner-up,
Immaculate Patience Edochie thrilling Budding
Entrepreneurs at MTN Link Forum, Port Harcourt.