Beginning from June the 4th, the entrepreneurship program is to take place in four (4) consecutive Saturdays and it is aimed at revealing cutting edge success tips to startups, SMEs, unemployed graduates, intending business owners and those who cherish the possibilities of growing existing businesses within the shortest time. Among the numerous facilitators are front line lawyer and business ace- Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN OON, music festival director and descendant of the Afro Beat king-Yeni Kuti alongside six other successful business managers including a topnotch executive of a telecommunication giant, they will combine their over 150 years of experience to inspire and coach participants from across Nigeria on diverse topics at the Freedom Park, Lagos Island from 10.00AM prompt on each Saturday.

Olisa Agbakoba(SAN), Yeni Kuti, Others to Coach Entrepreneurs at the African Creative Gym

With the mainstay of the Nigerian economy dipping to a ridiculous price, the African Creative Gym is set to ignite passion for dreams through side-to-side arming of attendants with business tricks that would serve as alternative revenue generation; it is designed to instill the Midas touch for excellence in chosen business routes and discovering sustainable entrepreneurship initiatives for immediate impact on life and economy.

Fielding questions from the press, Yaa Asantewa, a representative of the organizers Hubroom Consulting averred that “The African Creative Gym (ACG) is structured around engagements with eminent facilitators, lecture presentations, team-based discussion of various assigned reading and field training. Participants will benefit from the over 150 years combined experience of our facilitators and programme drivers. Focus will be on teaching  skills to identify opportunities within the immediate community and the day-to-day real life experience of running a successful business. Participants will benefit from the wide array of experience and topics dealing with politics, philosophy, culture, history, society, inventions, ideas, institutions, and businesses.”

The workshop is structured around the following major themes:

  • Understanding Yourself
  • Understanding Your World
  • Activating Your Dreams: Visioning and Innovation
  • Understanding Your Business: The Real World
  • Understanding Money
  • The Digital World

Besides Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN and Yeni Kuti, other facilitators include Theo Lawson, a foremost architect and CEO Total Consult Nigeria, Frank Halim, CEO of Hubroom Consulting, Yinka Osobu, CEO of CMC Interiors Nigeria Limited, Iyabode Aboaba, COO of the Freedom Park, Lagos and Damola Ogundele, CEO of ASIRI. The programme is designed especially for those with enough determination to attain uncommon business breakthroughs.

For more information, please log on to https://theafricancreativegym.wordpress.com/ or send mail to Yaa Asantewa @ shekere@rhythmsofshekere.org or anansense@yahoo.com or call +234 808 710 1799 . The programme is coordinated by Hubroom Consulting and powered by Freedom Park, Shèkèrè and ASIRI Magazine