Emokpae-Lasisi Bounces Back with Virtual Summit
Known for her online solutions for women in business, Osayi Emokpae-Lasisi, with her wealth of experience, has created numerous business solutions that are mostly women friendly. Known by her peers as the Virtual Queen, Osayi received acclaim when she founded the Money Making Mommies Academy in 2016. The project was created specifically for mothers who need help in their businesses. Today, the project has over 2000 members worldwide. This time, she is back with what she calls, The Virtual Summit.
The virtual summit, the online mogul explained, is an online conference where one is able to get speakers from anywhere in the world to meet with audiences from anywhere in the world via the Internet. The platform, Emokpae-Lasisi said, was set up to help businesses create more affordable conferences online, saving the headache and cost of travelling across the country or around the world, adding, “It is also a way for businesses to increase their reach and get access to more potential clients from the convenience of their home.”
Explaining further on her new innovation, she said the service would be free and accessible to anyone with access to the Internet, noting that, “the wonderful thing about Virtual Summit is you can decide on any topic you want. So businesses can decide on a topic that will help to establish them as the pioneers in their industry. With the internet, you can reach people anywhere in the world with the message of what your business represents.”
The main benefit of a Virtual Summit is the convenience and the affordability. Anyone can get access to the information and to the speakers, without the additional expense of transportation and lodging. The platform is the first of its kind in Nigeria and is designed to have as many people on it at any given time. And anyone can join a Virtual Summit, just like anyone can create a Virtual Summit.
Emokpae-Lasisi, who is popular for creating solutions for women, especially mothers who want to escape ‘9 to 5’ jobs, was quick to note that the virtual summits she has created so far have been focused on helping women and moms to get access to the knowledge and skills they need to create profitable businesses. “I’m also working with some clients to create their own virtual summits - these clients have their own niches and we are working on maximizing their reach and establishing them as leaders in their industries,” she said.
The platform, which she said was operational at the moment, has hosted several virtual summits in recent time. “The first summit I hosted came from a place of pain. I saw many moms suffering, and I wanted to help. I saw that many women were working in jobs that they hated, not necessarily because of the job itself, but because they desired to spend more time with their family, but they had financial responsibilities. So I created the first Virtual Summit to try to show them all the options that exist in the world. I interviewed over 20 experts from different parts of the world, and many experts here in Nigeria to show moms how to transition from employees to business owners,” she said. Some of the previous expert speakers in the virtual summits have been The Managing Director of LAPO Microfinance Bank, Dr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe; Online Course Expert, Stephanie Obi; Exquisite Magazine Founder, Mrs. Tewa Onasanya; and a partner with Averti Professional Managers, Inyang Sami-Orungbe. And there were over 2000 people in attendance. The response to the new innovation, the initiator said, has been encouraging, noting, “Already, some participants of Virtual Summit are giving good reviews about the online platform.