JCI Eko trains 100 youths on social enterprise masterclass

In a bid to provide sustainable solutions to some of the social, economic and environmental challenges in Lagos State, the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Eko has launched Social Enterprises Masterclass (SEM) targeted at training 100 youth across the state.

JCI said that SEM was a fully funded training opportunity aimed at building and empowering the youth who would become the catalysts for sustainable change and solution to social problems within the state.

David Tobi, the 2020 SEM team lead, said social enterprise was the application of commercial strategies to maximise improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being with the sole aim of promoting, encouraging, and making social change.

Tobi stated that the SEM was an initiative of JCI Eko, aimed at raising young social entrepreneurs who would not be dependent on government, but take action in making the society a saner place of abode.

Ibraheem Tiamiyu, the JCI Eko 2020 president, said social enterprises exist in nearly every sector from consumer goods to healthcare, community, energy and creative agencies.

Tiamiyu further said that the goal of the year’s SEM was to help young entrepreneurs design their business operations for both social impact and survival of the organisation.

The training he said would focus on business and capacity development on social entrepreneurs, perfecting social enterprising ideas, profit maximisation, brand appreciation and fund raising, among others.