Event industry yet to benefit from LSETF programme, says group

THE Managing Director , Busybee Group , Bisi Sotunde, has said the event business industry is yet to benefit from the Lagos State Employment T rust Fund ( LSETF).

She disclosed this in Lagos at a press conference to announce activities at its sixth edition of the yearly Business Event Summit slated for November 15- 16, 2022 in Lagos.

The summit started off in 2017 as a bridge to foster sound entrepreneur practices among event professionals. In this edition, 10 outstanding heroes will be celebrated at the a ward night, while eight winners will

go home with various branded products.

Sotunde said the summit has brought both Nigerian and International speaker/ panelists, who are industry leaders to discuss various topics on how to grow/ scale and expand horizons.

She stressed that the platform has trained, mentored and helped over 1,300 event professionals, ranging from event planners, decorators, caterers, DJ, MCS and ever yone, who belong to the event ecosystem.

She noted that one of the benefits of attending this 6th business summit is the one year access to the Thriving Business community called The W ell

Watered Garden T ribe Nation ( WWWGT), a group for those who are networking and growing their businesses. “We have seen brands scale from ground zero level to the way up. Various training sessions, social networking, hangout, as well as spiritual meetings take place within the group; all of this has helped build a total wholesome life of every member.” Gracing the occasion are international speakers from the event industry s uch as Jacqueline Vasquez from USA,

Precious Thamaga- Mazibuko from South Africa and Sonu Shau from Dubai.