E-Leverage Chats Growth Path for IT Entrepreneurs

A youth empowerment-centric forum tagged Entrepreneurship Leverage (E-Leverage) has identified critical factors key to building a successful Information Technology (IT) businesses in Nigeria.

The forum organised by Simeon’s Pivot Resources, was attended by stakeholders across public and private sector, including software developers, technology consultants, hardware engineers, tech business analysts, enterprise architect and young IT entrepreneurs.

With the theme: ‘Leverage Solutions for Information Technology Sector’, speakers at the forum held at the Afe Babalola Auditorium, University of Lagos recently, explored what they considered ‘winning’ strategies for growing young IT businesses into becoming major players that will further contribute to the growth in the ICT industry. Representative of Ministry of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu at the forum, Ms. Ibiye Member, said the government was working towards develop- ing public-private partnerships to expand ICT infrastructure, needed by young IT entrepreneurs to ride on. Member said the forum would bridge the gap between technology and business, create a platform to inspire, mentor, build leadership skills and develop a sense of collaboration as winning strategies among stakeholders in the technology world. Managing Director, Precise Financial System, Mr. Yele Okeremi, who used his company as an anchor point to educate young entrepreneurs on how to grow their businesses, emphasised the importance of ‘leverage’ and ‘perception’ and collaborations as ways to accelerating business goals and dreams.

According to him, “The equation for success does not lies in hardwork; it lies in leverage.

The word ‘Leverage’ has become very important to business. So, the solution for greatness in business will not come by following conventional methods, which give conventional results; but from new innovative thinking.”