Business & Leadership Bootcamp: Participants trained on AI, I&E, agribusiness
The Bamidele Salam – E4 Business and Leadership boot camp has proceeded with training sessions focused on equipping young graduates and aspiring entrepreneurs with artificial intelligence proficiency as well as entrepreneurial opportunities in the agricultural and export sector in Nigeria.
The boot camp which kicked off on Thursday, is hosting 400 young graduates and aspiring entrepreneurs in Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigno Federal Constituency Osun state.
Further educating the young graduates and aspiring entrepreneurs, the CEO of BRITE Neotric Solutions Ltd, Suleiman Muhammad, kicked off Friday’s session by unveiling the leveraging possibilities of the use of artificial intelligence to cause the growth of their businesses.
The session focused on OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer, ChatGPT, exploring its features and usefulness to businesses in modern times.
The sequel to the session was an exposition led by the State coordinator of the Bank of Agriculture in Osun State, Adekunle Oso.
Mr Oso opened the eyes of aspiring entrepreneurs to the agriculture sector and revealed ways they could participate in the value chain, getting involved in either the input, production, storage, processing, or distribution stages of the chain.
He called on the young ones to envisage making the most of the sector by targeting the aspects of storage and processing, considering that it is highly undermined in Nigeria.
He further revealed the bank’s accessibility to granting loans as assistance for such opportunities.
Assistant Director /State Coordinator of Nigerian Export Promotion Council Ayodele S. E. elaborated more on the products and services that thrive in Nigeria’s export sector.
He called on them to take advantage of the export market, giving them assurance of the council’s backing following the right procedures.
Other sessions involved encouragement and key takes from indigent entrepreneurs such as Oluremi Olalere, among others.
Recall that Rep. Bamidele Salam said the program was aimed at equipping the young ones while bridging the gap between them and resourceful government agencies.
The boot camp is set to round up by Saturday, following more training and interactive sessions.
