ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and South Africa’s leading publisher and CEO of The Mail and Guardian, Mr Trevor Ncube, are among the top shots billed to speak at the first anniversary public lecture and presentation of The Interview magazine coming up next month.
The lecture entitled, ‘Why Start-ups Fail And Strategies To Save Them,’ is holding on Tuesday, September 6 in Abuja, the Interview magazine’s MD/Editor-In-Chief, Mr Azu Ishiekwene, said in a statement on Sunday.
According to him, the lecture “is designed to address one of the most topical and troubling issues of our time – how to create and sustain private-sector driven jobs.”
Ishiekwene said, “We have invited a broad range of stakeholders from Nigeria and other economic engine rooms across the continent – including entrepreneurs, investors and regulators – to share their experiences and provide practical solutions. We’ll be sharing ideas about things that have worked and failed and also providing insights that businesses can use.”
He further explained that the Vice President has accepted to be the special guest of honour, while Mr Ncube, will be the guest speaker.
Other speakers will be the MD/CEO of RainOil, Mr Gabriel Ogbechie and the chairman/fwounder of the Mike Omotosho Foundation, Dr. Mike Omotosho.
The chairman of the occasion is the Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, while the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Dr Abdul’Aziz Abubakar Yari, is the chief presenter.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, is the chief host