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March 28, 2021

CampusPreneur Tour 2013: Raising Entrepreneurs On Nigerian Campuses!

CampusPreneur Tour 2013: Raising Entrepreneurs On Nigerian Campuses!

by Tito Philips, Jnr. / Monday, 04 February 2013 / Published in Entrepreneurship, Thought Bank

campuspreneurThe story of college dropouts who later turned out to be multi-billionaires as a result of the great businesses they built is a popular success story. The likes of Bill Gates of Microsoft, Steve Jobs of Apple, Richard Branson of Virgin and Mark Zuckerberg of facebook to name a few. Here is a list of 55 School Drop Out Billionaires and Successful Entrepreneurs.

At the other end of the spectrum are entrepreneurs who didn’t necessarily drop out of school, but began their entrepreneurial journey while in school. Here’s a list of 10 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Started Businesses in College. This is the category I belong; building my business while I was still schooling.

Both categories of entrepreneurs are living proofs of one fact; there are potential entrepreneurs on campuses. It is no longer smart to wait for them to finish schooling before planting in them the seed of entrepreneurship. As they say; “catch them young”.

This is particularly important especially in my country Nigeria where there’s a growing rate of unemployment. Every year several thousand youths graduate from these higher institutions with no hope of employment.

Recognizing this growing problem is what inspired the publishers of “Paddy Gbam” magazine to create this platform to raise and empower entrepreneurs on Nigerian campuses. I am part of the organizing team and have been selected to lead the talk on entrepreneurship development on campuses.

We will be kicking off the tour this Thursday, 7th Feb., 2013 at the Federal University of Technology Akure [FUTA]. We have 8 universities and colleges already scheduled for the month of February alone and this is just season one!

CampusPreneur Tour 2013 – The Schedule

The Tour will also feature other entrepreneurs like Rita Oloko, a make up professional and Segun Jiwande, a fashion designer. Orisha Femi a popular Nigerian musician will also be performing alongside budding artiste such as; Rizz, Lace, Testimony and D-whyne. This tour is proudly supported by; naijapreneur, soundcity, Nigezie, Primetime Africa, Dynamix, Acada, The Guardian, Nigerian Tribune, and Punch Newspaper and others.

Below is the timetable for the CampusPreneur Tour 2013;

@FUTA  – 07/02/2013
Francis Thedibire Auditorium

@TASUED   -12/02/2013

@MAPOLY  -15/02/2013
OGD Auditorium

@UNAAB  -13/02/2013

@OOU    -19th/02/2013

@UI (IBADAN) -21/02/2013
Trenchard Hall

@AAUA   – 26/02/2013
Olusegun Obasanjo Auditorium

@IREPOLY  -28/02/2013

Stay tuned as we will keep updating the venue for other schools!

Your Turn

There are a few things you can do to support this initiative;

  • One, like our facebook page and help spread the word among your friends.
  • Two, if you are living around any of the 8 schools listed above, make it a date and join us at the designated venue.
  • Share this post using any of the floating icons by the left hand side of the site on twitter, facebook, linkedin and google+.

Thanks for your support; we hope to do many more of such initiatives.

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Hi! My name is Tito Philips Jnr, an unusual Nigerian that is MAD – Making A Difference. I'm the Chief Community Leader here and this is where we raise the bar of entrepreneurship. We are a TRIBE of Unusual Entrepreneurs, we are not your every day entrepreneurs who go into business to put food on the table and pay bills. For us, business is more than making ends meet [survival]. It is our means of doing what we love [passion], changing the world [purpose] and being financially rewarded for it [profit]™. Want to become ONE of us?

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5 Comments to “ CampusPreneur Tour 2013: Raising Entrepreneurs On Nigerian Campuses!”

  1. Foxcrawl says :Log in to Reply
    February 9, 2013 at 3:30 am

    graduating the college would give additional chances to those who want to start a business. drop-outs were lucky because they lived in countries with opportunities.

  2. Ifeanyi Okolo says :Log in to Reply
    February 10, 2013 at 9:12 am

    Great work Tito and your team for such initiative. It is true that we really need to catch them young because they are really Distinct Young Entrepreneurs in our Nigerian campuses that need to be empowered and equipped.

    I will also like to suggest that your extend it to the East schools where there are lots of them. And PASS FOR LIFE Brand is will to partner in stepping down such initiatves here.

    Great work.

    1. Tito Philips, Jnr. says :Log in to Reply
      February 12, 2013 at 2:30 pm

      Thanks Ifeanyi,
      This is season one, we will definitely work on reaching other Nigerian campuses.

  3. Tomisin says :Log in to Reply
    March 11, 2015 at 11:41 am

    Wow! Its good to know that an initiative such as this one has been taken. I believe this was a success. Well, just a couple of weeks ago, precisely 26th Feb. I had an idea (still working on it though) to start a cooperative society with and for students in the tertiary institutions of learning. This will help to inculcate a savings culture and raise some capital to start a business while in school or immediately after school.
    Great Job. You are such an inspiration.
    Great grace to you Tito, Great grace!

  4. Matthew Masha's Blog says :Log in to Reply
    January 23, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    My Question is When are you coming to OAU?

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