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An educational based non-profit organisation, Teach for Nigeria, TFN, has hosted its first-ever pitch event at Gusau Institute in Kaduna State.
The pitch contest was hosted as part of TFN’s Incubation Hub Program, earlier launched in October, 2020.
The program was put together to support TFN’s alumni in the social innovation space with resources needed to drive their initiatives, which focus on promoting access to education for children in low-income communities.
20 TFN alumni-led Northern based initiatives had been selected as part of the pioneer cohort at the virtual launch of the Incubation Hub.
During the event, five of the participants who had been selected as part of the pioneer cohort for the Hub had the opportunity to pitch for seed funding. At the end of the contest, Bookaclan Knowledge Hub led by Samuel Onyeledo and No box Initiate led by Abdullahi Ibrahim were awarded with a seed grant of one million naira each to set up and expand their initiatives.
A non-government organisation, Teach For Nigeria has hosted its first ever pitch event at the Gusau Institute, Kaduna.
The contest was hosted as part of the organisation’s Incubation Hub Programme, earlier launched in October 2020 to support its alumni members in the social innovation space with resources needed to drive their initiatives on promoting access to education for children in low-income communities.
Twenty northern-based initiatives were selected as part of pioneer cohort at the virtual launch of the incubation hub.
During the event, five of the participants had the opportunity to pitch for seed funding. x
At the end of the contest, Book Clan Knowledge Hub, led by Samuel Onyeledo and No box Initiate led by Abdullahi Ibrahim, were awarded seed grants of N1 million each to set up and expand their initiatives.
NGO, Teach for Nigeria host first pitch contest in Kaduna
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
In an effort to promote access to education for children in low-income communities, a nongovernmental organization known as Teach For Nigeria has hosted a pitch contest for Alumni-led Education focused Initiatives in Northern Nigeria .
Speaking at the event, Folawe Omikunle, CEO, Teach for Nigeria said, Teach For Nigeria is on a mission to address the issue of educational inequity in Nigeria.
According to him, Teach For Nigeria, a non-profit organization focused on enlisting Nigeria’s most promising future leaders in an effort to expand educational and life opportunities for all children in Nigeria hosted its first ever pitch contest at the Gusau Institute, Kaduna.