By Dipo Olowookere
No fewer than 100 young entrepreneurs living in Oyo State with great business ideas will receive the backing of popular online bookmaker, Paddypaddybet.
The fast-rising and fledgling sport-betting game-changers plans to empower young entrepreneurs at its inaugural Youth Empowerment Summit in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Paddypaddybet boasts of varying ranges of sport betting via pre-match and play for mobile devices and desktops.
It was gathered that the summit will feature successful young business entrepreneurs, private sector representatives and Paddypaddybet ambassadors, who will lead the process of formulating a roadmap that seeks to foster youth employability and entrepreneurship in Nigeria.
The 100 beneficiaries, who will be picked among the attendees at the summit, will be empowered by Paddypaddybet with N50,000 each, amounting to a total of N5 million to fuel their business ideas.
The event, which will be held at Jogor Events Centre, 1, Harvester Close, off Liberty Stadium road in Ibadan, Oyo State on December 12, 2018, will witness the biggest gathering of youths ever, which was not based on entertainment but directed towards spurring the youths into action to take charge of their entrepreneurial drive.
Paddypaddybet is giving back to the community with the recent research showing Nigeria has now taken over as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people, according to a report by Brookings Institution.
Speaking at a news conference at the company’s headquarter in Lagos, its Media Manager, Mr Issa Ahmed, stated that “the Nigerian youth are facing challenges, and finding decent employment and climbing out of poverty with more than 65 percent of the population being under the age of 35, securing employability and self-employment for young people, achieved through innovative approaches, is be the best weapon Paddypaddybet wants to fight against poverty and the numerous associated challenges in the country.”
Speaking further Mr Ahmed said only those between the ages of 18 and 35 are eligible to participate in the summit, with registration done on http://registration.paddypaddyblog.com/.
Paddypaddybet is a Nigeria-based sports betting operator and seeks to gain recognition in the sports betting category, with a high competitive edge, state of the art solutions that caters for the immediate needs of punters in this region and beyond. The sport-betting company covers all the major sporting events across Europe and the world with great odds, and welcome bonus and also the cash-out option.
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