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Gtext world, a conglomerate of corporations has indicated curiosity to get listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as a part of its enlargement plans to world market in the subsequent five years. The Chief Executive Officer of the group, Stephen Akintayo, disclosed this at a media convention to have a good time its 10 years anniversary in Lagos on Wednesday.
Akintayo stated the group is registered as a firm in the United States of America, United Kingdom and the Middle East, with pursuits in printing, actual property, agriculture and a number of other different sectors.
Speaking on the journey to date, he stated: “Our story is that of a thriving entrepreneur. It is not easy to have grown organically without a godfather. It’s been a real journey of hard work, dogged commitment of not giving up.“Why we are celebrating is because we need to encourage entrepreneurs in Africa, we need to encourage Nigerians to start a business. At the moment we have conservative data of about four million unemployed and underemployed,” he added.
Akintayo stated the non-public sector wants to offer jobs and employment, stating that till we've got extra folks go into companies having extra entrepreneurs evolving, there isn't any approach that Africa significantly Nigeria can turn out to be the good financial system that we need.He revealed that the group has raised entrepreneurs throughout Africa in their a whole lot and hundreds; coaching over three million folks on-line, whereas over hundred folks in completely different alternative entrepreneurship abilities have been educated bodily.
In his phrases: “I think if Dangote has been doing a lot of empowerment training, would have probably have a lot of manufacturing companies in Nigeria and our unemployment would have reduced. For the future, we want to take certain sectors by the horn particularly sectors that has the potential of creating jobs.”
“One of the sectors we're investing in going ahead is actual property; we're planning on the verge of getting model ambassadors, which might be unveiled on the 10th yr anniversary celebration as a result of we imagine it has a lot of potential.
“There is building, constructing amongst others. We have educated over a thousand of individuals in that area with the assistance of certainly one of our subsidiary corporations. We are actually into the ecommerce house and printing. We are investing in huge sectors that may assist in creating jobs and serving to to make use of extra fingers, he stated.
Business Development Manager, Ikechukwu Ohanson, stated the group is at present producing funds organically to create grants for the entrepreneurs who it had engaged over the years.
Ohanson stated the group is at present taking a look at funding companions who will make investments in different folks’s enterprise, stating that the group has by no means accessed worldwide grant to fund its entrepreneurs.