The Kwara Pitch Competition business pitch session held on Friday, 22nd of October, 2021The session feature young business owners pitching their produce and service to a team of successful men and women from different industries as panelists

The Honourable commissioner for Youth Development, Hon Hariet Afolabi Osatimehin during an interview with our correspondent advocates for more participation of women in this kind of initiative and urges youths to always make use of any opportunity coming their ways.

“Winners of this competition are going to have the opportunity to get trainings, mentorship, and several other opportunities to represent Kwara at Intra African Trade Fair in South Africa to scale their brand “Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Job Creation Barrister Aliyu Alhassan told our correspondent during the pitch session.

“The winners of the competition will also have the opportunity to pitch their products/brands at the upcoming Intra-Africa Trade Fair 2021.
IATF as a platform offers our prospective winners an opportunity to meet with investors from all over the world, and partners from the developed world.

Alhassan explained that the administration is hoping to scale up businesses that will in turn create jobs and project the State on the map of innovations, enterprise, technology and development .

Alhassan added that the Kwara Pitch Competition is part of the commitment of the AbdulRazaq administration to develop the state into a more enterprising environment.