About NESummit

Leadership and Governance

 Governance

We strive to ensure good governance, commitment, accountability, innovation and network as guiding principles that will help us and others achieve excellence.

Our Leadership

SKDC Global Links Limited is led by Stella Ajige as Managing Director and guided by a Board of Directors, exceptional people with business, academia and creative industry who act as custodians of our mission and values of promoting entrepreneurial excellence.

NES is organized by SKDC Global Links Limited, a CAC registered organization driving the revolution to shape how small businesses can thrive in an environment where opportunities abound for small businesses to succeed in a tough and highly competitive market place.

General Event Details

• Venue: Ta’al Conference Hotel, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
• Dates: 22 August 2019

 Event Highlights:

• Chats and break away sessions with some of the brightest minds in Small Business Start Ups, from the public and private sectors.
• Keynote addresses by Nasarawa State Government Officials.
• Opportunities for networking with over 500 attendees.

We seek to identify barriers and challenges small entrepreneurs’ face, and build their capacity in the areas of – learning effective leadership, communication, accounting and managerial skills for growing a business; demonstrate the power of networking, and how to best launch a new product; and influencing government policies and programs towards a entrenching a better business environment in Nasarawa State.

Summit Event Goals:

•  Innovative job creation/Build entrepreneurial instincts
• Business development skills
• Waste management skills
• Financial literacy
• Learn what to do before your career disappears (Vast growing economy)
• Influence of tech on businesses
• Network expansion

Summit Outcomes:

• Achieve a changed mindset for youth on Creating a Job vs. Getting a Job.
• Achieve a culture of entrepreneurship as against the culture of over reliance on government jobs.
• Help small enterprises Market themselves (through professional development, mentorship, and networking)
• Help small businesses achieve Financial Literacy
• Establish connectivity between youth/and entrepreneurs and the larger system of role models, mentorship and inspiration.
• Access to funding for new Ideas and ow they can take them to the Market.