VConnect, Nigeria’s largest business search and review website, in partnership with Facebook has unfolded plans for its maiden conference for small and medium enterprises dubbed ‘SME Conference 1.0’ on January 19, 2017, in Lagos.
The SME Conference 1.0 is an invite-only one-day event aimed at exposing over 200 small businesses to innovative ways they can power business growth through strategies that startups already take for granted. More than a dozen industry masterminds will speak at the event which will feature keynote addresses, panel discussions and masterclasses.
Meher Melwani, VConnect head of communications, explained that the conference will also expose businesses to the current trends in small business financing.
“Our hypothesis is that more than 70 percent of small businesses in Nigeria lack access to funding. Conversations at SME Conference 1.0 will deep-dive into how small businesses can find innovative ways to get growth funding and the best ways to deploy these funds,” Meher Melwani said.
Commenting on the Conference, Jennifer Fong, Strategic Product Partnership manager at Facebook said, the platform will give SMEs instructive ideas for real growth in 2017.
“We are excited about this gathering. Internet tools have made entrepreneurship far easier than it was a few years ago. This conference will bring these SMEs up to speed on the resources and technologies available to them, and we are excited about this kind of empowerment,” Jennifer said.
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