Femi Oye

Overview

Femi Oye, Co founder of SMEfunds began a research in poverty alleviation through enterprise development for SMEs. His experience span through transforming enterprise based ideas to solving economic problems. Led various capacity development programmes that have created thousand of jobs and small business for young people across Nigeria, Benin republic, Nairobi, Ghana and Cameroon. Oye, the president of the MicrofinanceAfrica, the only specialized publication focusing on the activities around the microfinance sector in Africa; have also formed partnership with SMEDAN, Microsoft, Cisco, NITDA, British council, SPDC and many stakeholders in entrepreneurship development. Among other things, Femi was responsible for the establishment of ACADedu, an online education scholarship programme for scholars. Oye pioneered the deployment of e-learning enterprise in Nigerian secondary schools in 2006 with technical support by Virtual Workspace, UK, and a foremost e-learning enterprise solution provider in Europe (Nord Anglia Corporation). In 2007, received a license from the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria to establish an Innovative Business Institute with yearly admission of 6,000 students; an institute that have received a global stance at developing informed entrepreneurs that foster growth and national development in the labour market of Nigerian economy. Femi, a business coach at Innerveil Business institute championed the charter process of Toastmasters International, Nigeria a world-class organization into developing public speakers and tailored communication skills. Chartered four (4) clubs in 6 months with growing member of over 2000. 2007 & 2008 saw the establishment of Disney Treasures Club, Nigeria; a social business organization with over 50,000 memberships in 10 months. DTC Nigeria continues to pioneered social entrepreneurship in Nigeria, teaching and developing entrepreneurs by attracting social investors. In 2008, after spending two years li

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