Popular celebrity blogger, ex-model and entrepreneur Linda Ikeji , about few months ago announced that she’s launching an entrepreneurial initiatives called ” I’d Rather be Self Made ” to empower aspiring female entrepreneurs who have an extraordinary idea.
In nutshell Linda Ikeji , will be assisting selected aspiring female entrepreneurs with N10 million to help them start their respective businesses. She has already selected 15 beneficiaries across the country.
Here is what Linda Ikeji says about the program, as reported on her blog:
I am so excited and I can’t wait to help more young ladies start their own businesses. So earlier this year, I announced that I was going to set aside a N10million grant to help young ladies with dreams, ambition and great business ideas to start their own small scale businesses. And finally, I’ve done it. I’ve spent over N5million on 15 girls…and I have another N5million to give away before the end of the year. You have a great business idea and need start up capital? I’m here to help! .:-)
So here’s how it happened. I met with over 800 ladies in January this year, I got a panel to look at their proposals, we asked about 50 of them to present their ideas to us and then we shortlisted to 15 girls who are the first beneficiaries of the ‘Linda Ikeji I’d Rather Be Selfmade’ project. Here are 11 out of the 15 beneficiaries. Four girls who live outside Lagos (Jos, Umuahia, Ibadan and Warri) couldn’t make it to our meeting this past Sunday August 23rd.
Here are the pictures of 11 beneficiaries out of 15 lucky winner who are selected for the first phrase, while the remaining second phrase will hold before the end of this year.
