SMCAA networking forum to focus on accessing grants by entrepreneurs

Mr. Aladekomo

Inaugural edition of “An Evening with the President” of the School of Media and Communications Alumni Association (SMCAA) will hold on Friday, October 19, 2012 in Lagos. The informal networking event for students and alumni of the School of Media and Communications (SMC) of the Pan African University (PAU), aims to facilitate and strengthen the bond between young upwardly mobile alumni and seasoned professionals with high quality general management experience in the Nigerian business environment that are also alumni of the school. 

Special guest speakers at the event are the Group Chief Executive Officer, Chams Plc, Mr. Demola Aladekomo, who is also the President of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association, and Engineer Peter Bamkole, Director Enterprise Development Center, Pan-African University. Mr. Aladekomo will speak to students and alumnus of the School of Media and Communication (SMC) on alumni experience and supporting your alma mater. Engineer Bamkole will address how entrepreneurs can access grants to optimise business growth.

The SMCAA recognises the crucial role of networking and mentoring to professional career advancement, as well as entrepreneurial success, hence its commitment to the creation of an enabling platform through which members can have inhibited access to insights from C-Level Executives from corporate Nigeria without expending much of their scarce resources.

Mr. Bayero Agabi, President, School of Media and Communication Alumni Association, said that the semi-formal event will provide members of the alumni with a platform to network and also learn from the repository of knowledge of Mr. Aladekomo and Mr. Bankole, in the areas of entrepreneur and benefits accruable from active membership of a virile alumni association, using the Lagos Business School Alumni Association as a case study. 

"At the SMCAA, we are committed to building a strong alumni association that will contribute immensely to national development through wealth creation from entrepreneurship. It is for this reason that we are organising An Evening with the President to enable our members’ network, gain direct knowledge and pragmatic business tips from leaders of thought in business in the country. This, in addition to the quality education and strong ethical impartation from the Faculty of the School of Media and Communications will enable them function effectively as professionals and entrepreneurs in the society," Mr. Agabi said.