The Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) for this year in Nigeria, kicked off last Saturday in Lagos with a 9-kilometre Global entrepreneurship Walk organised by the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Lagos Business School. The walk undertaken by alumni of the EDC kicked off from No 2 Ahmed Onibudo Street through Ajose Adeogun, Ahmadu Bello Road, Adeola Odeku, and Akin Adesola and back to Ahmed Onibudo.
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The walk which was spiced with raining commercial music of the day as done to create awareness for the week which spans November 18 – 24, 2019. Two other events , Youth Entrepreneurship Dialogue and Women Enterprise Day are billed for Lagos Business School Tuesday, November 19th, and Wednesday, November 20th at Havilah Events, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos respectively.
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