Hear From Our Alumni

Hello There,

First, I would like to say thank you for taking out time to see what our Alumni’s are doing so far. The success we have achieved couldn’t have been possible without people & organizations like you who gave us a chance.

We are sharing these for all who believed in our vision & partnered with us and I am so excited for you to hear the phenomenal things the youths you gave an opportunity are doing.

We are also sharing this for you, our prospective partners. We know how difficult it might be to give out your service for free- The fear that the recipients might not see the value, The fear of training the wrong person amongst others.

These fears are valid but at Developing Afrika, we are committed to getting the right people trained who would not only be thrilled about the opportunity but also would make a significant impact in Africa. We want you to see the success stories of those who have trained with us.

We are passionate about building Entrepreneurs who would define the future of our Continent by creating jobs and contributing to the reduction in unemployment. We believe that through your partnership we can make this happen one skill at a time.

‘Nuff said, it’s time for you to see, read & experience the testimonials of our Alumni’s!

When you are done, I know you would be blown away and I need you to turn that excitement into a desire to partner. A desire that becomes an action by clicking on the button below to begin this journey of sponsoring youths and contributing to the solution of our Continent.

I am super excited and looking forward to what we would achieve together.

Love,
Oluwaseyitan Awojobi
Founder, Developing Afrika

DA Alumni Testimonials

temitope oladimeji

The year 2017 for me was a defining one. I realized that truly the best years of my life are now and should be geared towards pursuing my interests. I made a decision to build & develop my skills and a friend tagged me on a post on Developing Afrika's page. It was an opportunity to be mentored with Busybeeeventsng. I took the opportunity and the experience helped me develop new skills, made me more accountable and I can say my business is the better for it.

Not so long after training, I was paired to be mentored by @wpconsults which definitely was an eye-opener on getting clients to use my service.

The good part is also the way Oluwaseyitan of Developing Afrika would stay on your neck ensuring you set SMART goals and are constantly working to achieve them. 2017 would be incomplete without me celebrating @developing.africa.

Today, three years down the line, I am not only still a member of that thriving community of entrepreneurs who are constantly thriving to be better and committed to making sustainable and measurable impact in the society, I got employed in Oct 2018 as a project manager for The Event Xperience Africa Conference ( a platform for African Event Professionals to learn, share, connect and network), my role here involves a lot of strategic thinking and implementation, content creation, branding, team management and the other perks that come with the role.

The mentor (@busybeeevents) I got assigned to back then in 2017 attended the conference for all of the editions we have had and she was sure glad to see how I have evolved.

I am thankful for a community like DA that pushes you to be better, provides you with the right resources, a little here, and a little there ensuring we all get closer to achieving our goals.

Temitope,

Project Manager for The Event Xperience Africa Conference

busayo omolambe

Being a member of the DA community has been one of the best decisions I made in my career path.

I had a plan to build a good career in the fashion Industry; hence I thought it will be best to go to a standard fashion school. Financing the training almost seemed impossible until I saw a discounted training ad on the DA platform for a fashion course at OSC college of fashion, Ikeja. I applied and was awarded the scholarship.

Ms. Seyitan who is the founder of the community took every step with me to ensure that I was getting the best and enjoying the training. After the training I went through key business management trainings and mentorship that were organized by the developing Africa community.

Today I am proudly building a fashion brand of a team of 4, two full time staff, a contract staff and an intern. I have also been able to train two people who in the nearest future will start their own fashion brands, all thanks to the Developing Afrika for empowering me and so many others. They have been a part of this journey with me and so many others, always making sure that we are on the right track and building our brands the right way

Busayo.

Creative director, Beaulyne.

Tuzzi atuzie (favour)

I started up my business as a professional event planner in 2018 after I won a free scholarship from Developing Afrika to be trained by one of the Best and Experienced Event Brand in Nigeria, Lumirolls Events.

I honestly cannot describe the total package of my experience in writing because it was a different setting. A lot of time, stories of the hostility of some planners make you feel scared as a start up but that wasn't my experience.

From the friendliness of our Tutor, to the well outlined study guide which I still utilize till date, the class practical's and field practical's, I felt fully equipped to become an Event Planner.

To further prove that my experience was beneficial, my now established organization (TRT Events) of barely one year in 2018 was nominated for the award of the Event Management Brand of the year alongside my tutors brand and other top notch brands.

This experience really unveiled all that happens in Developing Afrika, SKILL UP!!! When you skill up you're practically bringing the world to you.

I really can't thank Seyitan enough for Developing Afrika. She is already family and Developing Afrika is a bigger family. I have made great connections, met clients and more important enjoyed the feeling of a mutually beneficial relationship through the Developing Afrika community).

Leveraging the skill acquired in 2018, I have also equipped over 90 people cumulatively in Event skills and concepts through various means.

I am A PROUDDDD Alumni and member of Developing Afrika. I can't wait for you reading this to skill up and be a BOSS too!

abisola ashorobi

In 2018, I got an offer from Developing Africa to intern for 3 months at Katineo by Liza (A fashion brand), those 3 months have had an amazing positive impact in my fashion skill till this day. Katineo by Liza boss (Miss Seyifunmi) had us made a list of what we were expected to learn at the beginning of the program and I was able to tick all the list before I finished my internship. She was nice, very impactful, yet disciplined.

After the internship, Developing Afrika added me to a WhatsApp group filled with amazing resources and lots of enlightening webinars.

In all, I have learnt so much from Developing Afrika and I hope some day I'll be able to impact as much on more African youths.

CHISOM EGBUCHU

Firstly, I would like to appreciate you and also thank God for using you to create such a platform as Developing Afrika's Youth for the youth at large. I encourage that you keep up with the good work.

Developing Afrika as a whole has been tremendously beneficial to me and my career. My entrepreneurship journey as

an Event Planner and Manager started with this great platform which really I'm grateful for.

By God's grace in the year 2018, I stumbled upon an advert that gave me the opportunity to learn event planning and management with Lumirolls Event at a very very subsidized rate which I enrolled for. At that point, trust me it was like a prayer answered. My learning period with Lumirolls was an interesting and awesome learning experience period for me. I was loaded with amazing information from the handout, wowed on-site experiences and wonderful colleagues. Well, thanks to Developing Afrika platform. Even after my training, I wasn't left hanging. I became a part of Developing Afrika community of members group where career changing information are been dished out from time to time and great friendship have been built out from. What more can I ask for?

Thank you Seyitan

Thank you DEVELOPING AFRIKA'S YOUTH.

My name is Chisom Egbuchu. I am an Event Planner and Manager for Tent House. I am a proud Developing Afrika Youth!

LUCY EMECHELE

Really want to appreciate you for the great work you are doing and to thank you for the many opportunity given me to acquire great skills which are assets treasured. I was privileged to be among those that got trained on discount prices. I learnt wig making, make up nd the art of "blinging" a new trend of using precious stones to beautify wears. I have been empowered and it cannot be taken from me. I might not have started making money from it but I offer my services to my close friends and family, who in turn appreciate my work and the happiness on their faces in fulfilling. The 2018 is the year I will take the big plunge with all I have learnt and practice overtime to off my services to my intending customers. Developing Afrika has given me the chance to be my own boss and in so doing I can develop others. Thank you so much!

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