BJUMP, a profession growth initiative targeted on driving high quality expertise pipeline for Corporate Africa via structured mentorship, studying programmes, and real-world publicity that permits private {and professional} progress throughout industries and borders marked its fifth anniversary with a media and accomplice luncheon in Lagos, bringing collectively media representatives, companions, alumni, and different stakeholders to have fun its impression and unveil its subsequent chapter.
Speaking on the luncheon, Bolaji Junaid, founding father of BJUMP and CEO of WhyFinite, mirrored on the initiative’s journey and the significance of constructing on the progress remodeled the previous 5 years.
“Five years in the past, we began with a imaginative and prescient. Today, we’ve a basis to construct on. But progress, to me, is not only about getting greater. It is about changing into higher geared up to do the work we got down to do, reaching extra individuals with out dropping sight of why we began, and creating one thing that may hold delivering worth lengthy after the individuals who began it have moved on. In the subsequent 5 years, we wish to construct an establishment that may proceed opening doorways for younger Nigerians, creating skilled abilities, and creating alternatives for generations to come back.
“BJUMP has become a registered non-profit organisation with the CAC. Our work is driven by a mission to develop talents for corporate Africa. We are not building BJUMP to distribute profits to owners or Trustees.”
Speaking on the luncheon, member, Board of Trustees, Taopheek Babayeju, mentioned that the initiative is fixing a key drawback within the Nigerian enterprise ecosystem.
“We need to have an honest conversation about Nation building. A balance of Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship is important. We need people who will build businesses, create jobs, and develop solutions, while on the other hand we also need skilled professionals who can strengthen organisations, lead teams, build expertise, and contribute to the growth of established industries,” he mentioned.
