About Under45CEOs Summit

The Under 45 CEOs Business and Leadership summit is an initiative championed by Ultimate Destiny Lifters Foundation (UDUF). The summit aims to empower and engage young entrepreneurs in Africa to achieve their career goals and become successful entrepreneurs. The focus of the summit is to provide essential business and leadership skills, business funding techniques, problem-solving solutions, and early-stage operations to run a business. The theme for this year’s summit is “Creative Entrepreneurship: Breaking barriers and Inspiring Change in AFrica.

The theme for this year’s summit is “Creative Entrepreneurship: Breaking barriers and Inspiring Change in AFrica.” The summit will take place on November 16th, 2024, in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. 

In Africa, young entrepreneurs face significant challenges in starting and growing their businesses due to a lack of capital, difficulty obtaining loans, impatience, and poor knowledge of business management. The Under 45 CEOs Business and Leadership Summit aims to provide solutions to these challenges and empower young people to succeed in entrepreneurship in the new global economy.

The previous three installments of the summit had an impressive 10,000, 35,000 and 50,000 reach respectively, thanks to the wide publicity within the core Onitsha metropolis. This year’s event is expected to reach an even broader audience, with an estimated100,000 reach. Overall, the Under 45 CEOs Business and Leadership Summit aims to reposition participants for personal and business growth, and to provide a platform for young African entrepreneurs to network, learn, and thrive. 

The summit’s objectives are to help young business leaders learn how to become successful entrepreneurs, to facilitate their capital development, competitiveness, and profitability, and to encourage start-ups and motivate university graduates and undergraduates to venture into entrepreneurship as a means of problemsolving. Additionally, the summit seeks to connect young business leaders with renowned entrepreneurs for proper mentorship and to use success stories as a motivator for youth participation in business. 

Our Aims & Objectives

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Mentorship

To provide training, mentoring, capacity building/skill acquisition opportunities to students, employed, underemployed, unemployed, and disabled youths; young business owners; political, traditional, and religious leaders with a passion to serve humanity and transform communities in Africa through conferences, seminars, and bootcamps.

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Empowerment

To provide free legal advice to young people to help them avoid future anxiety, mental poverty, early child marriage and labor, rape, abortion, terrorism, drug abuse, human trafficking, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, and to promote the education of young girls and boys.

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Sustainability

To champion SDGs and collaborate in youth capital and capacity building processes with primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions, the United Nations, the African Union, and civil society organizations.

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Networking

To strategically connect people who are interested in youth development, entrepreneurship, leadership, volunteerism, and community service.

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Advancement

To carry out activities consistent with the socioeconomic, political, academic and general advancement of people and the society.

Meet our Leadership team

Our leadership team is comprised of dedicated and visionary professionals who bring a wealth of experience and a commitment to excellence. Each member plays a crucial role in guiding us towards achieving the mission and goals of the Under45ceos Summit. 

Founding President UDUF Africa, Human Capital Strategist and Philanthropist

Ezuma Smart Chinedu
PhD, fcifia, CNA
Head/Chairperson UDUF Under45Ceos, 2023/2024 Edition

Amarachi Nina Uma Mba
OAP, Author & Public Speaker.
Head-ICT & Facilitator, Onitsha Business School, Vice Chairperson Under45ceos, 2023/2024 Editio

Olusegun Oluebube Sogbesan
PhD, MSc, FSM

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