Kidpreneur summit rocks Dar with a call to learn from Nigerian business mogul

DAR ES SALAAM: ASPIRING young entrepreneurs have been encouraged to learn as much as possible to get a deep understanding of the business landscape.

CRDB Managing Director Mr Abdulmajid Nsekela has made the call today, August 15, 2025, in Dar es Salaam during the opening of a three-day Africa Kidpreneur Summit.

The event has brought together young entrepreneurs from eleven African countries to share ideas on how business operates.

“I encourage you to learn as much as you can, ask questions, explore, support each other, and always be good people to succeed.

“If you become proactive, then you can achieve the big dreams that you have…and I am hopeful that you will be who you want to be,” he says.

Also, the CRDB boss urged the upcoming entrepreneurs to take time and go through the transformative journey of Nigerian businessman and Africa’s richest man, Ali Dangote.

“He was once a young person like you, but he was inspired by listening and learning new things, and now, he is very successful,” he says.

Again, Mr Nsekela called on the CRDB team to review the Africa Kidpreneur program and see how best they can enrich it so that it can be made a national agenda.

Earlier, CRDB Bank Director of Human Resources, Mr Godfrey Rutasingwa, said he sees a bright future for the aspiring entrepreneurs.

“I see hope in you, I see big business people shortly from you, and as a bank, we are committed to seeing you through along the way,” he says.

He also shared a catching background on how he started getting involved in business when he was only 7 years old.

On her part, Summit Convener Ambassador Juliet Obi urged African children to use this opportunity well, as it comes once in a while.

“We are on a mission to equip the next generation of Africans with incredible entrepreneurship skills that will make them competent.

“We want to make this movement to cover the entire continent and make it a succession plan,” she says.

“Our theme this year—Empowering Young Minds, Transforming Africa’s Future—reflects our belief that entrepreneurship is not just a career path, but a tool for solving community and continental challenges,” she says.

In the same token, Lilian Makoi from Tanzania Youth Entrepreneurship Experience (TYEE) has called upon young people to always dream big.

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“Keep your dreams intact, you will reach where you have been destined only if you work hard on whatever you want to achieve,” she says.

TYEE is co-hosting the event, which is unfolding in Tanzania for the first time, with delegates from Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Botswana, Ghana, Rwanda, and the host nation, Tanzania, creating a vibrant tapestry of ideas, cultures, and collaboration.