Mentorship is our theme for this month at Startup grind. In light of this, we would be discussing how mentorship can fully prepare you as an undergraduate to become a graduate who is highly resourceful, that can create opportunity from problems and compete globally.
The existing educational systems were built to develop competencies for specialized professionals, literacy, numeracy and academia that cannot keep up with the current speed, scope and size of change happening across the world and driven by technology and disruptive business models. In order to adapt to the nature of change happening globally, SB Africa shifts away from the gaze from skill acquisition to capacity development as the tool for developing talents across Africa.
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As a Startup Grind community member, you are invited to apply for our exclusive AWS + Startup Grind Mentorship Program as part of Mentorship Month.
Selected applicants will have the opportunity to participate in a one-on-one mentor session to get guidance on how to grow and develop your business and allow you to get first-hand advice from experts in your field. We offer 5 distinct mentoring tracks that you can choose from, including Fundraising, Product, Marketing, Sales, or Strategy & Ops, and you will get paired with an AWS expert in the field of your choice. All sessions are held remotely, and the program is completely free for all participants.
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Bamidele Toyin (Batel) is a professional strategy analyst with explored interests in Business, Social Enterprise and Technology. He is also the cofounder of StudentBuild Africa, where he functions as the Business Growth Lead and Lead Facilitator. He is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University with his discipline in Psychology.
Bamidele Toyin has a professional background as an Exec…
Bamidele Toyin (Batel) is a professional strategy analyst with explored interests in Business, Social Enterprise and Technology. He is also the cofounder of StudentBuild Africa, where he functions as the Business Growth Lead and Lead Facilitator. He is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University with his discipline in Psychology.
Bamidele Toyin has a professional background as an Executive Business and Strategy Analyst in the Management Consulting sector having worked with Hexavia Business Consulting as an undergraduate, functioning as the Executive Assistant to One of Africa’s most celebrated strategists; Eizu Uwaoma. His management consulting experience also spans his work as an Analyst with Crave Daniels, UK where he worked with a diverse team of management consultants to execute growth projects for businesses across different markets mostly in Europe, Asia and North America. He represented OAU at the maiden edition of the CFO Charterquest Competition 2017, Unilever Idea Trophy (2017) and the Google Marketing challenge (2017) where he managed a project with Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI).
He served his interest in Social entrepreneurship as the Hult Prize Foundation mentor between 2017 and 2020 to the Hult Prize Competition in OAU, considered as one of the most vibrant communities owing its achievement of hosting the biggest Hult Prize event globally in 2019, where he was also a judge. He was also the mentor to StartUp grind Ife and the JAN Hackathon project. He works as an associate consultant at the Debola Ajayi Company; managers of the Cuppy Foundation and Partners with Afrolynk Accelerator Berlin, Germany. He’s also the convener of the BRT Project, hosted annually in commemoration of the UN’s World Youth Skill Day, where he advocates for SDGs 4, 8, 9 and 17.
Bamidele Toyin has invested the last four years exploring his interest in Technology as the Growth and Business Lead at two of Africa’s high-growth Edtech startups serving Sub-Saharan Africa. He worked as the engagement and growth lead at Utiva in 2018 where he managed projects like Utiva’s Data Academy. In 2019, he worked as the Business and Growth Lead at Slatecube, SA. He currently explores his interest in the African Tech Ecosystem as the co-founder of StudentBuild Africa where he develops projects, structures and processes to align the business model of the company to its strategic objectives for growth. He also seeks to explore and apply his skills to Governance and politics as a Think Tank strategist and Trisector Athlete.
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