A
woman has ended her year in an amazing fashion after she won N5 million
and a car in the Next Titan Entrepreneurship Reality Show.
Marvis Marshal-Idio being presenter her cheque
Marvis Marshal-Idio has emerged winner of the third edition of The
Next Titan Entrepreneurship Reality Show and won herself a cool N5
million.
In a report by Punch, she beat three other finalists – Sunday
Ewolabi, Ronald Ajiboye and Victoria Mamza – at the grand finale of the
event held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos, on Sunday evening. The show was
sponsored by Heritage Bank.
Marshal-Idio, a mother of one also was given a brand new Ford car presented by co-sponsor Coscharis Motors.
Although the finalists had gone through a series of trainings and
quizzes during the preliminary stages, the judges, who themselves are
seasoned entrepreneurs, again subjected them to an intensive oral test
on Sunday.
On the jury were the Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Mr.
Kyari Bukar; Chief Executive Officer, Sahara Group, Mr. Tonye Cole;
Chairman/CEO, CPMS Africa, Chris Parkes; CEO Primera Africa Securities
Ltd, Lilian Olubi, with ‘guest judges’ that included Mrs. Celine
Loader.
The judges first asked each of the finalists to present their
business proposals, after which they were asked to ask one another
questions on the proposals.
While Marshal-Idio presented an idea that seeks to turn waste
products into furniture and other interior materials, Sunday spoke on
his peanut production. Daniel went into the competition for his dream
drone manufacturing business, just as Mamza wanted to fly with her
specialised catering services project.
The judges berated all the contestants for what they saw as poor business plans and tardy financials.
Cole, for, instance, said, “At this stage, you are talking
about somebody else’s money. Do you really have the right idea? Do you
have a sense of value of the money being given? These are some of the
vital questions we are asking.”
They were, however, unanimous in anointing Marshal-Idio’s proposal,
as they saw her idea as being unique, specific and dependable.
In his speech at the event, the Executive Producer of the Next
Titan, Mr. Mide Kunle-Akinlaja, commended the judges, sponsors and the
participants for making the edition a success. He said the difference
that past winners had begun to make in their business careers attested
to its importance.
A top official of Heritage Bank, Orhi Ogba, said the company bought
into the project because of the relevance of its focus to economic
development.
She said, ‘Despite the fact that we are young as a bank, we
know that the wise way to go is entrepreneurship. We are in recession
but efforts must be made to build new entrepreneurs. So, it is an
exciting period for me watching The Next Titan’ winner emerge tonight.”
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