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Tongston is a multi-award-winning group focused on entrepreneurial education, enterprise, finance, and media, leveraging on technology to turn people, organisations and governments into valuable, influential and profitable entities.

The Tongston Entrepreneurial Blog shares with you amazing insights on enterprise, education, media and finance globally, premised on entrepreneurial thinking.

INTRODUCTION

The last edition of the Global Tongston Entrepreneurial Education Summit (TEES) redefined what it meant to be entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial. TEES convened 1000+ delegates from 54 countries globally with 100+ speakers from global brands including UNICEF, World Bank, KPMG, USAID, International Monetary Fund, University of Brunei, National Board of Technical Education, Microsoft, PepsiCo, and the Nigerian Government. The 3-day event drew new commitments on key issues in education and mapped out new learning experiences for the 50+ international leaders in various industries. It also witnessed 7 elevator pitches from startups with a chance to win thousands of dollars of prizes.   

Registrations are now open for the 2023 edition. 

Expect  1000+ Delegates & Exhibitors from over 54 countries focused on education, enterprise, finance, and media; and connecting global leaders, experts and like-minded individuals.

TEES 2022 REWIND

Tongston Entrepreneurial Education Summit (TEES) 2022 was held on September 1st – 3rd in Abuja, Nigeria (day 1) & on Hopin virtual platform (days 2 & 3). 

TEES saw the gathering of 103 industry-renowned global speakers and stakeholders from 82 brands across public-private, and non-profit institutions in Education (basic, higher and professional Education), business (technology, accounting, treasury, legal, policy, regulation, administration, Human Resources, governance, data, research, economics, business development, and strategy), media (traditional & new – branding, PR, Corporate Communications, Multimedia Production, Events Management, Publications) & finance (advisory, funding and asset management) sectors. 

Speakers work with global brands such as Microsoft, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, PepsiCo, United Nations, NHS England, KPMG, Stanbic IBTC, African Business Coalition for Health, Ernst & Young, London Stock Exchange, Standard Chartered Bank amongst others.

READ THE FULL POST EVENT REPORT HERE [INSERT LINK TO DOWNLOAD TEES REPORT] – Google drive link to the report -https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t3GqJmPsChEGSqW0jMXIWhS_TVWOlNyN&authuser=t-media%40tongston.com&usp=drive_fs

THE 2022 ENTREPRENEURIAL ELEVATOR PRIZE WINNER

Bio: Promise Okwuchukwu is an ex-COO at Phil at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) building Solar cells at the Nano Research Lab UNN and leading Business Engineering at Acecore. He is renowned for his passion in building companies from bottom-up, attracting intelligent, cohesive and high-performance professionals offering proven competences in product development, engineering wireframing, concept ideation, and hardware/digital prototyping, as well as experience at directing the activities of workgroups.

Mr. Promise was the winner of the prize worth $500 for his startup Mijolnia, aiming to power a Smart and clean energy future for Africa and the world through a proprietary battery technology. Promise Okwuchukwu is the TEES 2022 Entrepreneurial Pitches Award winner, which awarded him a $500 cash grant to expand his business, with a free business advisory and structuring session.

[2022 Global Tongston Entrepreneurial Education Summit Elevator Pitch Winner, Promise Okwuchukwu]

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• Entrepreneurial education for primary, secondary, tertiary, and post-tertiary levels through Tongston Institute and Tongston College;
• Business development, advisory, capital, and asset management through Tongston Ventures;
• Access to multimedia services through Tongston Media; and
• Technology, data, research, accounting, treasury, legal, governance, strategy, HR, and administration services through the parent company, Tongston Holdings.

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Dear Readers,
Tongston is a multi-award-winning group focused on entrepreneurial education, enterprise,
finance, and media leveraging technology for people, governments, and institutions to drive
global sustainable socio-economic development.
Check out the latest entry onto our Entrepreneurial Blog sharing amazing insights on
enterprise, education, media, and finance globally, premised on entrepreneurial thinking.

Introduction
Education is evolving. It has to. However, compared to innovations in sectors such as
Manufacturing, Media & Communications, Agriculture, Energy, and Computing (ever heard
of AI?), Healthcare and others, innovation in education is seen at a much slower pace
globally.
Innovation has primarily been centered on innovation in delivery methodology, and
upgrades to curriculum. However, education stakeholders need to have a radical shift in
mindset to ensure the dividends of education are truly received.
In a bid to satisfy the demand for continuous sustainable human production and
consumption, and indeed drive global sustainable socio-economic development, education
has to be re-engineered to meet the personal, professional, and public development needs
of this ever-changing socio-economic world and population.
How can that be achieved? If you have never heard about Entrepreneurial Thinking in
Education, as coined by the Tongston Group CEO, Engr Bello M. Tongo, you should read
about the case for entrepreneurial education in our blog article here { https://tongston.com/the-case-for-entrepreneurial-education/ }

So what is entrepreneurial thinking? Entrepreneurial (Thinking) Education is about possessing
the required knowledge, skills, and attitude to influence, value, and profit from an entity
[person, organization, product, or business. The entrepreneurial thinking pillars can be
summarized below:

So why is entrepreneurial thinking so closely linked with education? Well, there is no better
way of developing entrepreneurial thinking than through education. Education
encompasses curriculum, delivery and assessments. It therefore means for Entrepreneurial
Thinking to be truly developed, the curriculum must seek to develop learners that are
capable of being valuable, influential and profitable, or creating & sustaining valuable,
influential and profitable entities. Educators are the vehicle through which the delivery of
such curriculum can be met, as they prepare and deliver learning content. In addition,
educators and external institutions assess the application of the curriculum. Therefore, there is
a need for assessors to possess and incorporate entrepreneurial thinking alongside the
curriculum and educators, to be able to effectively and efficiently inculcate Entrepreneurial
thinking in learners at all levels of learning – primary to post tertiary and even in the workplace
in public, private and non-profit institutions.
THE GSU-TONGSTON ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING SEMINAR

It is against this backdrop that the CEO of Tongston Entrepreneurship Group, Engr. Bello M.
Tongo, in his introductory speech at the Gombe State University (GSU), at its New
Multi-purpose Hall, on Tuesday, 24th January 2023, said, “for the next three years, every
program that has to do with education and entrepreneurship, we are in a very good position
to provide support for the students and staff of Gombe State University, because Tongston
works with organizations in the basic, secondary, tertiary and post-tertiary levels.”
Tongston Interventions for people, organizations, institutions, and governments reflect its
position to deliver entrepreneurial thinking through media, enterprise, finance, and
education in all segments of the global population.
Hence, the primary objective of the seminar was to introduce Entrepreneurial Thinking to the
audience and educate the staff and students on the upcoming Tongston interventions
relevant to them.

This is in furtherance to the strategic MoU signed between Tongston & GSU to continue to
reposition GSU as a world class higher education institution capable of producing
Entrepreneurial Thinking graduates that can thrive in the future of business and work. A model
that other universities can emulate.
The seminar, which lasted three and half hours, was attended by Vice Chancellor, GSU
Professor Aliyu Usman El-Nafaty, MBBCH, FWACS, FICS, OFR, Dr. Nasir Modibbo, Director,
Centre for Entrepreneurship, over 200 Academic and non-academic staff and the students
of GSU.
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