Young Business Leaders of Nigeria

Young Business Leaders of Nigeria

Date

Feb 2018

Services

Brand Design, Marketing (Pro-Bono), Advisory

Overview

Helping to Resolve a Social Problem

The Young Business Leaders of Nigeria (YBLN) is a growing network of young entrepreneurs and job-creators established in 2015 to tackle the rising rate of unemployment amongst Nigerian
youths aged (18-35), most especially the Northern parts of the country where unemployment rates are highest. The program targets entrepreneurs to create jobs and helps unemployed young persons take up the jobs that have been created by the entrepreneurs. As a cause that is close to our hearts, one of the biggest challenges was creating awareness and organically building the network.

What We Did

We designed the brand and established the framework for the organization to operate. Part of our strategy was also creating communications material to introduce the brand and organically
grow its membership amongst target demographics. As the network continues to grow and different initiatives occur on a yearly basis, we continue to run campaigns through use of all communication platforms to maintain awareness of the organizations efforts and initiatives. One of the most important things we have been able to do for this client is also create and build a database of entrepreneurs, unemployed and employed youths as well build a network in which these youths are able to interact and share business ideas and advice with one another.

Results

The Redwire team helped establish and launch the brand through a series of well-received launch events. The team also contributes its time and resources to helping the organization achieve its
objectives. Through our integrated communications campaign, we helped the network accelerate the businesses of 60 entrepreneurs, establish a core network of 4,831 active budding entrepreneurs
who support each other’s businesses. The wider Young Business Leaders network also registered 41,250 members as a December 2017 and continues to grow.