CEO’S DON’T TAKE SALARIES

STORY BY ADDOTEY MICHAEL

CEO’S DON’T TAKE SALARIES

  … Mr. Steven Ojji

The maiden edition of the Young CEO’S Business Summit, Accra 2015 which was held at the British Council, Accra with the theme “Advancing Start- up Business in Africa” brought great speakers during which young businesses challenges were solved with new approaches for fresh opportunists.

The 3 days summit which started at Hotels & Towers venue seeks to provide solutions to some of the challenges young businesses face and enable them to network for better business opportunities. The summit provided critical solutions for sustainability of young businesses as well as engaged the youth in interactive with great business owners in Africa.

Speaking with Rex Idaminabo, co -founder of Young CEO’S Business Summit, Accra 2015, he said the summit was organized to enhance the leadership and management skills as well as encourage young people to start their own businesses as it reduces the unemployment rate in the country. This summit has really helped a lot of young people to sustain their businesses and achieved much in their business career, he revealed.

Speaking with Mr. OB Sinarchy, Head of project, Young CEO'S Business Summit, Accra 2015, the programme has encouraged a lot of young people to do something for themselves without waiting for the government for job. He added that many of the young ones have taught of quitting their business ambitions as this summit has really helped them to continue the fight for freedom and success. This summit is the Ghana version as the next summit will be held in U.K he revealed.

Mr. Steven Ojji, one of the main speakers and a business owner enlightened young people about the risk of doing business as CEO’S don’t take salaries but rather reinvests all their profits in the business to expand the businesses. The only thing CEO’S   take is rather dividend as there is a greater risk involved in leaving your job to start your own business and never quit your job to start your business because you dislike your job but rather do it out of passion you have in the idea,  he added.

Dr. Linus Okorie, a Managing Consultant, New Vision Consults told B&LG that most young people lacks leadership skills and turn to see leadership as being BOSSES rather than being a servant to your workers. Most leaders manipulate and intimidate their workers instead of influencing and inspiring them in a positive way for them to get the work them, he revealed.

The summit enabled all participants to voice out their business problems to be solved by great business owners with their high knowledge of expertise in business as online business strategy was also made known to all participants.

Finally Mr. Allain Attasse Gbeasor, chairman for Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs invited all young entrepreneurs to join the alliance as it provide supports and advisory services to all young entrepreneurs in the country. The alliance was setup by experienced business owners and have helped to transform many young businesses as young entrepreneurs who want to be part of the alliance can visit aye-ghana.org, he added.