MoneyTree Singapore Graduates Win Singapore 1st SAGE National Competition
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, Singapore
Young Entrepreneurs from MoneyTree Singapore emerged champions in the Singapore 1st SAGESG, Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (Singapore). Among participating Junior Colleges include Hwa Chong Junior College, Raffles Junior College, Catholic Junior College and Victoria Junior College.
The winning team, Nwankpo Chibuzo (Joseph) and Shazwi Suwandi represented Jurong Junior College and will be representing Singapore in the SAGE World Cup in Nigeria from 22 – 27 August 2008.
The pair was invited to showcase their winning Business Idea in the World Congress on Information Technology 2008 (WCIT 2008). The WCIT 08 is held in Kuala Lumpur from 18 May 2008 to 22 May 2008. The winning duo were approached by international investors for expansion of the business idea.
Shazwi commented after the win, “I think we won mostly because our training in MoneyTree made us look at creating a business plan based on what Venture Capitalists would be interested in looking into. We focused on making it simple and financially viable.”
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1. The MONEYTREE programme is a proprietary programme developed by MoneyTree Singapore Pte. Ltd. with license from Money Tree Asia Pacific Ltd.
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2. MONEYTREE is currently being conducted in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong with more centres opening soon in Brunei and Indonesia.
3. The SAGESG programme enable pre-university students to embark on social entrepreneurial projects, with mentorship and advice from SMU and the business community. It was officially opened by Mr Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports on 29 January 2008. (More Info)
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Our Proud Winners!
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Nice One.
Am proud of you guy.
Keep it up you have your whole country with you.
Cheers.
i am truly proud of chibuzo. he has made his family and nigeria proud. nice going Buzo!!
Yup!
We are also VERY PROUD of them..
By the way, have you seen his interview at WCIT?
Here’s the link..
http://moneytree.sg/2008/05/23/moneytree-students-being-interviewed-at-wcit-2008/