Nigeria’s Princewills Trust and Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism have announced the commencement of the second edition of the Vision and Success Opportunity Challenge created by the former, where young boys and girls from Rivers State, Nigeria, pitch ideas and strategies for furthering their vision and success in life. The challenge is designed to help current Nigerian university undergraduates and postgraduates imagine realistic career models and investigate how to shift from concept to reality.

The prize for the successful winners remains a paid trip to tour the city of Dubai. The aim of this trip is to show the benefits of Vision and Steadfastness and to open the eyes of the winners to endless possibilities, using the Dubai model as a case study.

“The winners are expected to arrive in Dubai in March to coincide with the last month of the World EXPO 2020, currently holding in Dubai. The winners of the 1stedition recently returned to Nigeria after a six-day Dubai experience,” according to a statement made available to News Express by Princewills Trust.

As explained in the statement, “To participate, students are required to develop and submit a business pitch around their expertise or vision. The business pitches may be novel or an offshoot of current research plans or visions. It needs to be the original work of the student and each student is required to work alone for this challenge. The challenge will have two rounds which include a review of their pitch and a presentation round to DET judges.

“The process will be monitored and scrutinised by representatives of Princewill Trust, the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) and educational consultant, CLR Education Consulting.”

Commenting, founder of the Princewills Trust, Tonye Princewill, said: “I am so glad the next season of the Dubai challenge is underway, and I look forward to seeing more young people take advantage of this opportunity to shift their mindsets and move to the next level in performance.

“I am also glad to see the familiar faces, both the Dubai department for Economy and Tourism (DET) and CLR Education brought back into the project. We worked so well with Stella Fubara and Nneka Oduah and their teams. This is reflected in Season 1. I expected nothing less; and foresee even more, in season 2.

“Even though I have brought a lot of young people to Dubai in the past; I was doing it on my own. The introduction of the Dubai challenge, in collaboration with DET and CLR, allows us expand the scope, reach more young people and provide an insight very few can dream of.

“To move this next challenge, up one level, we have relied heavily on the honest feedback from the amazing students from season 1. It is their selfless feedback that will go a long way, to make season 2, a priceless one.”

Salim Ali Mohamed Dahman, Senior Manager Campaigns, (DET), had this to say about the initiative: “The generosity of Princewills Trust has enabled the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism to partner with them for another exciting trip to Dubai. The first set of students were able to experience culture, architecture, operational excellence, hospitality, and Expo 2020. We hope this challenge will identify more students with leadership and vision qualities.”

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