Seed capital in the education/training sector. Onome’s success story

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is endowed with countless human and material resources. Despite the Niger Delta region’s generous contributions to Nigeria’s wealth, people remain unemployed, impoverished, underdeveloped and plagued by environmental and health hazards. However, due to gross mismanagement, wasteful expenditure, kleptomania and unfavorable policies of various Nigerian governments, these resources have not been optimally utilized or properly channeled into profitable investments that maximize economic benefits to the community. As a result, the region struggles with unemployment and poverty.

Onome Matilda Odogene, a computer engineer with ten years of experience in the oil and gas sector, was interested in entrepreneurship. Its goal was to employ young people from the Niger Delta region in non-oil economic sectors and to place African chefs at the top of the global culinary rankings.

“I want to change the narrative that we can provide young people with gainful employment in other sectors of the economy beyond oil. I want African chefs to be at the top of global culinary rankings, equipping them with the professional skills, knowledge and competencies needed to succeed as a chef or food business owner/start-up.”

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Styda will become a global culinary company that will revolutionize the restaurant industry in Nigeria. Styda Culinary is an academy providing affordable, convenient and high quality culinary training for chefs, aspiring chefs, food business owners/startups, food enthusiasts etc. to interested clients in and around Warri.

“The seed capital, business management training and invaluable contacts I gained through the TEF platform significantly transformed my company and completely changed my life.”

Today, it has trained over 300 chefs and modernized over 30 companies in the catering industry. It generated a minimum annual direct income of $15,350, directly employed approximately six employees, and created jobs for hundreds of people. She has impacted the people of the Niger Delta region by creating countless employment opportunities.