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Dear ,It is exactly one week to the 8th Annual FATE Institute Policy Dialogue Series on Entrepreneurship and we are counting down!Have you registered to attend? If you haven’t, click here to register. The hybrid event holding as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week is focused on the theme "Bridging the Access to Finance Gap for Nigerian Entrepreneurs" and will include conversations on1. Insights from our 2 Research Reports to be launched that day: 2022 State of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria; and Bridging the Access to Finance Gap for Nigerian Entrepreneurs.2. Designing and Scaling Sustainable Access to Finance Models.3. Sustainable Policy Approaches to Bridging the Access to Finance Gap.This year, we have an array of speakers, who will be discussing the theme and our confirmed speakers include: •    Dr. Doyin Salami, Chief Economic Adviser to the Nigerian President (Keynote Speaker)•    Jonathan Potter, Head, Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)•    Teju Abisoye, Executive Secretary, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) •    Olusola Obadimu, Director-General, National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA)•    Yvonne Johnson, Managing Director/Co-Founder, Indicina•    Seyi Bella, Board Director, FATE Foundation and Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo•    Isaiah Owolabi, CEO, Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA)•    Wilson Erumebor, Senior Fellow at the FATE Institute and Senior Economist, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)•    Dr. Cecilia Värendh Månsson, Founder/CEO, Talent Up, Africa•    Toyin Bakare, CEO, SAS Textiles •    Adenike Adeyemi, Executive Director, FATE FoundationDate: Thursday, November 17, 2022Time: 10.00am WATVenue: Ecobank Pan-African Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos.We look forward to hosting you and your network at the Dialogue.For more information or questions, please contact us via [email protected].Thank you Warm regards, The FATE Institute