The Phoenix Project, created by Accelerate in partnership with Access Bank and School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, has graduated its second set of learners.

The Phoenix Project has trained and empowered over 8,000 learners since its launch in April 2022 and has graduated hundreds of learners from its Intermediate and advanced training sessions of the first cohort. In August 2022, graduated learners proceeded to The Phoenix Den where learners gained access to Internship opportunities across creative organisations and business grants from The Phoenix Project. Some of the learners secured internship placements for three months with creative organisations whilst the other learners progressed to the incubation phase of the program with our partners at the Nest Hub.

The learners that reached the incubation phase were given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of Judges and five of them received business grants to support their creative entrepreneurial journey.

In the recently completed Cohort 2 of the intermediate and advanced training sessions, hundreds of young creatives were admitted into their learning program and went through rigorous training relative to the ever-growing creative industry.

During these sessions, learners were trained on key employability and entrepreneurship skills across their learning programs and were assessed by The School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University.

The graduands now have the opportunity to enter the Phoenix Den where they will access internship opportunities within creative organisations; and incubation with tge project’s partner at The Nest Hub.

The learners in the incubation program will have their business ideas incubated and trained by The Nest Hub for the next three months and at the end of the incubation, selected incubated creatives will then proceed to pitch their business ideas to judges and five successful businesses will receive business startup grants from The Phoenix Project.

The Phoenix Project, is designed to ensure that young individuals in the creative sector are trained and given opportunities they deserve within the creative industry and dedicated to training the next generation of young creatives and impacting the Nigerian creative ecosystem for global dominance.

Speaking on the graduation, Chief Executive Officer, Accelerate, Colette Otusheso, reiterated the brand’s dedication to raising a generation of outstanding creatives across different fields.

“We are thrilled to have graduated our cohort two learners as it has been a journey of learning and exploring innovative strategies to excel in the creative industry. Since our launch in April 2022, we have made incredible strides at The Phoenix Project. Our graduates move on to do extraordinary things and it feels great to be a part of this. Congratulations to all our cohort 2 graduates as they begin their journey to making an impact within the Nigerian creative industry. The Phoenix Project journey continues, and the future looks incredibly bright” she said.