Islington Chamber mentee named as one of the Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs for 2010

• Ronke Lawal (Islington Chamber of Commerce)
• Monday 22 November 2010

This Autumn the Islington Chamber of Commerce launched its business mentoring programme. The ICoC Business Mentoring programme has been developed to empower new, growing and established businesses to reach unlimited heights in their business potential. Therefore it is with great pride that one of our mentees, Octavia Goredema founder and MD of the Twenty Ten Club, mentored by long-standing chamber member Atiti Sosimi of Distinctly Different has been named of the Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs of the Year. Atiti encouraged Octavia to enter the awards as part of her long term business branding goals within the mentoring programme.

Part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, the Future 100 Awards recognise young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 years who are demonstrating entrepreneurial flair and innovation, pursuing economic, environmental and social goals to achieve ultimate business success.

The Twenty Ten Club is a social enterprise that aims to connect, support and inspire Black female entrepreneurs. Founded by Octavia Goredema of Canonbury, the Twenty Ten Club hosts networking events for members in central London. The organisation also profiles the success stories of leading Black business women online at www.twentytenclub.com.

Twenty Ten Club founder, Octavia Goredema said, "It's a real honour to be named as one of this year's Future 100 award winners.

"The Twenty Ten Club monthly events provide a platform for Black business women to connect, share resources, ideas and support one another. I continue to be amazed by the achievements of our members and I'm looking forward to launching more Twenty Ten Club programmes next year."

Founder of Striding Out and organiser of the Future100 awards, Heather Wilkinson said: "The future of our world is in the hands of individuals who are committed to generating commercial and ethical returns.

The Future 100 Awards is organised by Striding Out www.stridingout.co.uk, a social enterprise which is committed to supporting the development and growth of young and ethical entrepreneurs.

ENDS

For Further Information

Twenty Ten Club www.twentytenclub.com

Contact: Octavia Goredema, Founder of Twenty Ten Club

octavia@twentytenclub.com

0207 193 4615

Future 100 www.future100.co.uk

Striding Out www.stridingout.co.uk

Islington Chamber of Commerce www.islingtonchamber.org.uk

Ronke Lawal

Chief Executive

Islington Chamber of Commerce

222 Upper Street

London, N1 1XR

Tel: 020 7527 2709

Mob: 07984 141 169

Email: rlawal@islingtonchamber.org.uk

Website: www.islingtonchamber.org.uk

http://islingtonchamber.org.uk/mentoring-programme/

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