Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the coordinator of Next Titan, Mide Kunle-Akinlaja, said the initiative is as a result of lack of unemployment in the country which increase on yearly basis, the rate at which intuitions produce over 1 million graduate annually and without jobs provision.
He said this year’s edition marks the Season 4 Auditions which will hold in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos before leading to Top 50 Boot camp, after which the 16 finalists who will live together for 10 weeks will battle one another over 10 tough business tasks and the 16 candidates will be gradually eliminated until one winner remains.
He added ‘The contestants will have very real street smarts in order to make it through the challenges, and the contestants will prove their entrepreneurial acumens through various business-challenges on the 10-week show.
“The TV Reality Show which is in its fourth season gives an opportunity to young talented Nigerians who have great and innovative business ideas to compete against one another in real-life entrepreneurial challenges in a bid to ultimately win Five Million Naira to start their new business.