The YPP is a comprehensive talent development program designed to provide emerging professionals with a unique opportunity to deepen their knowledge, cultivate essential leadership skills, and realize their career aspirations.

The YP Program includes 6-month immersive training tailored to individual development needs, mentorship and guidance from highly qualified and well-established professionals and leaders in TGI, seasoned industry experts, and exposure to diverse industries and markets, including Africa, The Middle East, and Asia.

Participants would also get hands-on experience across TGI Group’s businesses and opportunities for career advancement within the organization.

Speaking on the importance of the initiative, Akinkunle Akinpelu, Group Human Resources Director – TGI Group, said, “Our people are our greatest assets; therefore, we focus on not only retaining the best hands, but also attracting the best, catching them young and growing with them as they grow within the organization. The YPP embodies this commitment, offering aspiring professionals the chance to work across our numerous businesses upon successful completion of the programme.”

The program is open to individuals with Bachelor’s and Higher National Diplomas in Engineering, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Sciences, and other disciplines relevant to the TGI Group’s diverse portfolio of businesses.

Interested applicants are encouraged to visit the company’s career page for further information on how to apply.

TGI Group’s commitment to developing talents and skilled professionals was recently acknowledged, with LinkedIn including it among the Top 25 Best Workplaces where people can grow their careers in the 2023 LinkedIn Top Companies list.

The LinkedIn Top Companies list ranks the top 25 companies investing in their employees and helping them build careers that will set them up for long-term success.

Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group is a global conglomerate with most of its investments in emerging markets.

TGI’s investments focus on driving inclusivity and value addition using locally sourced raw materials, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and a highly skilled workforce to produce world-class products consumed locally and exported to global markets.

According to a company statement, the move is intended to drive financial inclusion and include beneficiaries in Nigeria’s evolving digital economy.

Sadiq Kassim, TGI’s Group Director of Corporate Affairs, stated this recently in Abuja during a panel discussion at the recently concluded digital economy seminar organized by the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture.

The seminar was themed “Promoting a vibrant economy as a catalyst for economic growth in Nigeria.”

According to him, one of the critical philosophies of the TGI Group is to operate within communities as a partner for growth and development.

“On the documentation leg, we worked with Union Bank and partnered with the Ministry of Digital Economy to set up the NIN registration in designated centers in their communities. We also partnered with various local governments to assist with government-issued ID cards.

With all these in place in the designated centers, within a few weeks, they were able to capture and open bank accounts for the farmers who are now a part of the digital economy.”

Recall that the Union Bank of Nigeria and the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (“AATIF”) recently secured a $25 million funding line from AATIF to expand its agricultural business footprint. In response to the Nigerian government’s effort to reduce food imports and ultimately create a sustainable market for local farmers to sell their farm produce, Union Bank anchored its food and agri-finance strategy around promoting local food processing.