Business Day – TGIC mobilises over $17m for projects, youth empowerment

The Green Investment Club (TGIC) said it has successfully mobilised over $17 million (N6.8bn) for multiple projects that has created jobs and contributed to economic growth in Nigeria.

The Club has sourced direct investment opportunities in the capital market, processing, consumer lending, logistics, fin-tech and real estate development sectors in Nigeria, UK and USA for its teeming members.

The Club vision in five years is to help at least 10,000 individuals get financially educated and provide investment advisory services to them to enhance their confident level in making investment decisions and achieving financial security.

Tomie Balogun said that the investment club has rallied thousands of young investors to invest over N6.4billion in multiple subsidiaries such as transport and logistics, agriculture, interior design, digital marketing, health and wellness, food production among other Industries.

Balogun, the founder of the Club who is also the CEO of Vestract, a financial education and technology company made the disclosure during the formal unveiling of the TGIC Report in Lagos.

“Our target audience is the Nigerian youth who is trying to figure out how to save, budget, and invest in a constantly changing economic environment. They want to achieve financial security and tick off things on their bucket list, however, they are typically excluded by investment institutions due to the size of income. They want financial security but have no clue how to achieve this.”

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