Kola Oyeneyin, CEO of Venia Group, parent company to Venia Business Hub, has stated that the new era of self-employment has increased the demand for serviced co-working spaces.
“Apparently Nigerians are not waiting for government to create jobs for them, they are creating jobs for themselves and hiring others in the process,” he said.
“Startups, SMEs and multinationals alike have a driven demand for a new, flexible place to do business. There is nothing like working elbow-to-elbow with interrelated companies- feeding off, learning from and growing with one another in an enabling environment”.
“Today we are experiencing a brand new culture where businesses don’t necessarily see themselves as competitors but as co-habitants in the eco-system. They have realized that they need each other. They want to belong to something bigger than themselves and that is what Venia Business Hub provides,” he added.
“Over the years we have built a community made up of start-ups, SMEs and multinationals and are providing members of the hub with services beyond just office spaces but an enabling environment to do business in Nigeria without operational worries”, Oyeneyin stated.
Oyeneyin believes that Venia Business Hub can be transformational to the budding entrepreneurial and evolving white-collar industry, with plans to expand to other districts within Lagos before the year runs out.
