Obiajulum Partners With Witstart Academy for Mentorship, Youth Empowerment

Yinka Olatunbosun

As Africa continues to navigate the realities of youth unemployment, digital transformation, and the urgent need for practical skills, the conversation around youth development is moving beyond motivation. Increasingly, the focus is shifting towards access, mentorship, employability, and the kind of practical learning that helps young people build confidence and create opportunities for themselves.

It is within this context that Prince Chika Obiajulum, popularly known as D’Prince, is partnering with Witstart Academy to support and mentor young Africans through its practical skills development initiative.

D’Prince is an accomplished political commentator, public speaker, early years practitioner, clarity and life coach whose work has consistently centred on communication, leadership, personal development, and helping individuals maximise their potential.

Through his work in event hosting, public speaking, coaching, and mentorship, he has helped individuals gain clarity, build confidence, communicate better, and develop a stronger sense of purpose. His partnership with Witstart Academy reflects a shared belief: young people do not only need opportunities, they also need guidance.

Witstart Academy’s current initiative is designed to equip young Africans with practical business, digital, and employability skills through structured learning, mentorship, project work, and community support. The program covers areas such as Entrepreneurship, AI & Automation, Digital Marketing, Content Creation, Website Development, Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, and other practical learning paths.

The goal is not simply to help young people attend classes, but to help them build skills, complete projects, gain confidence, and create proof of work that can support their future growth.

For D’Prince, this kind of initiative aligns strongly with his passion for youth development and purposeful leadership.

With a BSc and MSc in Political Science, alongside a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, he brings both academic grounding and practical experience to his work. His background allows him to understand leadership not only as a title, but as the ability to influence, guide, educate, and create meaningful change.
At a time when many young people are struggling to find direction, mentorship has become just as important as training.Many young Africans are talented, ambitious, and willing to grow, but they often lack access to the right people, the right platforms, and the right kind of guidance. For some, the missing link is not potential. It is clarity. For others, it is confidence, exposure, structure, or the practical skills needed to take advantage of available opportunities.

This is where the partnership between D’Prince and Witstart Academy becomes significant. Beyond supporting access to learning, the initiative also represents an investment in mindset, leadership, and personal development. It recognizes that the next generation of African professionals, entrepreneurs, creators, and leaders must be equipped not only with technical skills, but also with confidence, communication ability, purpose, and the discipline to follow through.

According to Witstart Academy, the vision is to create a learning environment where young people can move from uncertainty to clarity, and from passive learning to active building.

The academy’s approach focuses on practical learning, live sessions, mentorship, assignments, accountability, projects, and final presentations. Students are expected to leave with more than certificates. They are expected to leave with work they can show, skills they can build on, and a stronger sense of direction.

D’Prince’s involvement adds a deeply human layer to the initiative. As someone whose work cuts across communication, leadership, public engagement, education, and coaching, his contribution reinforces the importance of helping young people see beyond their current limitations and begin to imagine what is possible when they are properly guided.

His vision is rooted in the belief that access to the right opportunities, skills, and mentorship can transform lives and empower future leaders. This partnership is not only about skills training. It is about creating pathways. It is about helping young people make purposeful decisions. It is about building confidence. It is about giving the next generation tools they can use to create positive change in their communities.

As Witstart Academy continues its mission to support young Africans through practical education and mentorship, partnerships like this remind us that youth development is not the responsibility of institutions alone. It requires professionals, leaders, educators, entrepreneurs, and public voices who are willing to contribute their influence, experience, and resources towards building people.

For many young Africans, the journey to opportunity begins with someone believing in them enough to create access. On the strength of this partnership, Prince Chika Obiajulum and Witstart Academy are doing just that.