GLO AND SMEDAN PARTNER EMPOWER SMES TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH

Globacom, has announced a unique partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to support 17 million small and medium business owners in the country. The partnership which will cover about 17 million entrepreneurs under SMEDAN is seen as a huge stimulus to boost economic growth in the country. 

ELIGIBILITY:

This opportunity is opened to all Small and Medium scale Entrepreneurs, however to be eligible, the Entrepreneur:

• Must be SMEDAN Certified and have completed a SMEDAN Certification training.
• Must submit a viable business plan that will be reviewed by SMEDAN
• Must be Nigerian with Business establishment in Nigeria to increase employment.

HOW TO REGISTER:

Interested Entrepreneurs should contact Derutron Ventures for more detail.

If you would like to attend the SMEDAN Certified Business Plan Training in Aba, Abia state to equip yourself for these opportunity, send us a mail.

Contact Derutron Ventures:  derutronventures@yahoo.com

Phone: 08082370566, 08037491748

APPLY: CcHub’s first 2015 Call for Ideas

CcHub’s first 2015 Call for Ideas is now open! We believe that Nigerian problems can be solved by innovative ideas from people who understand and experience the problem.

So we are throwing it out to the public to submit innovative ideas that solve real Nigerian problems in six key areas – Governance, Transportation, Healthcare, Education, Food Security and the Environment.

Ideas will be assessed by a panel, and those whose ideas are selected will be invited for an interview. Following this, the most viable ideas will be taken into the CcHub Pre-Incubation and Incubation Programmes.

1000 ideas have walked through our doors but is yours the one that will make it through and stick?

Submit an Idea, Ideas should be submitted here

DEADLINE: Sunday 31st May 2015

The Microsoft Nigeria Cloud Start-Up Academy

The Microsoft Cloud Start-Up Academy is an initiative that will train and equip 100 Cloud entrepreneurs or "Cloudpreneurs" over 4 weeks in order to set up their own business and become Microsoft Cloud technology resellers. 20 lucky participants will qualify for Seed Capital to jump-start their business and go through another 20 weeks of mentorship and sales guidance to build their business.

Requirements:

To be eligible to participate in this programme, you must:

• Be passionate about IT
• Have a creative mind
• Be ready to become a Microsoft Cloud Reseller
• Either have been in employment with no more than between 1- 3 years of working experience or be an existing business in operation for no more than 3 years.
• You must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the SME landscape in Nigeria
• Take and pass our prerequisite courses available FREE on CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIST OF COURSES
• If selected, you will be required to have a Diamond Bank account number in your personal name 1 or your company name.

To apply for this programme click here

Programme Overview:

Selection process will be done through the partners of this project and will be binding. The 100 successful candidates will pass through a 4-week training programme provide selected participants with accelerated training on Microsoft Cloud technology and Entrepreneurial topics, to develop their capacity in areas including: Sales, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Communication, and Start-up management.
After the first 4 weeks, the top 30 with the best business execution plans will be invited to pitch in front of a panel and the top 20 will be selected to be eligible to participate in the next phase of the programme and access to start-up capital provided by Diamond Bank.
Furthermore, the successful 20 candidates will be put through an additional 5 months of sales coaching; financial advisory and business mentorship to ensure that their business takes off.

GET STARTED NOW!

These are the courses and the links
Entrepreneurial skills:

• START YOUR OWN BUSINESS PART 1 http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/start-your-own-business
• START YOUR OWN BUSINESS PART 2 http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/start-your-own-business-part-2

Generic sales skills:

• SELL BETTER, SELL MORE http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/sell-better-sell-more

Azure/Cloud beginner skills:

• GET STARTED WITH WINDOWS AZURE TODAY http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/get-started-with-windows-azure-today-jump-start
• MICROSOFT AZURE FUNDAMENTALS http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals

Office 365 beginner skills:

OFFICE 365 FUNDAMENTALS http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/office-365-fundamentals

To apply for this programme click here

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