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Thursday,
February 15, 2018 10:00AM / ACCI
The
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, through its Business Entrepreneurship,
Skills and Technology (BEST), has rolled out programmes for capacity building
for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Prof.
Adesoji Adesugba, the Chamber’s Vice President in charge of Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) and Provost of the centre, said this at the
unveiling of the programme with partners and facilitators. Adesugba said this
in a statement signed by Mr Gena Lubem, Media and Protocol Officer of the
chamber in Abuja on Wednesday.
He
said that such trainings could not have come at a better time other than now
when Nigeria was taking a leap into the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) index. He
said that modules had been developed to take care of the basic and core areas
of SMEs development, management and sustainability.
Adesugba
said that with the prevailing technological drive in the chamber, some of the
courses would be taken in remote locations, adding that the courses would
commence from March 2018. He said that Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had
already been signed with several globally renowned institutions in the fields
of Gemmology, ICT, Business Law, Leadership and Business Management and Public
Service centres and organisations. Adesugba said that most of the courses were
to be certified with Diploma and Advanced Diploma from the partnering
institutions.
“The
main aim of the programme is for us to comprehensively take into consideration
the major concerns of the SMEs with a view to holistically address and place
them on the pedestal of sustainable development. “The target markets for the
BEST centre are entrepreneurs, business owners, artisans, entry level
graduates, professionals, government agencies and investment promotion agencies.
‘‘Others are captains of industry, hotel owners, retiring public or private
sector employers, among several others,” he added.
Ms
Victoria Akai-Dare, Coordinator of the centre, said the courses would be driven
through creativity that would see to the maintenance and enhancement of strong,
long-term relationship that would ensure prospects of businesses.
“The
BEST centre investment promotion trainings are already being introduced to
governments and agencies at the federal and state levels that are involved in
the investment and Foreign Direct Investment processes. ‘‘The trainings on
custom processes will be targeted at upcoming businesses involved in import and
export activities.
Akai-Dare
said that the specific courses cut across ICT, gemology, business,
entrepreneurship, marketing, product development and branding, leadership
management, health safety, environment, hospitality, law, project management,
accounting, pre and post retirement trainings.
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