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Abuja Enterprise Agency |
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Enterprise support |
Nigeria |
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Abuja Enterprise Agecny is a business support agency
whose objective is to support new and emerging businesses in the the
Federal Capital Territory |
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IGA has undertaken a number of assignments
including:
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- undertaking a feasibility study which
recommended that an enterprise agency by set up and that, funding
permitting, it should provide business advice, training and mentoring,
loan finance and incubator workspace;
- preparing a detailed business plan with
staffing proposal and budget;
- providing technical assistance, training and mentoring support to all
of the staff - including supporting the executive director, training
staff in a range of consulting and business skills and assisting
with the development of AEA's own training materials (2006-2008).
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Abuja Enterprise Agency is supported by the
Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Department for
International Development (DFID), UBA and Diamond Bank. |
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Students for the Advancement of Global
Entrepreneurship is a high school programme intended to foster
entrepreneurship amongst school students. One of the schools'
entrepreneurs' clubs supported by AEA won the national heat and went to
Ukraine at the end of July where they took the first prize. |
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In November, 2007, it was announced that
Tunde Popoola, the Executive Director, had been selected as the Nigeria
country prize winner of the 1st Pan-African Prize for Entrepreneurial
Teachers. |
