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Entrepreneurship and Ict Institute is popularly called “EICT Institute” operates as a social enterprise. We place good reputation above profit motive. We therefore, stand in the gap to provide background business activities such as:
( a) developing content for aspiring entrepreneurs via social media.
( b) training of entrepreneurship programme, management and ICT skills.
( c) designing practical approach on market survey in order to develop a customised prototype.
( d ) mentoring on business plan application & startup pitching context so as to meet minimal standard set by many potential investors.
( e ) organizing community capacity building workshops as volunteers.
( f) launching business plan write-ups for the senior secondary school students in order to grasp reality of business management on graduation.
( g ) introducing research project assistance in order to curb menace of plagiarism.
Conclusively, our service is delivered online and at "temporary physical space".
Target Customers are as follows:
1) Aspiring entrepreneurs irrespective of age.
2) Undergraduates, graduates and senior secondary school students.
3) Corporate bodies.
4) Retirees.
5) Individuals.
EICT Institute promotes social entrepreneurship in order to breed aspiring entrepreneurs to get acquainted with business management and subsequently qualify them for funding from potential investors.
Lateef as a social entrepreneur relent not displaying his talent and passions for vocational education, thus, his archives have been recognized as a YALI Network member where he led the NGO, as a volunteer and Coordinator YALI Network Kano, between December 2016 - September 2018.
It was during the above periods, he launched his portal (https://eict.com.ng) to cater for mentorship application, also released on his portal a 3-minute video presentation that teaches senior secondary school students, how to write basic business plan.
PROBLEMS SOLVING
(1) Lack of entrepreneurial mentoring: From 2011 to date as a micro-mentor, where I train the teeming youths in collaboration with some Non Governmental Organizations, (NGOs) in Kano State, I discovered that after the expiration of two months training designed for each batch, there was no implementation of the skills acquired by the trainees.
(2) Lack of research & developmental skills: It is apparently discovered that the trainees are incapacitated on how to carry out a market survey, thus put a difficulty in developing viable ideas that can trigger a prototype for their product or service.
(3) Inadequate awareness on “After school community challenged”: I started visiting secondary schools (public & private) and submit a letter on extra curriculum which is summarized below, to:
(a) imbibe and realize their entrepreneurial visions.
(b) identify promising entrepreneurial opportunities.
(c) match such opportunities with a winning strategies.
(d) learn to pitch business ideas to investors with the aid of an acceptable global software.
(e) write a standard business plan with an online supervisor. The Online Mentorship Application is available on our portal: www.eict.com.ng
(f) connect the trainees with any business plan competitions open in Nigeria or elsewhere
Aspiring entrepreneurs and senior secondary school students, are my current users / testers.
