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EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Abiodunspectre(m): 5:24pm On Oct 02, 2020
Enterprise Development Centre in partnership with MasterCard Foundation has announced the launch of Transforming Nigerian Youth Program, an entrepreneurial development program aimed at supporting 40,000 Nigerians, in a bid to help reduce the rate of unemployment.

The program seeks to promote network of entrepreneurial and managerial change maker's particularly young men and women across micro, small and medium enterprises sector, in Nigeria.

The free training program is open to all and primary focused on people living in Lagos, Kano and Kaduna states. Through this program, 40,000 young people will be supported with the resources and learning required to start, grow, and expand their businesses.

The program will also provide support and resources to young people who want to become employable in the creative and agricultural sectors.

In the last decade, Nigeria’s unemployment rate has continued to increase. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the unemployment rate as at the second quarter of 2020 was 27.1 percent, indicating that about 21,764,614 (21.7 million) Nigerians remain unemployed, of which 13.9 million are young people.

Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University, a leading enterprise development Centre, has in the last 17 years, provided support services to thousands of SMEs through capacity building, advisory services, and partnerships with organizations that have an interest in the development of the SME sector in Nigeria.

Visit link for more information: https://reg.smetoolkit.ng/program-apply/transforming-nigerian-youths

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Authority1o1(m): 8:25pm On Oct 02, 2020
Okay...

Now this is commendable. Rome wasn't built in a day. If companies and organisations alike come together to tackle poverty, dependency and unemployment, there would definitely be a great change in this country.

First time being the FTC!
Village people how far na? cool

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by originalprof: 8:25pm On Oct 02, 2020
After all these training and re-training,
one mumu caretaker called president buhari, will say NIGERIA YOUTH ARE LAZY, God will not kill him,
is Angel Gabriel P.A that will kill him.
Nice and good call for the unemployed

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Slawormir: 8:25pm On Oct 02, 2020
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Nice one




According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the unemployment rate as at the second quarter of 2020 was 27.1 percent, indicating that about 21,764,614 (21.7 million) Nigerians remain unemployed, of which 13.9 million are young people.


Just imagine...
If not for bombing wetin niggarrrz for do

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Omoobalamba: 8:26pm On Oct 02, 2020
Abiodunspectre:
Enterprise Development Centre in partnership with MasterCard Foundation has announced the launch of Transforming Nigerian Youth Program, an entrepreneurial development program aimed at supporting 40,000 Nigerians, in a bid to help reduce the rate of unemployment.

The program seeks to promote network of entrepreneurial and managerial change maker's particularly young men and women across micro, small and medium enterprises sector, in Nigeria.

The free training program is open to all and primary focused on people living in Lagos, Kano and Kaduna states. Through this program, 40,000 young people will be supported with the resources and learning required to start, grow, and expand their businesses.

The program will also provide support and resources to young people who want to become employable in the creative and agricultural sectors.

In the last decade, Nigeria’s unemployment rate has continued to increase. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the unemployment rate as at the second quarter of 2020 was 27.1 percent, indicating that about 21,764,614 (21.7 million) Nigerians remain unemployed, of which 13.9 million are young people.

Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University, a leading enterprise development Centre, has in the last 17 years, provided support services to thousands of SMEs through capacity building, advisory services, and partnerships with organizations that have an interest in the development of the SME sector in Nigeria.

Visit link for more information: https://reg.smetoolkit.ng/program-apply/transforming-nigerian-youths

This is a very good move.

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Cti28(m): 8:26pm On Oct 02, 2020
This is commendable. I hope the trainees will put what they will be taught into practice and use the resources provided judiciouy.
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Homeboiy: 8:26pm On Oct 02, 2020
I did not see Edo or delta there oo

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Oxtonguy: 8:26pm On Oct 02, 2020
Good stuff
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Kpomosauce: 8:26pm On Oct 02, 2020
grin E go be
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by djflexcy: 8:27pm On Oct 02, 2020
That's a welcome development
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by opius: 8:27pm On Oct 02, 2020
Good one
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by KayCee92(m): 8:27pm On Oct 02, 2020
grin
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Corroro: 8:27pm On Oct 02, 2020
Nice one, this really makes sense, atleast with initiatives like these more businesses will be created and unemployment would be reduced greatly

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Starships4u(m): 8:28pm On Oct 02, 2020
Nice
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by GreaterFuture1(m): 8:29pm On Oct 02, 2020
If true, then it's good and helpful

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Nobody: 8:29pm On Oct 02, 2020
The free training program is open to all and primary focused on people living in Lagos, Kano and Kaduna states



I guess bigot buhari has instructed this international body to focus on the barren nut again just like he did to united nations and the Tony Elumelu tetfund given to special liabilities like quota nut

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Nobody: 8:29pm On Oct 02, 2020
Lazy youths nor go see this one.

Na only yeye thing's dey interest them and constant complaining grin

MasterCard should have used a nude woman for the ad knowing how these yeye generation thinks grin

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by kingigwe1: 8:29pm On Oct 02, 2020
Kano , kaduna and Lagos.

Ok na

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Emmyreal4(m): 8:29pm On Oct 02, 2020
After all this training what next??

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by saxby(f): 8:29pm On Oct 02, 2020
This is really good, atleast it will help tackle unemployment to a great deal
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by TinubuGoQuench(f): 8:30pm On Oct 02, 2020
Why did they limit the locations to Lagos, kano and Kaduna?
Deh dey crase?

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by investigator007: 8:30pm On Oct 02, 2020
Awesome, thanks to EDC and MasterCard, this is a great opportunity to start something good with ones life
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by sureinfo: 8:31pm On Oct 02, 2020
Wow, 40k youths to be empowered isn't a small feat o, it will really help big time especially with the "no job situation" in the country
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by mrdipye(m): 8:31pm On Oct 02, 2020
That's good
Let's hope the 40k supposed beneficiarys won't be politically picked.

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by gungab(m): 8:31pm On Oct 02, 2020
Common Meeeenh

Applying ASAP
Adding this to my knowledge base
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Sonnobax15(m): 8:32pm On Oct 02, 2020
undecided. Chebi na only lagosians,kano and kaduna people nai dey pay tax.abi ?

with all the oyel-money wey Dem dey suck from south/south,Dem still garner mind dey sideline us......

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by Breastfeed: 8:32pm On Oct 02, 2020
This one suppose benefit us wey dey use MasterCard first o
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by jericco1(m): 8:33pm On Oct 02, 2020
It's cool though
All the best to the participants
Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by updatechange(m): 8:33pm On Oct 02, 2020
Out of 21million unemployed people only 40,000, 3 states, 3 Lang...
Hmm God dey o. Atleast better than non

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Re: EDC, Mastercard To Equip 40,000 Nigerians With Entrepreneurial Skills by GoshenNLA(m): 8:33pm On Oct 02, 2020
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