http://www.newsportng.com.ng A leading non profit making organization in Kaduna State, Hope Builders Foundation for Entrepreneurial Education, has organized a 1-day workshop for entreprenuers to educate them on modern equipments that would help them meet up with contemporary challenges.
The event that took place earlier this week, had different entreprenuers in attendance.
One of the facilitators, Anita Nchat Kelvin, said the program is apt so as to address some of the challenges confronting the Human’s society, especially in the area of standard for global competition.
Anita who spoke extensively on the ‘Theory of Change’, said the idea is to be able to develop access to finance.
“We are here to talk about re-thinking entreprenuership. Everybody claim to be entreprenuers but people are getting it wrong because some people just learn skills acquisition meanwhile entreprenuership is building a a business that will live after the person.” She said.
The social enterpriser, Anita further noted that the theory of change will help trainees to understand their businesses in a deeper way, assist them to give necessary answers to questions that People or investors will ask them including relevant questions the entreprenuers may need to answer for themselves in difficult times.
“With theory of change, we can be able to develop access to finance. Connection to people is for instance is finance. So the theory of change helps you to understand your business in a deeper way, assist you to give necessary answers to questions that people or investors will ask you, including yourself because at times, you may also want to doubt yourself whether you are on the right track or not.” Anita concluded.
One of the participants, Mr. Tim Maiyaki, a griller who spoke with News-Port Nigeria during the event applauded the efforts of Hope Builders Foundation entrepreneurial education.
Tim said, “It is exciting to be here. It enriches our ability to think, widen our innovative capacity, increase our business ideas, senses and how we can be better entreprenuers.”
Dr. Mathias B. Yashim who is the Chief Executive Officer, HBFEE, called on the participants to make use of the lessons learned.
Mathias said the essence of the meeting is to enable them think and go for tools or skills that can enable them go global.
He stressed that Hope Builders Foundation want to see the entreprenuers build their own teams, mentor others and and bring up teams under them that will sustain the knowledge.
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