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RIMA and BOI Loan

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  Rivers State Microfinance Agency in collaboration with Bank of Industry is offering loan to indigenes and non-indigenes who owns or plan to own a business in Rivers state. You can find detail HERE

Guidelines to Applying for Tony Elumelu Foundation Grant

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  The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is the leading champion of Entrepreneurship & Economic Development in Africa. Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs ) on TEF2024 grant application. Applications are currently ongoing. Q:  How do I apply for TEF grant? A: The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is open to Africans from all 54 African countries with scalable business ideas or a business that has been operational for no more than 3 years. Applicants must be 18 years of age and above. Interested applicants may register on  www.tefconnect.com   Q:  Is there a registration fee to be paid before TEF Application?  A: TEF has NOT appointed anyone to act on her behalf to conduct any part of this Programme. This Programme is online, and it is FREE! If anyone is asking you to pay any amount of money in exchange for developing your business plan or pitch, it is a scam. Please report it immediately by sending an email to tefimpact@tony...

FMN PRIZE FOR INNOVATION

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  You Could Be The Next Winner of FMN - Prize for Innovation! Calling all Nigerian students and registered businesses in the agro-processing and food production sector! Application for FMN Prize for Innovation Season 3 is now open. Do you have a groundbreaking solution for driving food self-sufficiency through precision agriculture and are ready to showcase your creativity, innovation, this opportunity is tailor-made for you. Register and submit your application now.   Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make your inventions and ideas global. Apply HERE #fmnprizeforinnovation #fmngroup #fmnagro #pfi

Update on NG CARE

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The second Reimbursement for NG CARE has commenced. The programme is of 3 categories, if you vetted before now and it didn;t work, maybe you should try other categories. The categories are: 1. DLI 3.1: Credit Grant If your business borrowed money after June 15, 2020, and you need financial support to pay the loan. 2. DLI 3.2: Operations Grant If your business pays for supplies, rent, salaries, utilities, etc, and you need financial suport for these. 3. DLI 3.3: IT Enhancement Grant If your business needs technology tools such as e-commerce website, POS, stock or warehouse management, mobile applications, productivity suites, etc If you have not applied, you can do so HERE

LBS-BOI Entrepreneurship Programme

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If you own a business or intend to start a business in the South-East, this grant opportunity is for you. Apply HERE before deadline.

HOW TO ANSWER THE “SELL ME THIS PEN” QUESTION?

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Before we answer this question, we first need to know why the question is asked in the first place. Why? 1.      The Interviewer is assessing your sales abilities and approach to selling. 2.      The interviewer want to see how confident you are when you are put on the spot Part of what you should not do when answering this question is that you should not talk about the benefits of the pen and how good its quality is. For example, “this is a great pen, it is smooth and it has a great feel!” 3 STEPS PROCESS TO ANSWER CONFIDENTLY 1.      Create demand: Ask the interviewer how often they use a pen. They might answer “I don’t use one that often, to be honest”. Then you say “You’re clearly a man of success, am I right in assuming you will sometimes use a pen to sign important sales and employment contracts?” They will answer “Yes, that’s correct”. Then you respond “By the way you have conducted this interview, and the prof...