Following the September, 2016 training sessions facilitated for young and aspiring entrepreneurs in Bauchi State (North Eastern Nigeria) by Growing Businesses Foundation for the classroom training component of the YES Programme initiated and funded by the Bank of Industry (BoI).GBF will from the second week...
Growing Businesses Foundation conducted two (2) training sessions for young entrepreneurs for the classroom training component; as a part of the YES Programme initiated and funded by the Bank of Industry (BoI) in Bauchi State.Complementing components of this graduate entrepreneurship training included group and individual...
The woman entrepreneur is that woman who can organize all the factors of production, undertake risks, and run a business. Before the 20th century, women operated small businesses as a way of supplementing their income. At that time, the ventures that these women undertook were...
Growing Businesses Foundation (GBF) in the month of September, 2017 convened a Business development Incubation Program in the city of Abuja, FCT – Nigeria funded by Citi as part of the Citi’s focus on Investments in Direct Service in “Accelerating Pathways” global initiative in NIgeria....
GBF was the pioneer of rural ICT development in Nigeria. Before the advent of GSM services in Nigeria, GBF was in 2000 selected by the NCC and the USAID Leland Initiative to work with the US based National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) in the assessment...
Growing Businesses Foundation has partnered with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to facilitate training classes for returned migrants. This training is part of the IOM reintegration program for Libyan migrant returnees under the EUTF-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration. The initiative is designed to...
On the 23rd of July 2019, Growing Businesses Foundation in Partnered with Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation to empower 65 women in Lagos State.The 65 women were chosen from the 105 women that attended the Entrepreneurial woman event which took place on the 4th of June,...
Sponsor: Guinness Number of Beneficiaries: 120 Women Location: Enugu State Duration: August 2019 to February 2020. In the Month of August 2019, Growing Businesses Foundation commenced the pilot phase of Guinness empowerment project in Enugu State. Prior to the empowerment, some baseline surveys were carried out to access the impact of the project...
Sponsor: CELLULANT Location: Kano State Duration: January to April 2020 In January 2020 GBF was signed off as an executing partner for Cellulant Connect to Work (CW2) project, which is aimed at providing 150,000 retail and agricultural work opportunities for Nigerian youths who are between the ages of 18 to 35....
Sponsor: Deutsche Gesellschatt für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)Location: Niger, Ogun, Plateau, Lagos and Edo StateDuration: January 2021 till DateIn 2021 Growing Businesses Foundation was signed off as one of the implementing partners for GIZ Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria – SEDIN Programme.In the month...