Do you want to know what entrepreneurship entails or thinking of what to do and you do not know how to go about it? This is for you. From here you can have a start-up.
“A businessman is driven by extrinsic motivation, but an entrepreneur is driven by intrinsic motivation” – Inegbedion, Juliet Obhajajie
Module One: Entrepreneurial Thinking
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Develop self-directed entrepreneurial ideas;
- Provide solutions to an identified gap(s) in your environment/business; and
- Apply entrepreneurial thinking skills in your business
Topics:
- What is entrepreneurial thinking
- Developing entrepreneurial thinking skills
- Types of entrepreneurships
- Knowing where your idea fits
- How to develop entrepreneurial thinking skill into business or innovation
- Why entrepreneurial thinking is an important skill for an entrepreneur
Number of Hours: 1 Hour
Module 2: Creativity and Innovation
Intended Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Create a problem-solving idea,
- Turn those ideas into innovation; and
- Identify the determinant of business success Topics:
- What is innovation and creativity
- Theories of innovation and creativity
- The role of creativity and Innovation in Business
- Managing challenges in Creativity and Innovation
- Significance of creativity and innovation as a determinant of business success
Number of Hours: 1 hour
Module 3: Value Chain and Record-Keeping
Intended Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Manage records and value chains accurately and
- Identify market
- Control the movement of records in business; and
- Use records management software and technologies to solve business challenges
Topics:
- The concept of value Chain and record-keeping
- Identifying market opportunities
- Records management
- How to monitor and have effective control of the movement of records
- Skills to manage and preserve records
- The usage of records management software and technologies
- Practices and tools for record management
Number of Hours: 1 hour
Module 4: Business Modelling
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Create a business model;
- Identify the threats to a business model;
- Evaluate business model; and
- Apply the model to a
Topics:
- Understanding a business model
- How to design a business model
- Selecting the appropriate tools for designing or innovating a business model
Number of Hours: 1 hour
Module 5: Financial Planning and Management in Business
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Analyse different sources of credit facilities to make viable decision;
- Apply the rules of financial discipline in achieving business success;
- Access and manage credits/capitals;
- Analyse Cost-Benefit Analysis of a business; and
- Manage Stock in
Topics:
- Overview of the concept of financial planning/management
- Financial statements and long-term financial planning
- Risk and return management
- Short/long term financial planning and management in business
- Managing and controlling cash flow
- Financial planning process
- The importance of financial planning
- Development and implementation of a financial plan
- The importance of financial management
- The objectives of financial management
Number of Hours: 1
Module 6: Marketing
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Market products/services
- Identify the right customers;
- Manage marketing mix (Product, price, place and promotion)
- Use carry out market research and use the findings in growing business,
- Apply digital marketing in running an E-business.
Topics:
- The Marketing Concept
- Market Analysis
- Market Research
- Marketing Environment
- Communication and Branding
- Information Management
- Product and Service Management
- Promotion/advertising product
- Consumer/economic buying decisions
Number of Hour: 1 hour
Module 7: Monitoring and Evaluation/Project Management
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Monitor and evaluate businesses using the right
- Plan and manage any project as regard business
Topics:
- Monitoring and evaluation as an integrated part of project planning and implementation
- The importance of monitoring and evaluation
- Types of evaluation
- Monitoring and evaluation tools and methods
- Data analysis and report writing
- Designing a Monitoring system
Number of Hours: 1 Hour
Module 8: Technology in Business Management
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Use basic Microsoft Office tools to manage and promote business
- Demonstrate the use of basic digital tools in business
Topics:
- Microsoft Word and Excel in Business
- Digital tools in business
Number of Hours: 2 hours
Module 9: Business Plan Development
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Explain the importance of a business plan
- Write a business plan that can win grant/credit facility
- Present a business plan to panel of judges Topics:
- What is a business plan?
- Importance of business plan
- Business plan writing strategies
- Business plan presentation
Number of Hours: 1 hour
Module 10: How to win a Grant
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the skills that will enable you win a grant
- Source for grants
- Apply for a grant with little or no assistance
- Demonstrate business and financial knowledge in the idea presented
- Respond to psychometric and personality assessment
- Write a business plan with clear distinction on the business idea, national development goals, the stage of the business (idea, start-up, innovation, disruption), and the industry the idea belong
- Demonstrate pitching skills Topics:
- Skills required in winning a grant
- Grant sourcing
- Grant application procedure
- Required business and financial knowledge in idea presentation
- Business psychometrics and personality assessment
- Writing a business plan
- Pitching Skills
Number of Hours: 1 Hour
Module 11: Business Sustainability
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the skills that can promote business sustainability
- Manage personnel, communicate with clients and employees in business
- Establish a business management
Topics:
- Understanding business sustainability
- Sustainability and consumption
- Sustainable value chains and communications
- Cultural psychology
- Sustainable innovation for subsistence marketplaces
Number of Hours: 1 hour
Module 12: Statutory Agencies in Business and Business Registration
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Identify institutions and regulatory agencies and bodies that oversee different ideas and business launch
- Register a business following the due process Topics:
- Regulatory agencies and bodies in business
- Choosing a business structure
- Business registration procedure
- Types of business licenses
- Choosing a location for business
Number of Hours: 1 hour
Module 13: Research Commercialization
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Identify the process for research commercialization
- Develop a proposal for research commercialization
- Source for grant to support research commercialization Topics:
- Research Commercialization Process
- Research Commercialization Models
- Linkages in Research Commercialization
- Writing a Proposal for Research Commercialization
- Winning a Grant for Research Commercialization
Number of Hours: 1 hours Total Number of Hours: 26 hours of not more than 1 hours a day.
Type of Certification
Certificate in Entrepreneurship Education
Note:
The NOUN Entrepreneurship Education Programme is an intensive 8-week program structured as follows:
- Training: 6 weeks
- Examination/Business Canvas: 2 weeks
- Application:
- Application Fees:
- NOUN Incubatees: ₦0.00
- Others: ₦5,000
- Course Registration Fees:
- NOUN Incubatees: ₦0.00
- NOUN Staff/Alumni: ₦1,000 per Course (Module)
- Public: ₦2,000 per Course (Module)
- Incubatees (NOUN students who have passed GST302 with an approved business plan) undergoing mentorship through the DE&GS incubation centers are exempt from paying for this training.
- NOUN Staff/Alumni are expected to pay ₦17,000 for both application fees (₦5,000) and course registration (₦12,000; ₦1,000 per course).
- Other participants are expected to pay ₦29,000 for both application fees (₦5,000) and course registration (₦24,000; ₦2,000 per course).
- For a special arrangement, the fee will be determined through negotiation.
Training schedule
- Entrepreneurship education – Tuesdays between 10. 00 am and 11.00 pm