The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria has stated that the country’s major challenge is no longer the availability of funding for startups but the shortage of investment-ready businesses capable of attracting and effectively deploying available capital.
The agency said it was therefore training a new generation of entrepreneurship trainers to equip young Nigerians with the skills required to build innovative, technology-driven and globally competitive businesses.
The Director, Director-General’s Office, SMEDAN, Onesi-Lawani, who represented the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Charles Odii, stated this at the commencement of the two-week Training of Trainers programme under the Abuja Centre for Entrepreneurship Project in Abuja.
According to a statement issued on Monday by the Head of the Corporate Affairs Unit, SMEDAN, Moshood Lawal, the programme is designed to produce ACE-certified trainers capable of grooming young Nigerians to build and scale investment-ready enterprises.
The statement read, “The Small
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