{"id":20072,"date":"2024-03-26T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=20072"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:08:26","slug":"providus-bank-sme-program-2024-cohort-4-for-young-nigerian-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/providus-bank-sme-program-2024-cohort-4-for-young-nigerian-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Providus Bank SME Program 2024 (Cohort 4) for Young Nigerian Entrepreneurs."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ProvidusBank in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre has created the ProvidusBank SME Program to build the capacity of business owners in Nigeria and provide them with the skills and competencies for the development of long-term strategic plans to transform their businesses and drive profitability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop a growth plan for their businesses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop the leadership capacity of the participants to effectively lead their teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clearly define the value proposition of your business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implement structures that ensure long-term sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop a \u2018go-to-market\u2019 strategy for your products and services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-on-One Business Advisory to address company-specific challenges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interact with like-minded entrepreneurs which enables sharing ideas and industry best practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish a network of contacts for business and personal development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to apply?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1 \u2013 To be Eligible for the program, the applicant must be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Business Owner must be a citizen or legal resident of Nigeria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Business must be based and registered with the CAC in Nigeria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Business must be for-profit from any sector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicant must be available to commit to the training schedule once accepted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operated for at least 5 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Sales\/turnover of at least 25 \u2013 50 million naira<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep Financial Records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jude&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Jonuoha@pau.edu.ng<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chukwunonso \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ofeyide@providusbank.com\">cegbo1@providusbank.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For More Information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reg.smetoolkit.ng\/program-apply\/providus-bank-sme-program-4th-cohort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the Official Webpage of the Providus Bank SME Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline: March 29, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProvidusBank in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre has created the ProvidusBank SME Program to build the capacity of business owners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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