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ACA Foundation Facilitates Training For its Grantees

With an aim to better enrich and equip its growing pool of partners, the ACA Foundation facilitated a two-part training programme on “Achieving Strategic Clarity: Leading for Impact PART 1 & 2”. The training which was held in the ACA office had senior management representatives from across the ACAF grantee pool in attendance.
The first part of the training which held in July, focused on reviewing and aligning the elements of Intended Impact as a team, whilst the second part which followed in October, focused on the best practices for developing an effective Theory of Change.

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Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) hosts Fresh Nigerian Youth Service Corps Graduates in its 2020 Venture in Management Programme (VIMP)

Twenty years after the first ViMP class was inaugurated by Junior Achievement Nigeria (JA Nigeria) in a partnership with Lagos Business School (LBS), the program is still preparing university graduates for successful entry into the world of work.

The 20th edition which is proudly funded by African Capital Alliance Foundation (ACA Foundation) and Total E&P Nigeria Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited is a one-week intensive mini-MBA program aimed at introducing 50 selected members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the different facets of managing a business, making crucial business decisions and developing skills for management.

The week-long program led by facilitators from the Lagos Business School (LBS) and some key industry leaders prepares future business leaders for the responsibilities, opportunities and demands of tomorrow’s business world.

Simi Nwogugu, executive director, Junior Achievement Nigeria while speaking at the annual ViMP Alumni mixer program, said the Venture in management program (ViMP) rivals short executive education courses from the world’s top business schools with case studies focusing on Business Ethics, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Strategy, Social Enterprise, General Management, Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

Nwogugu opines that the 50 selected participants from different universities across the country also engaged in a community service project at local primary schools as a way of teaching them to give back to the society.

The program has been fully funded by ACA Foundation for the past 7 years with Total E&P Nigeria Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited coming on board this year.

“ViMP experience is a lifetime investment that keeps on yielding. The career-defining experience gave me the foundational knowledge on leadership strategy and financial management that I still use today. The program also strengthened my interest and passion to build a career in the non-profit sector and that is what I currently do. I volunteered with; Oyewale Daniel Abioye, CEO, McDoy Food Enterprises, who won N10 Million Business grant from Youth Enterprise with Innovation Nigeria (YouWIN).” – Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Executive Director, FATE Foundation (ViMP Alumnus, 2002).

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APPLY: ACA Foundation 2020 Grant Cycle

APPLY: ACA Foundation 2020 Grant Cycle

African Capital Alliance Foundation (ACAF) seeks to deepen its universe of partners by enriching its grantee network with not-for-profit organisations interested in scaling their impact through creative, well thought-through initiatives.

If this is your organisation, or you know of one that could benefit from having ACAF as a strategic partner in implementing their 2020 programme, this is an invitation to participate in the Foundation’s 2020 grantee screening process.

ACAF prides itself on its track record of financial and qualitative support to its grantee universe.

Kindly apply at www.acafoundation.com.
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2019 ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme is a Wrap!

2019 ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme is a Wrap!

In case you have been wondering what we’ve been up to over the last 6 months at the ScaleUp Lab by FATE Foundation, we have had a very amazing entrepreneurial journey with 10 high potential agribusiness entrepreneurs at the 3rd cohort of the ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme and would like to share some of the highlights with you!

The ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme is a unique accelerator programme developed by FATE Foundation in partnership with African Capital Alliance Foundation, aimed at providing targeted support to growth stage high-potential Nigerian agribusiness entrepreneurs who are looking to scale their businesses, expand their market reach and attract potential investors and strategic partners.

The Agribusiness Accelerator Programme commenced in April 2019 with the selection of top 10 entrepreneurs from 1,357 applications received from all over Nigeria. The 10 entrepreneurs are: Adeyinka Tekenah (Lagos), Ayoade Oyedotun (Oyo), David Galadima (Kaduna), David Shemang (Kaduna), Joseph Ali (Abuja), Moses Gbadebo (Ogun), Olayemi Afolabi (Osun), Oluwaseyi Adeniyi (Osun), Oscar Obiora (Ogun) and Timothy Ajekiigbe (Kwara).

Consequently, they were engaged in a one-week intensive accelerator bootcamp in April 2019. This was followed by gap advisory and coaching sessions, entrepreneurial visits and post boot camp sessions over a period of 5 months on key business and sector specific areas targeted at preparing and positioning their businesses for growth and scale with regards to Product Development, Process Improvement, Access to Market and Investment Readiness. Some of the sessions are Agribusiness Value Chain & Ecosystem Mapping, Innovation in the Agribusiness Space, The Market & Business Model, People & Operations, Strategic Visioning, Business Ethics, Scaling Operational Capacity, Scaling Customer Acquisition, Cashflow Management & Budgeting, Pricing Strategies, Accessing Larger Supply Chains and Accessing Larger Markets.

The ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme 03 was concluded with a Demo Day and Pitch Competition on Friday, September 6, 2019 which provided a platform for the business founders to showcase their products and pitch to key funding partners while the top three (3) entrepreneurs received cash grant awards. Emerging as the overall winner of the Pitch Competition is Timothy Ajekiigbe (CEO, Uplinx Allied Services) who received a prize award of NGN 1,000,000. Oscar Obiora (CEO, The AgroBarn Limited) and Adeyinka Tekenah (CEO, Happy Coffee) also emerged as runners-up and received prize awards of NGN 500,000 and NGN 250,000 respectively.

We would like to say a very big Thank You to all our Volunteer Faculty Members for their unrelenting passion and commitment of their time and effort to supporting the growth of our agribusiness entrepreneurs through the 6-month Accelerator Programme.  Specifically, we would like to say a very big Thank You to the following Faculty Members for their exceptional support in ensuring the success of the programme: Mr. AfricanFarmer Mogaji (Course Director for ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator 2019 & Chairman, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI Agribusiness), Ms. Wendy Emesie (Head, External Relations, African Capital Alliance) Mr. Sadiq Usman (Director, Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc), Mr. Kola Adeniji (MD/CEO, NIJI Group), Mrs. Edobong Akpabio (Vice-Chair, LCCI Agribusiness), Mr. Ayo Olajiga (CEO, FoodPro Limited) and Mr. Richard Ogundele (Founder, JMSF Agribusiness Nigeria).

Post programme, the top ten (10) entrepreneurs will be enrolled in a 12-month sector-specific mentoring programme as they implement their growth plans to scale, and they will be officially graduating at the FATE Annual Celebration coming up on Thursday, December 5, 2019.

For more details about the ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme, please visit www.fatefoundation.org/scaleup.

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OPL Academy

OPL Academy: Graduation Ceremony For TEP Stream 1

One Precious Life (OPL) Academy today held the first graduation ceremony for its Tradesman Empowerment Program (TEP), a one-month finishing program aimed at upskilling and certifying technically trained tradesmen in Nigeria.

The program, which focused on plumbers, was made possible due to the generous support of the African Capital Alliance Foundation and marked the first in a series of programs scheduled to hold this year to train 120 tradesmen in Nigeria across the fields of plumbing, electricals, masonry and carpentry.

A total of 25 students participated in the program and were sourced from technical colleges and polytechnics in Lagos as well as government-funded programs run by the Lagos State Employability Trust Fund and N-Power Federal Government Initiative.

Participants were made to undergo 140 hours of professional skills training to boost their work ethic on the job. Training modules focused on leadership and ethics, emotional intelligence, communications, entrepreneurship, critical thinking and problem solving. Other subjects covered included design thinking, digital literacy and a series of technical masterclasses.

At the end of the program, the top three graduating students were awarded scholarships to train and sit for the City and Guilds examination. Additional prize winners were given state-of-the-art plumbing toolkits.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Mrs. Uwa Osa-Oboh, a Council Member of the ACA Foundation, began by congratulating the participants on their successful graduation and encouraged them to imbibe the right attitude to work, stating that a high number of tradesmen in Nigeria are unable to achieve the best results on the job because they often lack the diligence and staying power required to finish well. The right character, she said, can take them much further in their careers than their technical skills alone.

Commenting further on the program, Ms. Oare Ehiemua, CEO of OPL Academy added: “the success of this program has further strengthened our belief that young tradesmen in Nigeria can deliver services to global standards if given access to the right skills and opportunities anchored on industry recognized standards. We are looking forward to continuing this journey of upskilling tradesmen in Nigeria and we encourage companies to support our efforts by partnering with us on our job placement programs to ensure that they gain access to the latest technology and best practices.”

Current employment partners of the Tradesman Empowerment Program include Cappa & D’Alberto, IL Bagno, Orri-Tech Nigeria Limited and Arbico to name a few.

 

About OPL Academy

OPL Academy is a non-profit organization providing practical and scalable solutions to meet the talent demands of Nigeria’s construction industry. Our mission is to raise the standard of skilled labor and bridge the skills gap in the construction industry in Nigeria.

 

 

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Announcing the ScaleUp Agribusiness 2019 Participants

Announcing the ScaleUp Agribusiness 2019 Participants

We are very excited to present to you our ten (10) entrepreneurs who emerged as finalists for the ScaleUp Lab Agribusiness Accelerator Programme 2019!!!

The ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme is a unique accelerator programme developed by FATE Foundation in partnership with African Capital Alliance Foundation, aimed at providing targeted support to growth stage high-potential Nigerian agribusiness entrepreneurs who are looking to scale their businesses, expand their market reach and attract potential investors and strategic partners.

Over 1,350 applications were received from all 36 states of the Federation and through a very thorough screening process, ten (10) entrepreneurs were selected as finalists and admitted into the ScaleUp Lab Agribusiness Accelerator Programme 2019.

The programme commenced on April 23, 2019 with an intensive one-week accelerator boot camp, covering key business areas including Overview of the Nigerian Agribusiness Value Chain, Agribusiness Ecosystem Mapping, Disruptive Innovation in Agribusiness, Accessing Larger Markets and Business Model to Scale.

Furthermore, the entrepreneur will commence post boot camp sessions which will comprise Individual Growth Plan Development, GAP Advisory and coaching sessions, Entrepreneurial growth visits, Group mentoring and interactive workshop sessions over a five (5) month period to prepare and position their businesses for scale with regard to product development, process improvement, access to market and investor readiness.

The ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme will end with a Demo Day and Pitch Competition in August 2019 and will be a platform for the business founders to showcase their products and pitch to key funding partners for funding and investment opportunities. For more details about the programme, please visit www.fatefoundation.org/scaleup.

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ACA Foundation Corporate Sponsorship Guidelines – 2018/2019 ACAF Tech Grant Application

ACA Foundation Corporate Sponsorship Guidelines - 2018/2019 ACAF Tech Grant Application

Technical Assistance Grants Overview

Recently introduced, this scheme is focused on supporting specific high-impact tech developments/start-ups in Nigeria. These grants will be channeled through VCs and incubators to deserving “startups”, with a capacity to solve critical problems and make a sustainable impact.

Please see guidelines below for more information.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Establish a strong proof of concept
  • Demonstrate commercial viability over the long run
  • Have a dedicated management team that has spent at least 6 months working on the business/project
  • Be technology enabled
  • Product must be scalable – the company’s potential customer base must be at least 2.5% of the Nigerian population (4.5 million people)
  • VCs should have invested in these startups already and be ready to recommend them as recipients.

How to apply

  • Applications by Email (for now)

For Technical Assistance grants, send an email addressed to techgrants@acafoundation.com with the subject line: “Sponsorship Request- 2018/2019 ACAF Grant Application”

Attach a letter (as a word document or pdf) with your organizations letterhead, which includes your address, and is signed by minimum of an executive director of the organization. The letter from the requesting organization must include all of the following information to be considered:

  • The organization’s registered name, number, and its mission
  • The current list of your board of directors and their affiliations.
  • The project/ program to which you are applying, and how it fits into the mission and values of ACAF
  • The reach, target market and metrics of impact so far
  • Other projects and grants sponsorship/ donations that you have received in the past.
  • A description of your project with the name, date, time and location, and the total proposed budget for its execution.
  • The amount of support requested from ACAF
  • Contact name, phone number and email address.

Please attach sponsorship letters (or fliers from your organization) for our reference.

Requests must be received by November 21, 2018.

Shortlisted applicants will receive a follow-up call and email, notifying them of the success of their applications.

For further information about the grant application process, please send an email to contactus@acafoundation.com or call 01466200

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ACA Foundation Corporate Sponsorship Guidelines – 2018/2019 ACAF Traditional Grant Application

ACA Foundation Corporate Sponsorship Guidelines - 2018/2019 ACAF Traditional Grant Application

Traditional Grants Overview

ACA Foundation is committed to creating a community of like-minded high impact organizations as partners. As a business, we are passionate about creating enabling business environment in the countries we operate in. Our areas of focus are as follows:

  • Ethics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Governance

We partner with organizations with initiatives directly focused on any of the three areas highlighted above, with operations in Nigeria.  If your NGO fits into any of the three areas, please see guidelines below for more information.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Requests will only be considered from registered non-profit organizations based in Nigeria.
  • The organization’s initiatives must align with ACAF’s mission in any of these three broad areas; Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Governance.

How to apply

  • Applications by Email (for now)

For Traditional grants, send an email addressed to grants@acafoundation.com with the subject line: “Sponsorship Request- 2018/2019 ACAF Grant Application”

Attach a letter (as a word document or pdf) with your organizations letterhead, which includes your address, and is signed by minimum of an executive director of the organization. The letter from the requesting organization must include all of the following information to be considered:

  • The organization’s registered name, number, and its mission
  • The current list of your board of directors and their affiliations.
  • The project/ program to which you are applying, and how it fits into the mission and values of ACAF
  • The reach, target market and metrics of impact so far
  • Other projects and grants sponsorship/ donations that you have received in the past.
  • A description of your project with the name, date, time and location, and the total proposed budget for its execution.
  • The amount of support requested from ACAF
  • Contact name, phone number and email address.

Please attach sponsorship letters (or fliers from your organization) for our reference.

Requests must be received by November 21, 2018.

Shortlisted applicants will receive a follow-up call and email, notifying them of the success of their applications.

For further information about the grant application process, please send an email to contactus@acafoundation.com or call 014662000

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Marijuana Card Options

Marijuana Card Options

How to Find Marijuana Card on the Web

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MMJ Patients wishing to determine about the many added benefits of medical marijuana, continue reading. Medical marijuana may be used as a alternative or standard medicine for patients to take care of various diseases. Medical marijuana needs to be simpler to get for ailments.

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Marijuana Card – the Conspiracy

Instances you to prove you require medical marijuana with the written diagnosis from your wellbeing care provider in case you do not fit in a particular category. Millions of wellness marijuana patients on another aspect of the U.S. rely upon our site for accessibility to doctors who will examine their health care background and write recommendations to allow them to have the ability to obtain medical marijuana legally. Cannabis is advised for the patients today who wish to acquire relief.

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How to Find Marijuana Card Online

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Do not neglect to discover the attestation from the doctor so as to make certain that the document is complete and correct. It is possible to receive a physician’s recommendation by visiting a 420 doctor with an evaluation center asking your principal physician, or internet by way of a service likeNuggMD, that’s the safest and simplest. So it’s quite not feasible to obtain a in depth physician clarify.

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Applying to get a medical marijuana card isn’t as hard as it appears. If you receive a medical marijuana card, then you could be a little nervous.

Since it needs a consult from a physician with a medical marijuana permit obtaining a health card may be a problem to do. There are lots of reasons you’re in a position to acquire access to your medical marijuana card. A card that is physical isn’t obligated and there is not any program charge for the MMMP.

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Announcing the Top 3 Winners of Our 2018 ScaleUp Agribusiness Pitch Competition

Announcing the Top 3 Winners of Our 2018 ScaleUp Agribusiness Pitch Competition

The 2018 Cohort of the ScaleUp Lab Agribusiness Accelerator Programme officially came to an end on Friday, September 21, 2018. The Accelerator programme which was funded by African Capital Alliance Foundation and Accenture Nigeria was closed out with the Agribusiness Demo Day and Business Pitch Competition which provided a unique platform for the entrepreneurs to showcase their products and services and pitch to investors and funding partners. The overall winner of the pitch competition was Oluwaseun Sangoleye(CEO, Baby Grubz) who received a prize award of NGN 1,000,000. Ezekiel Olajumoke(CEO, Nectar Green Snails) and Ettahsuren Ojoi (CEO, Konet Mills Limited) also emerged as runners-up and received prize awards of NGN 500,000 and NGN 250,000 respectively.

The ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme by FATE Foundation is a unique accelerator programme aimed at providing targeted support to growth stage high-potential Nigerian agribusiness entrepreneurs who are looking to scale their businesses, expand their market reach and attract potential investors and strategic partners.

Over 345 applications were received from all 36 states of the Federation and through a very thorough screening process, top ten (10) entrepreneurs were selected as finalists and admitted into the 2018 ScaleUp Lab Agribusiness Accelerator. The 10 entrepreneurs are: Adewale Ajao (Oyo), Celina Onoja (Abuja), Courage Agbonlahor (Benin), Ettahsuren Ojoi(Rivers), Ezekiel Olajumoke (Ogun), Friday Ejam (Lagos), Gift Udoh (Rivers), Ikechukwu Amajuoyi (Rivers), Oluwaseun Sangoleye (Lagos) and Toviho Sefinrinmi (Lagos).

The Accelerator programme kick-started on Monday, May 21, 2018 and comprised an intensive one-week Accelerator Boot Camp, Individual Growth Plan Development, GAP Advisory and Coaching sessions, Entrepreneurial Growth visits, Group Mentoring and Interactive Workshop sessions, all aimed at preparing and positioning their businesses for investor readiness and scale with regard to Customer, Capacity and Cashflow growth. Some of the areas covered in the programme include

  • Agribusiness Value Chain & Ecosystem Mapping
  • Innovation in the Agribusiness Space
  • The Market & Business Model
  • People & Operations
  • Strategic Visioning
  • Business Ethics
  • Scaling Operational Capacity
  • Scaling Customer Acquisition
  • Cashflow Management & Budgeting
  • Pricing Strategies
  • Accessing Larger Supply Chains and
  • Investment Readiness.

While all the sessions were replete with new insights for the entrepreneurs and specific actionable ideas for growing their businesses, the following sessions are worthy of note:

  • Accessing Larger Supply Chains, facilitated by Sadiq Usman, Non-Executive Director & Deputy COO (Agro-Allied), Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc.
  • Am I Enough, facilitated by Mohammed Garuba, Partner & MD, CardinalStone Partners Limited, who facilitated the session.
  • Business Growth Linkage Session at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),Ibadan made possible by Sylvia Oyinlola, Head Administration (West Africa) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

FATE Foundation would also like to appreciate the following volunteer faculties for their extraordinary contribution to the success of the Programme:

  • Edobong Akpabio, CEO, Visionage Agrotech Farms Ltd. who was the Course Director for the 2018 ScaleUp Agribusiness Accelerator Programme and is also an advisor and mentor to our Agribusiness entrepreneurs.
  • AfricanFarmer Mogaji, Owner, X-ray Farms Consulting, for his exceptional advisory and mentoring support to our agribusiness entrepreneurs during the accelerator programme.

Post programme, the top ten (10) entrepreneurs will be enrolled in a 12-month sector-specific mentoring programme as they implement their growth plans to scale, and they will be officially graduating at the FATE Annual Celebration coming up on Wednesday, November 28, 2018.