By Ahmed Rahma
As more youth embrace entrepreneurship to resolve the country’s unemployment challenge, a non-profitable organisation, Fate Foundation, is launching a handbook series to provide business owners with practical resources to compete in the business climate.
The book titled The Nigerian Entrepreneurs’ Handbook, published by A’Lime Media Limited, is part of several programmes to commemorate two decades of FATE.
FATE Foundation was established by Mr Fola Adeola in 2000 with the mission to foster wealth creation by promoting business and entrepreneurial development among Nigerians through the key focus areas of enterprise training and business incubation; growth and advisory enterprise support; sector accelerator support; research policy dialogue and policy advocacy.
According to the FATE Foundation, “The handbook is set to provide entrepreneurs with practical resources required to compete favourably in the Nigerian business climate.”
Over the years, FATE Foundation has launched targeted schemes geared towards revitalising the Nigerian entrepreneurial space and equipping entrepreneurs with knowledge, skills, and network to survive and thrive.
Twenty years in, the organisation has built an institutional legacy of enterprise development that has and continues to have a significant socio-economic impact for Nigerian entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurship ecosystem at large.
Speaking of the book, the Executive Director of FATE Foundation, Adenike Adeyemi, explained that, “This handbook series aims to provide Nigerian entrepreneurs wit simplified insight and practical insights on how to grow a thriving enterprise in the challenging Nigerian business environment.”
The foundation will be presenting a series of high-level virtual programmes spanning five days from December 2020 starting with the launch of the Fate Foundation story documentary; ecosystem policy dialogue and design workshop; signature Annual Celebration programme to graduate entrepreneurs enrolled in the year; award prizes to worthy volunteers and entrepreneurs and also launch FATE Insights, a multi-part documentary series on major industries of the Nigerian economy featuring alumni and ex-faculty members of the foundation that deep dive into the sectors, highlights challenges and opportunities using the successes and pitfalls of key stakeholders and leading brands and draw insightful pointers and learnings for current and future entrepreneurs with keen interests.
Alongside these programmes, FATE Foundation will also launch a 7-part entrepreneurship handbook series that cuts across seven key areas of Financial Management, Digital Technology, Marketing & Communication, Human Capital, Tax Management, Legal and Strategy.
Each book features contributions from prominent C-level executives, top-notch business owners and prominent entrepreneurial leaders.
The books are also a combination of text, infographics, illustrations, pictures and diagrams to deliver content that will guarantee a quality reading experience.
The content partners for the handbook series include ACCA, Verakki Partners, A’Lime Media Limited, Stresert Services Limited, Deloitte, Banwo and Ighodalo and KPMG Nigeria.
