The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has sent email notifications to applicants who registered for the NDE RHEI in Phase One, informing them of their nomination for the Development Bank of Nigeria’s Annual Entrepreneurship Training Programme (ETP 2025).
In the notification, candidates received the following message:
“Dear (Candidate name), You have been nominated by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to participate in the Development Bank of Nigeria’s Annual Entrepreneurship Training Programme (ETP 2025). To get started, please login to DBN’s learning platform with the details provided below: Login: Password: Once you are logged in, enrol and complete at least the following four (4) courses: Credit Management and Access to Finance, Marketing and Sales Technique, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Sustainability for Small Businesses. Upon completion, ensure you take the final quizzes and score over 85% to be eligible to be considered for a 3-day in-person workshop in your region. At the workshop, you have the opportunity to pitch your business and win a grant funding ranging from N500,000 to N1,000,000.”
A total of 300 businesses will be shortlisted for the training, which will take place in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt. The mandatory courses are:
i. Accounting & Bookkeeping,
ii. Sustainability for MSMEs
iii. Marketing and Sales Techniques,
iv. Credit Management/Access to Finance
Eligibility requirements are:
1. Owner of business must be 18 years and above
2. Business owner must be a citizen or legal resident of Nigeria
3. The business must be based in Nigeria
4. The business must be for profit from any sector
5. Applicant must be available to commit to the training schedule once accepted
Applications can be submitted via https://bizaid.devbankng.com/ before the registration deadline on September 6, 2024.
The NDE stated that nominated applicants will be screened and shortlisted after the close of registration, based on the eligibility criteria provided.