Photographs from the EMPOWER ME Seminar held on Thursday 26^th April, 2012.  The event showcased the best so far in terms of tangible financial and non-financial support for businesses. Continue Reading »

Empower Micro Enterprise (Empower ME) is a charitable, non profit fund created by like minded people who are passionate about reducing the high rate of poverty and unemployment within their sphere of influence. Continue Reading »

PURPOSE: Unveiling the Hidden face of my Bank
DATE: 8th July 2010 at FSD
TIME: 10am
• It is obvious that small business owners particularly women, hardly have exposure to training on branding, financial skills, business growth, etc; hence it is imperative that such seminars be organized in any society to reach them in their own comfort zones;
• To expose them to opportunities that abound in the banking environ to grow their businesses
• To expose them to the FREE support schemes that government has put in place to support female owned businesses
• To equip them with opportunity to interact with other female business owners.

This event was a post – USA Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship program. Held to kick start a series of Entrepreneurship Enlightenment Seminars for women in micro, small and medium sized businesses. The objective of the seminar was to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs who owned small businesses. The gap in accessing information by women in small businesses is obviously so much that many cannot grow their businesses or access banking facilities.

The target for registration was 200 participants, but there were 272 participants in all. The event was coordinated by Mrs. Ogunrinde – FSD Coordinator and Executive Director.The seminar sessions were quite inspiring, interacting, informative, transforming and educative. The participants’ response was good and involving. Continue Reading »

FSD recently became a Cisco Entrepreneurship Institute; to be able to provide Professional Entrepreneurship skills training to start ups, small and medium business owners.

The courses include a vast library of online resources to teach you skills from starting a business – growing the business – retaining customers – becoming a global business; these information you will not get elsewhere. Continue Reading »