Two major challenges facing determined youths in Nigeria are
FINANCE and the TECHNICAL KNOW HOW of starting and running a business
successfully. Nigeria holds sway of some of the most creative and determined
youths in the world yet the problem of unemployment sees the better of these
youths and tends to bury the greatness of the nation.
Ideas
Nexus Concept seeks to end the misery of many Nigerian graduates by providing
them with an avenue to equip themselves with the necessary tools and capacity
to access funds and start small-scale businesses.
IDEAS NEXUS CONCEPT is
an independent consultancy firm saddled with the sole purpose of networking the
right ingredients of people, creativity and ideas to change lives.
Our
Mission
To help companies stay alive and relevant by
providing them with ideas to create new growth platforms that drives future
revenues and profits.
Our
Vision
To become a globally recognized
organization committed to creating avenues for sustainable wealth creation and
improved standard of living.
WHAT
WE DO
Event Management: This includes but
are not limited to corporate events, social events, fund raising e.t.c
Data Base Management
Business Development
IDEAL
SAVERS GROUP
OVERVIEW
The
problem of unemployment in Nigeria is one that is far too great for the
government to tackle alone. As more youths graduate from higher institutions
yearly, they are quickly lost in endless search for jobs. Although there are
jobs in Nigeria, they are usually very competitive and not able to go round the
majority few who are qualified. Students in higher institutions of learning are
beginning to realize that the only way to survive honestly after graduation is
to channel their energies into their passion, talents and gifts. Several
challenges however ensure that not many of them are successful in their chosen
endeavors.
·
Lack of finance
·
Lack of basic entrepreneurial and
investment skills to start and run a business successfully
·
Lack of exposure
·
Lack of information
·
Lack of mentorship
The
availability of these will bring out the creativity in school leavers and help
them to turn their ideas into business opportunities.
OUR
SOLUTION-THE IDEAL SAVERS GROUP
Ideal
Savers group is an initiative to help students overcome these challenges listed
above and provide them with possible options for their future. The initiative will
incorporate a savings culture that will help the students generate a part/the
whole of the starting capital for their future business. This will be made
possible through the partnership of the initiative with a trusted financial
institution that will serve as its official savings bank. They will each be
required to open individual accounts with the bank where they will deposit a
minimum of a thousand naira on a monthly basis after the first deposit of two
thousand naira or more needed to open the account. For the entire period they
are members of the club, they will sign an agreement stating that they will not
withdraw from the account until such time when they are ready to leave the
group. The bank on the other hand will be mandated to pay a reasonable amount
of interest on their monthly savings.
In
addition, IDEAS NEXUS CONCEPT would initiate various training programs and
activities that will equip the students with the skills and minimum experience
they need to face the business world. The training would be in various stages
that would require participants to satisfy the requirements of each stage
before moving on to the next stage. These trainings and many other activities
stated in later sections of this proposal are to serve as point of attractions for
students to join the group and save money with the bank.
DESIRED
RESULTS
OUTPUT
These
are the direct results of our proposed program activities.
·
Generate at least 500 students in
membership in each higher institution
·
Ideas fair for prospective investors
to meet with successful participants
·
Establishment of miniature
businesses in each school
·
48hrs training/workshop once every
year
·
Internship programs
OUTCOMES
These
are specific changes in attitudes, behaviors, skills and knowledge that we
expect to result from our activities
·
There will be birth of new dynamic
and innovative business organizations in Nigeria
·
There will be a notable reduction in
unemployment in the next 5-10 years
·
There will be an increase in the
business acumen of our participants
·
There will be an increase in the
quality of graduates every year
IMPACTS
·
More
diverse or self-reliant local economy
· Reduction
in degree of social inequalities
·
There will be gross reduction in
crime
·
Improved
quality of life measures
·
Development
of the economy
·
A safer and more conducive business
environment
·
There will be more positive thinking
youths in Nigeria
·
Increase in the confidence of
Nigerian youths
·
There will be an improvement in the
investment culture of Nigerian youths
PROJECT TEAM
Akpeokhai Joshua-
He
is a graduate of banking and finance from the University of Benin. He was once
the president of a Christian fellowship with a gross membership of 2000 members
while in school.
Idogho Ichiako-
He
holds a B.eng in mechanical engineering from the University of Benin coupled
with a number of Microsoft vendor certifications.
Umoru Moses-
He
holds a B.sc in banking and finance from the University of Benin. He was the
speaker of his faculty parliament while in school and an astute administrator.
Ajibade Odiame
John-
He
holds a B.sc in business administration from the University of Benin. He is a
member of the International Project Management Professionals (IPMP) and the
Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).
