Next Generation Business & Skills Initiative is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering businesses and entrepreneurs by providing training, resources, mentorship, and market access, fostering sustainable growth and community development Rural Entrepreneurship Promotion And Empowerment Initiative (REPEI) is a nonprofit organisation focused and committed to promoting, empowering, and sustaining entrepre
neurship. It is founded on the believe that entrepreneurship is the driving force of 21st century innovations and an indispensable platform for speedy socio economic development of rural communities. We focus on creating a platform that will enable, support, promote, empower and encourage people with entrepreneur ideas (of different genders) in the rural areas to get equipped, attain and achieve their dreams and vision of becoming entrepreneurs and contributors to the nation’s economic development through business management and development, skill acquisition and development, business mentorship and internship, microcredit financing, business plan and technology education etc. OBJECTIVES:
Promote eradication of poverty in the rural areas through entrepreneurship awareness, orientation, programs and empower people of different gender with the necessary skills and knowledge to make informed life decisions. To carry out seminars, workshop, conferences and capacity building programs for existing and potential entrepreneurship as well as promote entrepreneurship education and societies in the primary, secondary and tertiary institutes. Promote access by rural people and communications to business information, education, agriculture, technologies, credit facilities, health programs, learning resources, entrepreneurship opportunities, that support sustainable development. Educate and encourage rural dwellers to key in to government entrepreneurship policies, programs and capacity building. Carry out health seminars, education and awareness programs on health issues such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Drugs Abuse etc, which also have socio-economic effects on entrepreneurs and the rural areas at large. To encourage, empower, organize and stimulate entrepreneurship interest in youths and young people in the rural areas as a means self actualization, sustenance and economic growth. To organize and participate in international and regional entrepreneurship meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibition, fairs that will promote the cause the youth in areas such as personal development, information technology, education, agriculture etc. To associate, affiliate, develop linkages and partnership with other local and international authorities, institution, organization, professionals etc., in providing relevant access to entrepreneurship developmental programs, informational and events in areas such as agriculture, health, education, information technology, capacity building etc. To maintain a centralized pool of legal, technical, financial, management experts, entrepreneurs, professionals and stakeholders involved in human development and capacity building that will promote, develop, empower and foster youths development and participation in nation building. To confer awards and recognition on distinguished personalities, institutions, organisations and governmental bodies for their valuable contribution to entrepreneurship development. To organize, prepare, print, publish, issue, acquire and circularize books, papers, periodicals, bulletins, exhibitions, slides, video tape, gazetteers, or circular and engage in similar other undertakings dealing with or having a bearing on the objectives society. To establish, maintain, control and managed branches and /or offices of the organization in both urban and rural areas, as may be considered necessary for achieving the objective of the organization. To advocate, participate and make contributions to government agencies, business organizations etc. in matters or policies concerning the development of youth entrepreneurship. To partner with institutions, organisations and government bodies in providing internship and mentorship support for youths who want to go into entrepreneurship or be empowered in their chosen endevours. To raise funds through collection, donation, grants, subscription and other assistance and channel such to the attainment of the aims and objectives of the organisations. VISION
To see every rural community become an entrepreneurial driven industrial and business hub. MISSION
To serve as a platform for the attainment of an entrepreneurial driven rural communities through promoting, stimulating, building, developing and empowering potential and existing rural entrepreneurs and businesses. CORE VALUE
-Innovation
-Partnership
-Creativity
-Social Responsibility
-Adding value
-Impact driven
-Accountability
-Empowerment
