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		<title>Nigerian Youth Entrepeneurship Programme</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 Young entrepreneurs have received business plan training in the US as part of small and medium enterprise development in the country. 
A team of 20 entrepreneurs from Nigeria have received an all expenses paid trip to the US for a one month training programme. The team of young entrepreneurs left on Wednesday to Barry University in Florida, US for the four week training on entrepreneurship development.
The entrepreneurs will visit small and big corporate organizations, entrepreneur support and lobby groups and financial institutions such as banks and venture capital funds during their stay in the US. They will also be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Launch your Business Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Lagos are invited to apply for an opportunity to get their businesses active online.
Google has partnered with Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) and three Nigerian companies to enable SMEs to grow their business presence through the Get African Businesses Online (GABO) program.
The GABO initiative seeks to widen the market reach and accessibility of Nigerian SMEs by introducing an online business programme.
The GABO programme will select 200 SMEs to be provided with a basic business website for their company, a business email account, as well as training to ensure the smooth operation of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Telecommunications to Benefit SMEs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article by Dinfin Mulupi
Telecommunications services provider Zain Nigeria has launched a new package that will benefit Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. 
The new Zain Mybusiness package will now enable SMEs to manage their communication costs.
The Mybusiness package also enable SMEs to enjoy other value added services like free calls among staff in the same enterprise, access to  internet services and reduced calling rates to five international destinations, namely  the UAE, China, Germany, USA and the UK .
SMEs with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 50 employees can purchase the Mybusiness package which comes with two lines- ...]]></description>
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		<title>Authentic Cuisine at Afi&#8217;s in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[embed width=490height=319]http://youtu.be/-A9i3pgtKNA[/embed]
Madam Afi is the proud owner of Afi's Cuisine, a rustic restaurant in Lagos. Together with her daughter, this entrepreneurial pair specialise in cooking authentic food from Efik.

You have to be very consistent, you have to maintain and keep improving on your standard.”

For Offiong Okpo, also known as Madam Afi, these are just two essential ingredients for cooking up a successful business in the restaurant industry. Owner of Afi’s Cuisine, a bustling bistro business with two restaurant branches in Nigeria, she knows what it takes to keep the customers coming.
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