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Citi partners CBN on Micro-Entrepreneurship Awards
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This is following its successful collaboration with the CBN in 2005, the awards will be handed out in Abuja on Thursday, January 17 2008, at a dinner sponsored by Citi.
Awards for individual micro entrepreneurs and their businesses will be handed out in five major categories - Best Micro Business Model, Most
Marketed Product, Most Innovative Product, Employment Generation and Best Enterprising Micro Communication Outfit - with three awardees in each category. The awardees were nominated through various Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) across the country.
The Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards program was successfully implemented in 23 countries in 2006, with nearly 5,000 micro-entrepreneurs nominated by (MFIs), and over 400 winners. But the programme’s greatest success was increasing global awareness of the important role that micro-entrepreneurs play in their local economies, and the significance of microfinance as a poverty alleviation tool.
In 2007, Citi Foundation committed $1.5 million (USD) to the Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards program across 28 countries. A grant of $40,000 (USD) was awarded to Nigeria’s Growing Businesses Foundation (GBF) to facilitate the awards in Nigeria.
The Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards strives to ensure that small business owners throughout Nigeria are celebrated for their efforts in creating sustainable businesses in their communities.
Awards for individual micro entrepreneurs and their businesses will be handed out in five major categories - Best Micro Business Model, Most
Marketed Product, Most Innovative Product, Employment Generation and Best Enterprising Micro Communication Outfit - with three awardees in each category. The awardees were nominated through various Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) across the country.
The Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards program was successfully implemented in 23 countries in 2006, with nearly 5,000 micro-entrepreneurs nominated by (MFIs), and over 400 winners. But the programme’s greatest success was increasing global awareness of the important role that micro-entrepreneurs play in their local economies, and the significance of microfinance as a poverty alleviation tool.
In 2007, Citi Foundation committed $1.5 million (USD) to the Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards program across 28 countries. A grant of $40,000 (USD) was awarded to Nigeria’s Growing Businesses Foundation (GBF) to facilitate the awards in Nigeria.
The Citi Micro-entrepreneurship Awards strives to ensure that small business owners throughout Nigeria are celebrated for their efforts in creating sustainable businesses in their communities.
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