SOS Headstart
Business Training, Mentoring, Funding & Networking
Activities
Business Mentorships
Networking
Apprenticeships
Business Pitch Session
Workshops
Business Support Services
Funding
Business Challenge
Progam Model
MBA Style Skills Workshop
Participants are trained on key skills, knowledge, and tools to run successful and sustainable businesses through experienced trainers and business challenges
Business Mentorship
Participants are assigned mentors to provide 6 month business support & guidance in the early stages of start-up.
Business Challenge
Prizes( Facebook advert, website development, business card development)
Pitch Session
Pitch business ideas to independent panel of entrepreneurs “Dragons-den style” to win 100-300k seed capital
Funding
Access pool of capital through Empowerlocals & SOSF
Networking
Process
Application
Submit an application
Selection
Once students apply, applications are pre-screened by the SOS Headstart program lead
Evaluation
Surveys Entrepreneurs hubs access Entrepreneurs network access Apprenticeship Opportunities
Certificate of Completion
Eligibility Requirements
Success Stories
Aremu Fakunle John
NGN200,000 SOSF Grant Award Recipient
Business: Supply and packaging of shea butter
Training Value: Branding, Marketing & Communications
Achievements:
Sales expanded beyond Abuja to Oyo State
Rebranded business to “Vercunle Shea butter”
Market outlets in the USA and Germany for shea butter sales Vercunle shea butter
Amarah Joseph
Business: Poultry Farming
Training Value: Business Skills and Corporate Governance
Achievement:
Business Diversification; Business Registration; Marketing Re-strategizing
Dorcas Ajegba
Business: Fashion Designer
Training Value: Branding, Marketing & Communications
Achievement: Customer base expansion