The Leadership Challenge of Development in Africa

Leadership is a value-laden concept and it is critically imperative for Africa to build a consensus on shared value. Such shared values must underpin both horizontal and vertical personal, group and institutional interactions across the African region. Read Full Story...

EDC Launches Quarterly Lecture Series

Driven by the need to have focused discussions on issues affecting entrepreneurship in Nigeria, the Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), Lagos, has launched a quarterly lecture series. Read Full Story...

100 Professionals Enroll for Entrepreneurship Training

No less than 100 selected professionals on Monday began entrepreneurship training at the Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), Lagos, under the centre’s partnership with the Spark School of Entrepreneurship (SSE). Read Full Story...

ALF Holds Workshop on Agriculture and Rural Development

As part of its efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s legislative arm of government, the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) has organised a capacity building workshop on Agriculture and Rural Development for staff of national and state assemblies. Read Full Story...

EDC Trainees Clothe Lagos Black Heritage Festival

At the just concluded Lagos Black Heritage Festival, which took place between April 3 and 9, the fruitful collaborative strategy between the Lagos State Vocational Skills Acquisition Centre and the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Lagos, Read Full Story...

LASMI Partners EDC to Finance Graduate Entrepreneurs

The Lagos State Microfinance Institution (LASMI) has said it is willing to finance bankable business plans of graduate trainees of the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, (EDC), Lagos. Read Full Story...

Nigeria May Lose N1.3 Trillion to Climate Change ... Envoy Cautions Nigeria Leaders

The Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Kjell Lillerud, June 1, 2010 admonished Nigerian politicians to take the issue of climate change very seriously, just as the Executive Director of the Africa Leadership Forum Ota, Ogun state underscored the catastrophic effect of the phenomenon on human and natural resources. Read Full Story...

CBN Lauds EDC on Training

Impressed by the success of an ex-trainee of Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), Lagos, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has commended the Centre for evolving a system of training that facilitates the growth of small businesses. Read Full Story...