Promoting youth entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria - SNHU ...

4.4.2 Implementation ReportThe project experienced slight modifications during the implementation phase. Thesechanges were due to certain logistic factors which were beyond the control of the Project. Thefactors responsible for some of these changes includes: mandatory internship by the youth,change in funding plans, stakeholders, and the CNA result.This project collaborated with Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC) which is aCentral Bank of Nigeria initiative to help in alleviating poverty and the phenomenon rise in youthunemployment. The projected targeted youth undergoing vocational training programme atWomen Development Center, Lagos and are mainly residents of slump and marginalizedcommunities. During the stakeholder analysis, the project manager met with the training managerof EDC to discuss about the project and the need for support since the project is to complementthe effort of the center. This actually culminated to the release of space for the group trainings,meetings and other project activities at EDC office.Before the commencement of training activities, the project manager held two separatemeetings with the youth and intimates them with the aims and objectives of the project so thateveryone would key into the overall goal. The project actually received some support from thestakeholders; the youth, EDC staff and the parents. The result of the needs assessment reporthighlighted the expectation of the youth and what their immediate needs in entrepreneurship are.Some of the issues that were of great importance to mention here is change in funding plans. Wethought that we could mobilize funds early enough both from internal and external sources, butwe ran into some hurdles along the line. As a result, some youth who needed funds support werenot able to access funds at the early stage to compliment their efforts. The youth during the post-62