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

4.4.5 Group Formation:This activity took place immediately after the CNA has been performed. Youths fromdifferent vocation was brought together to form a ROSCA group so as to help each other and alsoto be better served by the project.4.4.6 Curriculum Design:After the needs assessment was concluded, the project Manager designed the curriculumbased on the outcome of the needs assessment. The curriculum took into consideration; literacylevel of the youth, availability and time of the project manager. The curriculum was structured insuch a way to support participants on their discovery of personal and business characteristics, andimplementation of their small-businesses. The project got funding support from EDC Lagos interms of training materials such as papers, handouts e.t.cThe following courses were added to the curriculum so as to meet the needs of youth.They are: Introduction to the concept of business enterprise, small business and entrepreneurship,business plan development, decision making and creativity, interpersonal skills, timemanagement, presentation skills, record keeping, customer loyalty, negotiation, creditmanagement as well as market development were added to the curriculum to help participantsunderstands the basic concept and rudiments of business management. The curriculum wasdesigned based on Competency for Economics and Financial Education approach (CEFE).64