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FREE SME COURSES FOR FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESSES,

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Mr. Olawale Fasanya, Director General/Chief Executive Officer, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)

I welcome you to the SME Digital Academy, the Official Online Learning Platform for MSMEs.To explore and maximize the opportunities presented through emerging technologies, the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), in partnership with Sapphital Learning Ltd, has developed the SME Digital Academy to Educate, Empower and Elevate millions of MSMEs in Nigeria and across Africa.Ā On the SME Digital Academy, Small Business Owners, Freelancers, Startups founders and their employees will have access to learn a wide variety of courses, on-the-go, on any device, from any location, at their convenience, to greatly improve their businesses.Ā All courses come with Certificates of Completion signed and endorsed by the DG-SMEDAN which become part of your Business documentation and Profile.

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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

The SME Digital Academy is proud to announce its unwavering commitment to promoting gender equality in the digital age. As we celebrate International Women's Day 2023, we recognize the importance of innovation and technology in achieving this goal.

We believe that empowering female entrepreneurs with the latest technological tools and knowledge is the key to unlocking their potential and driving economic growth. That is why we are offering free courses and special packages to all female-owned MSMEs in Nigeria.

Innovation and technology have the power to bridge the gender gap by providing equal opportunities for women to participate in the digital economy. By leveraging the latest digital tools and platforms, female entrepreneurs can break down traditional barriers and gain access to new markets, customers, and funding sources.

Recent Partnerships

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LESS DATAFREE COURSES

The SME Digital Academy has partnered with MTN, to bring business-focused trainings and developmental programmes to Nigerian MSMEs through specialized data bundles. Take Free Courses TODAY without losing your existing data.

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The Deutsche Gesellschaft fĆ¼r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fĆ¼r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) collaborates with Sapphital and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to offer high quality courses on Financial Inclusion to individuals and MSMEs across Nigeria.

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GROW YOUR BIZ

Announcing Zenith Bank's partnership with Sapphital and SMEDAN for the development of MSMEs across Nigeria.

Our Partners

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Testimonials

John Akunna CEO.AKUA LTD

Course materials were good, the mentoring approach was good,Ā and working with other people via the Internet was good. The instructorĀ did a good job of communicating and making it a more intimate arrangement. A lot of online courses fail because of isolation. I learned a lot.

Abba Ishaq YusufĀ 

ā€‹I am Abba Ishaq Yusuf.I am among the participant of Ā NCC_SMEDAN DIGITAL TRAINING, its indeed and privilege for me to articulate my glad and appreciation to this training given to us.I have no dialect to thank you but all i can say is, my the Almighty reward you and we are really appreciate and we become highly stimulus. Thank you.

 Abdulrahman Aliyu Abdullahi from Kano State

I offered about eleven courses in those courses, there are some that made outstanding impact in the way i do and percieve my business.The first one is the mind mapping, it helps to isolate the noise around you and give you the ability to focus your effort on the important important information, thereby making you more productive at the same time increasing the tendency of success in your business.

LESSĀ DATAMOREĀ LEARNING

Announcing the MTN Learning Bundle for MSMEs

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CELEBRATING WORLD SME DAY

In Celebration of World MSME Day 2022, the Academy is offering all MSMEs across Nigeria access to Free Courses and special perks courtesy of our Partners.
The free courses are developed by SMEDAN and the Central Bank of Nigeria in Collaboration with the Financial Literacy Working Group and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ).
You get a Certificate of Completion for each Course which can open more doors for you and your business. You also get to enjoy certain benefits like highly subsidized data for MTN subscribers to learn, access to benefits for SMEs registered with Zenith