MTN Nigeria in partnership with Microsoft Nigeria have empowered over 50 Small and Medium scale Entrepreneurs (SMEs) with Microsoft Office skills essential for their business growth.
According to the telecom giant, the programme is aimed at empowering Nigeria’s fast-growing SME segment to streamline their financial and business processes, improve customer interactions and make better decisions with integrated intelligence.
Addressing participants at the training, the General Manager, Enterprise Marketing, Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka who was represented by the Senior Manager, SME Segment at MTN Nigeria, Damilola Runsewe said, “We believe we can make a significant impact by providing free resources for a generation of entrepreneurs who are passionate about developing and commercialising small scale businesses.
“MTN Nigeria has decided to open its doors to all SMEs who are committed to learning and building. We are interested in supporting anyone and everyone who can contribute to improving Nigeria’s economy.”
He added that the programme was designed to provide entrepreneurs with a comprehensive set of Microsoft Office skills required to aid the growing commercialisation of small businesses, thus contributing to the country’s economic growth.
The training enabled the entrepreneurs to standardise their entire organisational business processes, including sales, finance, human resources, operations, logistics and marketing to function as one integrated whole, by connecting data across accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory and customer interactions.
The training which lasted for 6 hours provided an opportunity for the over 50 SMEs to acquire first hand experience on how to use Microsoft Excel to improve accounting and record keeping.
Speaking on her experience at the event, an entrepreneur, Cecelia Edom, who is also the CEO of Cece Confectionary said: “This has been very instrumental in helping to bring technology and management closer to entrepreneurs. It was a great opportunity to show anyone that they can learn the basics of computer science in a fun and engaging way.”
The training, according to MTN, is the first in the series of trainings planned for small business owners across the country to deliver value to their businesses.
