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Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET 6) Programme 2016

Diamond Bank Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET 6) Programme 2016 for Nigerian Entrepreneurs (Three Million Naira Grant)

As a small business owner operating in the Education, Health and Agriculture sectors, you now have the opportunity to expand your business by being a part of the Diamond Bank sponsored business and financial training programme at the Enterprise Development Center.
Top 50 entries will be selected to participate in the BET Program (Season 6)and top 5 get N3Million seed capital for their businesses. #letsbuildourown.

Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET) Programme is one of Diamond Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives aimed at generating interest in entrepreneurship.

SIGN UP HERE: http://diamondbankbet6.com/signup

Since 2010, Diamond Bank have partnered with the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan Atlantic University in training and nurturing micro, small and medium scale businesses under the BET programme.

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Currently in its sixth season, the BET programme is an annual capacity building and business education project which involves the training of fifty (50) budding entrepreneurs over a period of six (6) months after which the top five (5) entrepreneurs are awarded Three Million Naira (N 3,000,000) grants to take their businesses to the next level.

This annual initiative has contributed immensely to the pool of skilled small and medium scale entrepreneurs as well as enduring wealth creation in the country.

This year’s edition has been streamlined to 3 key sectors; *.Education,*.Healthcare and *.Agriculture.*. These three sectors are important for any growing economy and providing capacity training and financial support for entrepreneurs in these sectors will impact the economy significantly especially as the country takes significant steps to diversify the economy and grow the non-oil sector.

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