By immediately registering for membership, you will have the glorious opporotunity of having access to the following :

• Access To Funding

  Young entrepreneurs from all over the country have already started registering in their thousands to enable them access funds in the form of equity investements and loans to either enable them start up a business or grow an already existing one. As opposed to other equity funders, we are not interested in taking control of your business, we are interested in working with you to ensure the sustanable development of your business enterprise.

• Business Development Coaching

  This member-only service seeks to assist members in the development of their business from the scratch. Members whose business concepts have been shortlisted would undergo this short course at no expense to them. The course would be facilitated by top business development experts drawn from within and outside the country.

  Course Locations
  1. Transcorp Hilton Hotels - Abuja
  2. Ikeja Sheraton Hotels - Lagos
  3. Constantial Hotels - Benin

  Shortlisted members have a choice in location as proximity is key.

• Certification

  On the 1st of july 2008, Take The Lead Economic Development formally gained affiliation to globally acclaimed international certification organisatin Expert Rating. Expert rating is an ISO 9001-2000 certified company offering online certification and training services to individuals and companies in over 60 countries. Apart from having certified over 200,000 individuals since 2001, Expert Rating is also offering employee testing services to leading companies such as Ericsson, Convergys Corp., IKEA Systems and Deltek Corp. to name a few.

  Take The Lead Economic Development would be sponsoring certification fees for the first 200 registerd members. Registerd members who do not qualify are encouraged to reapply once we announce extra schorlaships to be publicised on our website as all members have an oppourtunity to benefit from this initiative.

  Members who have gained certification will be exposed to regular refresher courses organised by Take The Lead Economic Development and Expert Rating. To register for schorlarship to obtain certification, members should do a hand written application letter and attach to membership registration requirements.

• Other Great Freebies

  1. Free attendance at member-only global business and leadership development summits, to be conducted in partnership with our startegic partners, speakers, associates and the London Speakers Bureau in strategic locations within the country.

  2. Free Copy of our internally developed business development manual (The Business Adviser).

  3. Free access to our leadership / business developement library with over 20,000 materials