DBN 2022 Entrepreneurship Training Programme

DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme is committed to building the Capacity of the Nigerian MSMEs to enable them formalize, grow and become more bankable to get easy access to available credit.

• Table of Content
• About Development Bank of Nigeria
• DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme
• Requirements for DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Development Bank of Nigeria

The Development Bank of Nigeria is a development finance institution focused on alleviating financing constraints faced by Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria through providing financing, partial credit guarantees and technical assistance. The Bank was started by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide loans to Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria. The bank does not disburse the loan to the borrower in cash but through participating intermediary banks in Nigeria. Target sub-sectors include Agro-processing, Solid Minerals, Information Tec...&nb... continue reading

DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme

Application Deadline	Not Specified
Country to study	Nigeria
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Development Bank of Nigeria
Gender	Men and Women

Requirements for DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme Qualification

• Business owner must be a citizen or legal resident of Nigeria
• The business must be based in Nigeria
• The business must be for profit from any sector
• Applicant must be available to commit to the training schedule once accepted

Interview date, Process and Venue for DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme

Selection Criteria

• Bankability- Level of readiness to access credit
• Feasibility and Sustainability of the business model
• Scalability- Demonstrates potential for growth of business to create jobs

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Development Bank of Nigeria on bizaid.devbankng.com to apply

All applications must be submitted online through the application portal.

Interested businesses must register on the DBN BizAid application and must complete a minimum of 4 mandatory courses on the BizAid Learning management platform and obtain an average score of 70%. The courses that must be completed are:

• Accounting & Bookkeeping,
• Sustainability for MSMEs,
• Marketing and Sales Techniques,
• Credit Management/Access to Finance.

All businesses who have completed the 4 courses by September 23rd will receive an email with a link to apply for the face-to-face training.

Upon submission of the application form, an email confirming receipt will be sent to the applicant within a 24-hour period.

Applicants will be screened and shortlisted from the close of the application based on the eligibility criteria.

Selection will be carried out using the defined selection criteria from the pool of shortlisted applications.

Communication with successful applicants shall be by email to the email address provided and a phone call to the phone number provided on the application form.

On site Training for selected applicants will commence on October 17th to October 21st 2022 in Lagos and Abuja.

For questions or feedback on the application process or learning platform, kindly contact: [email protected]

For more details, visit DBN website.