Entrepreneurship
Training Workshop (ETW)
The workshop gives an opportunity for the participants
to become familiar with the behavioural competencies
of successful entrepreneurs, strengthen and enhance
those behaviours in themselves and, finally be
able to apply the behaviours on return to their
own businesses.
The workshop not only has an impact on the individual,
but also creates trust and stimulates strong bondage
amongst entrepreneurs, who as a result begin to
organize themselves for mutual support, exchange
of information and experience and the collective
formulation of SME concerns as a sector. click
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Business Health Check
For existing companies, the Post-Training process
starts with a complementary Business Health-check
(BHC) or diagnostic study being conducted for
each company.
This activity is designed to 'x-ray' the operations
of the company in critical areas such as business
concept, production/operation process, financial
management, staffing and marketing, to determine
areas of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats. The purpose of this exercise is to
provide a Status Report on the "health"
of the company. It is also a gateway to a range
of Enterprise Uganda's post-entrepreneurship training
services.
Business Opportunity
Identification
For start-ups, the Post-Training process begins
with a Business Opportunity Identification exercise
intended to assist trainees from the 10-day Entrepreneurship
Workshop who do not have an existing business
to identify and analyse a variety of business
opportunities and interests. Each entrepreneur
is taken through a process of Idea Generation,
Idea Screening and Testing, Business Profiling
and Idea Selection. At the end of this exercise,
the entrepreneur will be able to decide on the
specific business venture to develop.
Business Counseling and Advisory services.
Under the Counseling/Advisory Service, Enterprise
Uganda assigns a Counselor to each company that
has gone through the Business Health check exercise.
The Counselor will provide on-site counseling
support to the client to probe into the root causes
of the specific problems identified during the
Health Check exercise.
The counseling and advisory services are designed
to help the counselor to understand the client's
business and subsequently offer informed advice
to resolve identified challenges and/or exploit
discernible opportunities.
Preparation of Business
Plans
Business Plan preparation process is to assist
the entrepreneur to prepare a planning document
that should, inter alia, be a useful management
tool as well as resource mobilization instrument
from third parties including venture capitalists
and bankers.
Credit facilitation
Credit facilitation is offered to assist clients
identify and evaluate available sources of financing
and to negotiate attendant terms.
Specialized Consultancy
and Extension Services
These include tailor-made technical support, involving
on-site placement of industry experts to provide
specialized consultancy services and to transfer
expertise to the beneficiary company.
Client Accounting
and Book-keeping Services
Under this scheme groups of client companies are
assigned to reputable accounting firms which then
provide technical assistance in book-keeping and
financial management as well as prepare audited
financial statements on a regular basis for each
company.
This facility is meant to assist the beneficiaries
improve their book-keeping and financial management
functions. The expected impact of this service
is increased credibility of financial statements
for use by management and external parties including
bankers, investors, suppliers and tax authorities.
Sub-Contracting
Linkages
This is designed to assist clients to identify
sub-contracting opportunities from large local
and resident affiliates of multinational companies
and government procurement agencies.
Foreign Linkage Development
Under this client companies are assisted to define
their requirements for foreign linkages. They
are then given technical support to prepare investment
profiles with which to source beneficial linkages
with foreign companies in the form of joint ventures,
licensing and franchise arrangements or technology
transfer agreements. Additionally, in collaboration
with other private and public sector agencies
foreign companies are assisted to identify suitable
local partners to undertake innovative technology-based
manufacturing and service ventures.
Management Skills Development
This training enables entrepreneurs appreciate
the application of functional management concepts
to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of
their business operations. An array of products
have been developed in the areas of Strategic
Management, Human Resource Management, Effective
Delegation, Customer Care, Time Management, Financial
Management, Marketing, Costing & Pricing,
Public Presentation, Business Report Writing Skills,
etc.
Expand Your Business (EYB)
Expand Your Business (EYB) is an integrated business
training and support package for small to medium
scale enterprises with clear growth objectives
in mind. EYB is a unique training package helps
those businesses with growth-oriented entrepreneurs
with practical tools to implement and realize
fast business growth and profits. EYB was developed
by the International Labour Organisation Regional
Project Office for Eastern and Southern Africa,
with Financial support from the Swedish International
Development Agency and is being coordinated in
Uganda by Enterprise Uganda.