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SUMMARY:Advance your Skills with an African Language
DESCRIPTION:At AFFORD we recognise that the young generation of diaspora Africans wish to give back and connect with Africa in new ways outside of remittance giving. They wish to know how to tap into the emerging opportunities of a fast moving\, rapidly changing continent with language being a key way to do so. \nDiaspora Experience will be holding a session on learning African languages to explore the growing interest in African languages for business\, career progression\, for enhancing cultural experience on the ground and for linking and connecting to African heritage. \nIf you have an interest in travelling to Africa for your work\, career or studies but lack the language skills to engage on a higher level this session is for you! \nRegister Here
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/advance-your-skills-with-an-african-language/
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SUMMARY:Beam Talks- Applications of Blockchain Technology in Sierra Leone
DESCRIPTION:Beam Talks is Smiling Through Light’s UK initiative which showcases the diverse career routes of Sierra Leonean women living in the UK\, focusing on the applications of Blockchain Technology in Sierra Leone. The event will take place on the 3rd October 2018 and provide a space where role models can discuss their achievements\, experiences and challenges with a new generation of change-makers. \nThe event will consist of a presentation\, panel session and audience Q&A. \nThe discussion will cover: \n\nApplications of Blockchain Technology in Sierra Leone.\nAchievements\, experiences and challenges with a new generation of change-makers.\nContributions of the Sierra Leonean community in the UK.\nUpdate on Smiling Through Light’s activities – access to clean energy in Sierra Leone\n\nWhy you should attend \nYou will have the chance to hear stories and experiences of an incredible panel of diverse people. Through discussion and debate\, we’ll challenge misconceptions about Sierra Leone\, foster greater awareness and change narratives about the country. \nFind out more about the event & register to attend by clicking here. 
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/beam-talks-applications-of-blockchain-technology-in-sierra-leone/
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SUMMARY:International Customers and Relationships Creative Enterprise Programme
DESCRIPTION:Our ABC Manager Elvina Quaison\, alongside our Diaspora Experience Manager\, Jacqueline Brown\, will be hosting an ‘International Customers and Relationships‘ session as part of the Assembly Hub 15 day intense training programme in Lagos on the 28 September 2018. The Assembly Hub is a diaspora-led organisation based in Lagos which provides business support and advice to creative entrepreneurs in Nigeria. \nThe Assembly wants to give fashion\, beauty and creative entrepreneurs a fresh start with a 15-day intense training program in Lagos called The Creative Class. The training’s are designed to accelerate entrepreneurs in the fashion and creative sector with the essential knowledge and tools they require to start and grow a creative enterprise. \nThe session will focus on:\n– Understanding your global customer\n– Why customer service is king\n– How to distinguish yourself from your competitor\n– Why effective communication is key\n– Pathways to selling \nIf you are interested in registering\, please click here. The deadline for registering to participate is 10 September 2018.
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/3529/
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SUMMARY:How to Get Featured by the Media
DESCRIPTION:In this comprehensive business seminar small business owners\, professionals and entrepreneurs will learn how to undertake their own media campaigns and get media attention for their personal and business brands. \nCore elements of the seminar will include: \n\nUnderstanding different types of media – The various layers and types of media.\nUnderstanding PR and the media\, and the impact it has on business growth.\nTelling Your Business Story – How to write a great press release with a winning headline.\nMedia Training – Tips on preparing for media exposure\nCrisis Management – Tips on how to handle a crisis in the media spotlight\nHow To Use Media Coverage To Grow Your Brand – Using media coverage to attract new customers and clients\nIdentifying Your Audience – Learn how to position the brand to get the right press in front of the right audience.\nUse Social Media To Make An Impact – Pinpointing the best social media platforms necessary to amplify the brand.\n\nRonke Lawal\, Founder of Ariatu PR is dedicated to seeing small business shine and succeed\, using over a decade of business experience she will be giving business owners an overview of understanding different types of media and how use media coverage to grow your brand. \nAFFORD’s Business Club members will benefit from 40% discount. Send an email to events@afford-uk.org to find out more. \nFor further info click here. 
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/how-to-get-featured-by-the-media/
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SUMMARY:How To Build Your Personal Brand
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn this high impact seminar Ronke Lawal will be providing strategic insight into how individuals can boost their personal brands. This is ideal for business owners\, entrepreneurs or professionals who want to raise their corporate visibility and business credibility. Delegates will learn how to make more of an impact within their sectors both online via social media and offline at networking events or through public speaking opportunities. Ronke will also use PR tactics to show delegates how to use raise their personal brands effectively\, develop effective relationships and build a community of personal brand ambassadors who will champion them throughout their career or business journeys. \n\nThe Power of A Personal brand – how having a strong personal brand can make an impact on your overall marketing strategy and open up new opportunities in your business or career journey.\nUsing PR to enhance your profile – Using public relations strategies to enhance your public profile.\nIdentifying your values & Knowing your purpose – Understanding what your brand is and how you can maintain your integrity and authenticity.\nSocial Media strategy – How to use social media platforms to raise your visibility.\nPublic Speaking Tips – Advice and guidance on becoming a more confident public speaker.\nMeasuring Success – Assessing Long term goals and celebrating success.\n\nRonke Lawal\, Founder of Ariatu PR is dedicated to seeing small business shine and succeed\, using over a decade of business experience she will be giving business owners an overview of how to use PR to gain media coverage and ultimately grow their business. \nAFFORD’s Business Club members will benefit from 40% discount. Send an email to events@afford-uk.org to find out more. \nMore info here \n 
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/how-to-build-your-personal-brand/
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SUMMARY:Overprincipled and underperforming: the Global Compact for Migration and the challenge to multilateralism
DESCRIPTION:Event co-hosted by the LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. \nIn the lead to the current UN intergovernmental negotiations for a Global Compact for Safe\, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)\, Professor Gibril Faal published a paper entitled ‘Overprincipled and underperforming’.  At this lecture\, he will use the GCM negotiations to illustrate the need for a practice-based approach to multilateral agreements\, at a time when multilateralism itself seem to be under attack. He situates the discourse in the context of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals\, and proposes an ‘Agreement-Implementation Matrix’ as framework to move from policy to practice. \nGibirl Faal is a member of AFFORD’s Board of Trustees and a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Institute of Global Affairs and a multidisciplinary business and development executive. He was one of the global leaders who spoke at the 2016 UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants\, which led to negotiations for a Global Compact on Migration. \nFor more info and to book your ticket\, click here .
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/overprincipled-and-underperforming-the-global-compact-for-migration-and-the-challenge-to-multilateralism/
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SUMMARY:SMART Technology for SMEs
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club (ABC) aims to support job creation in Africa by providing business development support to African diaspora entrepreneurs who seek to develop or launch their businesses in Africa. \nThe SMART Technology industry is worth £14 trillion pounds. Whilst the UK commands 20% of the current market\, it is forecast that 50% of the global growth in this industry will come from African SMEs. Lagos Nigeria is the first African SMART city. Operating in housing\, industry\, transport\, environment and communications\, there are numerous opportunities for SMEs to provide services for the SMART technology sector . \nThe programme will be delivered by Ervine Okuboh\, Business Adviser for AFFORD. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/smart-technology-for-smes/
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SUMMARY:ABC Business Support Programmes 2018 – Financial Management
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club (ABC) aims to support job creation in Africa by providing business development support to African diaspora entrepreneurs who seek to develop or launch their businesses in Africa. \nThis programme would provide the participant /learner with basic information and learning tools which will enable him/her to undertake competent financial management of their business. The content would cover cashflow forecasting\,profit & loss\, budgeting\, audit and access to finance. The programme provides an understanding of the principles of financial management\, acquiring budgeting skills and increasing your knowledge of cash flow management. \nThe programme will be delivered in Manchester by Ted Rowlands\, Senior Business Mentor at Start-up Direct. \nTed Rowlands has worked with SME companies for over thirty five years. During this period he has worked as a senior manager with Natwest\, managed three major business trusts and is now a Senior Business Mentor for Start-up Direct\, the UK’s largest start up finance company. A successful and energetic Senior Manager\, with extensive experience in working with S.M.E’s\, he is an established\, qualified and respected business adviser. In addition he has long standing experience and knowledge of establishing African owned businesses in the UK. He has successfully led business programmes in Liverpool\, Manchester and London\, from 1985 to the present date. During this period Ted has also formally advised successive UK governments about inner city business development.
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-business-support-programmes-2018-financial-management/
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SUMMARY:ABC Business Support Programmes 2018: Develop Your Marketing Strategy
DESCRIPTION:  \nAFFORD Business Club (ABC) aims to support job creation in Africa by providing business development support to African diaspora entrepreneurs who seek to develop or launch their businesses in Africa. \nThis programme will provide 5 key pillars that every business needs to develop a marketing strategy: \n\nCustomers\nSMART goals (Specific\, Measurable\, Achievable\, Realistic & Timely)\nStrategies\nBudget and Resources\nEvaluation\n\nThis half day masterclass is suitable for anyone wanting to successfully implement marketing and PR in-house to increase their businesses profit and impact. In the session you will learn who your customers are\, easy ways to reach those customers and what they want to know about your business offer. \nThe programme will be delivered by Denise Rawls\, Business Adviser for AFFORD.
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-business-support-programmes-2018-develop-your-marketing-strategy/
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SUMMARY:ABC Training 2018: International Trade and Development
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club (ABC) aims to support job creation in Africa by providing business development support to African diaspora entrepreneurs who seek to develop or launch their businesses in Africa. \nThis programme will assist SMEs to understand the practical issues regarding international trade. Participants will be given information on key subjects\, including tariffs\, trading blocs\, business regulation and market information. \n  \nTraining Content: \n• International Markets\n• Sources of Information\n• Trade Regulations and tariffs\n• Documentation\n• Letter of credit\n• Customs Procedures\n• Trading blocs\n• Types of Trade\n• Brexit\n• Agents and Distributors\n• Importing\n• Exporting\n• Services \nThe programme will be delivered by Ervine Okuboh and Albert Tucker\, Business Advisers for AFFORD. Albert and Ervine have a wealth of experience undertaking and implementing international trade programmes and also providing business advisory services to SMEs undertaking international trade. \nParticipants will be given information on key subjects\, including tariffs\, trading blocs\, business regulation and market information. This programme will assist SMEs to understand the practical issues regarding international trade\, be aware of the rules and regulations of international trade and give the participants a greater understanding and knowledge of global growth markets and the support structures available to SMEs.
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-training-2018-international-trade-and-development/
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SUMMARY:ABC Training 2018: SME Procurement and Tendering
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club (ABC) aims to support job creation in Africa by providing business development support to African diaspora entrepreneurs who seek to develop or launch their businesses in Africa. \nSME companies are the driving force behind the UKs economy. The opportunities for SMEs to win public contracts has increased significantly over the last ten years\, with Government setting a target of 25% of its contracts to be delivered by SME companies. However\, only a minority of small businesses successfully win public sector contracts. This is due to lack of knowledge\, and experience in tendering procedures. \nThis session will provide a one day snapshot of the following key elements of tendering: \n– Procurement policies\n– Procedures and structures\n– Tendering practices\n– Preparing to tender\n– Tender guidance\n– Bidding techniques\n– Developing the bid\n– Producing the bid \nParticipants will be given an insight into the tendering process; gain an understanding of the chronological steps to tendering and learn how to tender for public-private sector contracts. \nThe programme will be delivered by Ervine Okuboh\, the Business Adviser for AFFORD. Ervine has previously successfully established a number of SME procurement programmes for the Greater London Authority\, Liverpool City Council and Leeds City Council.
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-training-2018-sme-procurement-and-tendering/
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SUMMARY:ABC Business Training Programme 2017 - Grow Your Social Enterprise
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club will be holding the first round of business training programmes for its members. The programmes will commence in late November through to February 2018. The first three programmes will be held on the following days: \nFinance\nThursday 30 November 2017 from 10.30am to 4.30pm (Deadline for registration 22 Nov 2017) \nMarketing\nWednesday\, 6 December 2017 from 1 pm to 4 pm (Deadline for registration 29 Nov 2017) \nGrow Your Social Enterprise\nWednesday\, 13 December 2017 from 1 pm to 4 pm (Deadline for registrationn 6 Dec 2017) \nThese programmes will be delivered by industry experts and will be held at the Business Resource Centre at the AFFORD office. \n Register here
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-business-training-programme-2017-grow-your-social-enterprise/
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SUMMARY:ABC Business Training Programme 2017 - Marketing
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club will be holding the first round of business training programmes for its members. The programmes will commence in late November through to February 2018. The first three programmes will be held on the following days: \nFinance\nThursday 30 November 2017 from 10.30am to 4.30pm (Deadline for registration 22 Nov 2017) \nMarketing\nWednesday\, 6 December 2017 from 1 pm to 4 pm (Deadline for registration 29 Nov 2017) \nGrow Your Social Enterprise\nWednesday\, 13 December 2017 from 1 pm to 4 pm (Deadline for registrationn 6 Dec 2017) \nThese programmes will be delivered by industry experts and will be held at the Business Resource Centre at the AFFORD office. \nRegister here
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-business-training-marketing/
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SUMMARY:ABC Business Training Programme 2017 - Finance
DESCRIPTION:AFFORD Business Club will be holding the first round of business training programmes for its members. The programmes will commence in late November through to February 2018. The first three programmes will be held on the following days: \nFinance\nThursday 30 November 2017 from 10.30am to 4.30pm (Deadline for registration 22 Nov 2017) \nMarketing\nWednesday\, 6 December 2017 from 1 pm to 4 pm (Deadline for registration 29 Nov 2017) \nGrow Your Social Enterprise\nWednesday\, 13 December 2017 from 1 pm to 4 pm (Deadline for registrationn 6 Dec 2017) \nThese programmes will be delivered by industry experts and will be held at the Business Resource Centre at the AFFORD office. \nRegister here
URL:https://afford-uk.org/event/abc-business-training-finance/
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