MSME DEVELOPMENT AND LINKAGES
PROJECT OVERVIEW:
OUR AIM:
To establish alliances, networks and partnerships for leveraging funds, improve market access of small businesses and strengthen the business support environment for local SMEs.
OUR APPROACH:
To make small businesses in the Niger Delta more competitive and profitable, PIND’s Business Linkages team strategically:
- Trains BSPs to ensure that their clients receive the best linkages to new markets, linkages to finance, business advisory services, and general business upgrading and training services.
- Utilizes the Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) instrument to support some SMEs with funding constraints, improve working capital, upgrade their technologies, and afford consulting services.
- Recommends SMEs with viable business propositions to partners for funding.
SUCCESS STORIES
Diyen Friday
“Many times, PIND will organize workshops and these fish feed companies will come. From there, we knew ourselves and started relating. That is where the relationship started from. The relationship is that, they will give feed to us, we demonstrate and they give us about 50% of whatever we do…We were called by PIND with other aquaculture service providers in the region and told that there is a N1 million grant that we can win to scale up the demo project to more farmers. This grant helped me a lot! I was able to get all the necessary materials I needed. The grant assisted me to boost my capital.. From my returns, I now have properties, train my children, pay school fees, feed extended family people. It has been wonderful!”
I am a PIND trained PSp in Abia State.One of our farmers has a well equipped feed Mill but lacks fund to purchase bulk raw materials.
Abia State farmers desperately need off-takers for poultry meat and eggs.
Thanks.
Hello Chukwudike,
Thank you for contacting PIND. Kindly send an email with your enquiry to info@pindfoundation.org where you will be directed to our Poultry Market Systems Advisor for a response.
All our best wishes,
PIND.