INSTITUTE OF CLASSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP(ICEnt)
(GLOBALLY CERTIFIED)
---turning bright ideas into successful ventures
---turning bright ideas into successful ventures
The blockbuster disposition in all human endeavours, a high-level and impact driven model around the world which has exploded and continues to cover spaces in practice and research in recent time as well as the 21st century is entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship as a prevailing and emerging paradigm shift or new normal is presently receiving emotive force, gluing multidisciplinary conceptualisations in reshaping the pathway and rekindling economic activities along with businesses incubation. As a multihelix concept which is as old as creation, giving it relevance right from immemorial, human nature along with education with entrepreneurial irrespective of areas of callings. Based on the dualistic constructs and coupled with its avid understanding, significant numbers of developed nations leverage it with some developing nations owing to its contribution in growing the economy to tow along the path to realising sound economic health. Entrepreneurship revolves around mind-set and transforming attitude which would metamorphose into ideation, innovation, creating opportunities, adding value and developing the skills that would be used in exploiting all favourable circumstances for profiting as well as sustainable economic development.
Cognizance of the leading role of entrepreneurship in socioeconomic development, a classic entrepreneurship institute was established in Nigeria.
You are welcome to Institute of Classic Entrepreneurship (ICEnt), a non-profit professional institute established with Corporate Charter by Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap. C20, LFN, 2004 as a professional institute on entrepreneurship. The leading member of the Global Confederation of Certified Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institutes (Home of Entrepreneurship and Innovation) doubling as the first ISO 21001:2018 certified institute in Africa, is Africa's foremost institute of entrepreneurship with superlative expertise in the production of successful entrepreneurs by building capacity in entrepreneurship, innovation management and enterprise management of all kinds, through offering of a powerful formula that not only equips people with a well-rounded and internationally-relevant entrepreneurship education based on an internationally-competitive curriculum, but also provides them with extensive practical experience, effective mentoring and industry-relevant skills required for turning ideas into viable businesses.
You are welcome to Institute of Classic Entrepreneurship (ICEnt), a non-profit professional institute established with Corporate Charter by Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap. C20, LFN, 2004 as a professional institute on entrepreneurship. The leading member of the Global Confederation of Certified Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institutes (Home of Entrepreneurship and Innovation) doubling as the first ISO 21001:2018 certified institute in Africa, is Africa's foremost institute of entrepreneurship with superlative expertise in the production of successful entrepreneurs by building capacity in entrepreneurship, innovation management and enterprise management of all kinds, through offering of a powerful formula that not only equips people with a well-rounded and internationally-relevant entrepreneurship education based on an internationally-competitive curriculum, but also provides them with extensive practical experience, effective mentoring and industry-relevant skills required for turning ideas into viable businesses.
ICENT, the record setter author of the World’s First Dictionary of Entrepreneurship, is Africa’s foremost learned society of entrepreneurs with impressive Governing Council and Management Team comprising past and present Vice Chancellors (including the immediate past Chairman, Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities), Deputy Vice Chancellors, several professors and doctors of entrepreneurship, several past and present directors of entrepreneurship development centres, past and present deans (including those supervising entrepreneurial studies departments), several past and present HODs (including several HODs of entrepreneurship, renowned management and entrepreneurship consultants and mentors, and highly qualified individuals from multi-disciplinary fields, and internationally acclaimed entrepreneurship mentors and consultants required for production of thorough-bred entrepreneurs. The first entrepreneurship Institute in Africa to be accredited by Board of Quality Standards (BQS) - a Member of International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), gathers leading minds in entrepreneurship and the premier organisation addressing emerging topics in entrepreneurship, serving as the vehicle by which the entrepreneurship ecosystem can work together to share best practices, develop programmes and initiatives, provide quality assurance services and collaborate and assist each other in advancing, strengthening, and celebrating the role of tertiary institutions in educating the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
• The first “ISO 21001:2018” Certified institute in Africa
• Africa’s foremost learned society of entrepreneurs with most intimidating Governing Council and Management Team comprising past and present Vice Chancellors, Deputy Vice Chancellors, several Professors and Doctors of Entrepreneurship, several past and present Directors of Entrepreneurship Development Centres, Past and Present Deans (including two (2) supervising entrepreneurial studies departments), several Past and Present HODs (including three (3) HODs of Entrepreneurship, renowned management and entrepreneurship consultants and mentors, and highly qualified individuals from multi-disciplinary fields, and internationally acclaimed entrepreneurship mentors and consultants required for production of thorough-bred entrepreneurs.
• First entrepreneurship body in Africa that has successfully conducted twenty-one (21) different examination diets for associate membership with internationally-competitive examination structure
• An entrepreneurship institute that walk the talk, ICENT believes in “Made in Nigeria for Nigerian” - ICENT member manufactured fueless generator, wooden wrist watch, wooden wall clock, presidential medallion, presidential mace etc.
• First entrepreneurship body in Africa to develop curriculum for professional certificate to doctorate programmes in entrepreneurship with required study materials.
• First African author of several inevitable textbooks from all core areas of entrepreneurship written with Africans (especially Nigerians) in mind
• All items used for inductions, seminars, conferences and workshops are produced in-house by our members.
• First in Africa to establish a College of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (Doing Business as Open University College of Entrepreneurship and Small Business - OUCES). https://www.homeofentrepreneurship.com/ouces
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to float African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (AJENTS). https://www.homeofentrepreneurship.com/ajents - ISSN : 2756-6064 (Print) and ISSN: 2811-3101 (Online)
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to organise a successful collaborative Annual International Academic Conference on Entrepreneurship (ACCENT) in Nigeria.
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to organise a successful collaborative Annual National Academic Conference on Entrepreneurship and Small Business (ACESB) in Nigeria.
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to organise a successful collaborative 1st Annual International Academic Conference on Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (AICEEP) .
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to organise a successful collaborative 1st Annual International Academic Conference on Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (ACEMASD)
• First entrepreneurship institute in Nigeria to organise successful Campus Entrepreneurship Challenge where students and lecturers, in rare demonstration of academic entrepreneurship, out of cutting-edge research, showcased groundbreaking agricultural, nanotechnology and biotechnology innovation and entrepreneurship. Efforts in progress in collaboration with NDE to come up with resultant products..
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to introduce collaborative Annual National Academic Conference on Agropreneurship (ACAGRIP).
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to introduce collaborative International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (INTERCEIM)
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to introduce collaborative National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Congress (NEIC)
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to introduce collaborative Annual Stakeholders’ Mega-Conference and Members’ Induction Ceremony (SMECIC)
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to introduce collaborative Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference (GLEIC)
• First entrepreneurship institute in Africa to introduce collaborative Global Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship Conference (GLAMEC)
• Established in Nigeria with Corporate Charter but Globally Certified to carry out: Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education and Certification; Professional Membership Certification and Licensing in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Management; Quality Assurance in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education and Operation of a College of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.
• In a clear demonstration of her global standard, ICENT is about to launch her world’s first Dictionary of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
We believe that entrepreneurship is vital for economies to grow and prosper, which is why we work assiduously to build the profession by breeding professional, classic and successful entrepreneurs for sustainable development.
We have more than 3,000 fully qualified members in Africa. They are among the continent’s best-qualified and successful entrepreneurs working in every sector you can imagine.
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Our programme will inculcate entrepreneurial thinking and inspire you with an interest in starting or developing entrepreneurial ventures that have the potential to make significant impact on markets, economies and communities.
It will offer you the advanced knowledge and practical skills required to identify, recognise, assess, seize, shape, create and exploit new opportunities, as well as develop entrepreneurial management and leadership competencies that can be applied to any professional field of your choice.
FIND OUT MORE The ICENT’s success is measured in our results. These are more than numbers – they represent the hopes, dreams and the hard work of several individuals and families each and every year.
Highlights of 2017 successes include:
In accordance with William Pollard, “learning and innovation go hand in hand, it is arrogance of success for one to think what he did yesterday would be sufficient for tomorrow”. We need a new generation of professional entrepreneurs, who are more customer centric, technology savvy, more highly qualified, flexible and agile with skill sets that are now more comprehensive than previously.
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Website: www.homeofentrepreneurship.com/icent
E-mail: icent@homeofentrepreneurship.com
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