The Impact Investors Foundation (IIF) has empowered Nigerian enterprise support organisations (ESOs) and business development services (BDS) with the tools needed to deliver scalable and high-impact business support to social enterprises.

The foundation stated this at training concluded at the weekend, which brought together leaders and programme managers from across Nigeria’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and focused on equipping participants with practical methodologies to drive sustainable enterprise.

Through immersive sessions, industry experts provided deep insights into the Argidius SCALE framework, a globally accepted approach for optimising business support services.

This initiative, funded by the United Kingdom International Development of the UK Government in the third phase of the RISA Fund’s Sustainable Systems for Research and Innovation Financing Project (SSRIF III), marked a significant step toward strengthening Nigeria’s enterprise development landscape, ensuring that business support organisations can effectively improve the quality of their services.

Participants gained hands-on experience in applying the Argidius SCALE framework to improve business support models, developing sustainable strategies for scaling ESO services as well as measuring and enhancing impact through evaluation of best practices.

Speaking on the impact of the training, the Chief Executive Officer of Impact Investors Foundation, Etemore Glover, said: “By equipping ESOs and BDS providers with the right tools and frameworks, we are strengthening Nigeria’s entrepreneurial support system.”
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