Sector Directory

Organization

Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development Research, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Mission

It is a fact that the unemployment status in Nigeria is increasing especially among youths. In view of this situation, different levels of Government in Nigeria are committed to ensure job creation and reduction of poverty in Nigeria. This Centre was established to coordinate and develop entrepreneurship activities as well as engage in development research. In the last five years, the Centre has engaged in different researches and consultancy assignments with local, national and international agencies. The mission is to promote entrepreneurial culture and mind-set, skill acquisition, self-employment, economic independence and self-actualization for both students and artisans as well as engage in research for development of Developing countries

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Finance / Investment, Microfinance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research

Technologies & Fuels

Not Applicable

Clean Cooking Activities

Time has come to pose the question who is doing what for the environment in Nigeria? Are Nigerian companies doing enough for the environment? Are their CSR especially effort to help the poor check the environmental degradation through emission from cookstoves. As we continue to focus on the environmental report cards of the big oil and gas, cement and other corporate giants, we must begin to feel the pulse of micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in ethical behavior and in the practice of CSR. This is because at the national scale, the aggregate impact of small firms on the environment is huge.

Partnership

It is a fact that the unemployment status in Nigeria is increasing especially among youths. In view of this situation, different levels of Government in Nigeria are committed to ensure job creation and reduction of poverty in Nigeria. This Centre was established to coordinate and develop entrepreneurship activities as well as engage in development research. In the last five years, the Centre has engaged in different researches and consultancy assignments with local, national and international agencies. Specifically the Centre has been involved in a number of case studies including ecopreneurship programme. The Centre will like to conduct evidence based research that will help in the area of clean energy research. The CEDR is particularly under which platform will seek to apply the principles and instruments of social entrepreneurship to solve environmental problems relating to clean energy through evidence based research. It will also follow up with awareness creation, pledging and implementation many types and shades of Acts of Green by students and non-students alike.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Nigeria

Address

Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development Research
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nsukka, Enugu

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Dr. Benjamin Okpukpara

Title:

Email: benedozie@yahoo.com

Phone: +234803562379

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: Dr. Emmanuel Ezeani

Title: Professor

Email: ezeaniemmanuel@yahoo.com