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Prime Enterprise Support Company

Prime Enterprise Support Company is a human and enterprise development company providing quality training and consultancy services anchored on professionalism and commitment to poverty alleviation. It is a key subsidiary of Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO). It provides excellent and innovative services designed to enhance institutional and operational capacity of our clients. In doing this, it draws on a pool of expertise acquired over several years of active involvement in community development activities in Nigeria.

Corporate Evolution
In 1996, the Special Activities Unit was created within the LAPO System to support fledging Non-governmental and community based organizations to realize their potentials. The success of the initiative prompted the transformation of the unit into a full-fledged corporate entity now known as Prime Enterprise Support Company.

Our Mission
Prime Enterprise Support Company seeks to deliver quality training and technical assistance services driven by commitment to sustainable human development. Our services are guided by the following:

Development of microfinance delivery strategies, which combine innovation with cost effectiveness.

Human resources development strategies which seek to develop a body of skilled and committed staff for the microfinance sector in Nigeria.

Effective business and strategic planning for attainment of institutional and operational self-sufficiency.

Effective and integrated impact assessment techniques.

Our Services

Designing of Microfinance Scheme
The success in microfinancing is measured by two major indicators, viz: (i) the extent to which clients' financial needs are met, and (ii) the financial health of the service providing institution. The design of microfinance institution is key to its success. The increasing demand for wide range of financial services by microenterprise owners requires that attention be given to vital issues as definition of target group, disbursement and collection procedures, loan tracking and impact assessment. In designing credit and savings schemes, we are sensitive to the local economic activities, existing financial arrangement, cost, and local capabilities.

Institutional strengthening for non-governmental organizations
Development realities in Africa put enormous pressure on the people who act directly to meet their felt needs. In response, non-governmental organizations are being promoted as veritable structure for community action. Currently, there are several NGOs, actively involved in areas as microenterprise, development, microfinance, civil liberties; environmental preservation, social and political transformation, community health communication, and community development. These institutions require support to effectively implement their respective mandates.
We provide this support. Our key competences are in visioning, governance, fund raising and impact assessment.

Capacity enhancement for Credit Staff
In microfinancing, the use of modern technologies, is being embraced by government and non-governmental institutions. Developing appropriate skills and competence is imperative. Drawing on experience as practitioners, we deliver world class training packages designed for credit officers, managers, members of Boards of microfinance institutions, as well as staff of relevant government departments and development - focused agencies. Our strength are in innovations and product development, business planning for microfinance institutions, board development, delinquency management monitoring and impact assessment.

Microenterprise Development Services
Clients of Microfinance Institutions are actors in the informal sector where microenterprises populate. By their large number, microenterprises make enormous contribution to the economy. Beside the constrained access to finance, microenterprise owners contend with management problems. LAPO Development Services Limited provides support services as basic business planning, identification of business opportunities management, and basic financial management.

Exposure/internship programme
The Exposure/internship programme is packaged as a learning programme to provide first hand sharing of experiences of LAPO System with visiting participants. The scheme provides visitors/participants with the opportunity to interact with the various units and branches within the LAPO System. Participants are exposed to our methodologies and our experiences, our successes and also learn from our mistakes.

Key components of the programmes are:-

exposure to microfinance operations

visits to branch offices

exposure to micro leasing and credit for shares/stocks

impact assessment procedures

gender and microfinance

visit to Uwa Development Resource Centre

Our Clients
Our target includes

NGOs

CBOs

Microfinance institutions

International organizations - providing assistance to microfinance and enterprise development organisation

Private sector organizations - providing enterprise development services as social responsibility

Government agencies - promoting enterprise development

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