Training Products
EDC offers different courses in Business Management (in English and Kiswahili) including:-
BA (Business Awareness)
for farmers/peasants, youth, women and fresh graduates from Higher Learning Institutions.
FIB (Farming is Business)
given to farmers/peasants for they think that farming is not business. It assists them to consider that farming is business and that there are certain principles to be followed.
SYOB (Start Your Own Business)
for people who are intending or don’t know how to start a business.
MYOB (Manage Your Own Business)
for people who are having small or micro existing business.
BMSW (Business Management Skills Workshop)
for entrepreneurs who are managing medium and large business.
AMW (Advanced Marketing Workshop)
for entrepreneurs wishing to improve their marketing skills to match with changes in the market environment.
FRFMW (Fund Raising and Financial Management)
targeted for NGOs and Credit Officers and Managers in need of fund raising.
CSW (Customer Service Workshop)
targets service oriented businesses managers and staff.
SPBW (Strategic Business Planning Workshops)
this targets to improve entrepreneurs planning capabilities.
ALBC (Advocacy Lobbying and Building Constituencies)
This targets Civil Society Organizations and Trainers to enhance their capacity.
TOT (Training of Trainers)
this targets training organizations wishing to improve their professional training capacities.
CBMW (Customized Business Management Workshops)
these are tailored made workshops designed to suit specific needs of a client (e.g. Business Awareness, Farming is Business, Cash planning & Budgeting, Marketing, How to establish Market Centres, Collective marketing, Formation of SACCOS, Management of SACCOS, Leadership, crop husbandry, etc).
CMW (Credit Management Workshops)
targets for credit Officers of Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and NGOs
Business Counseling
Offering counseling services to entrepreneurs in different areas of their business operation:
· Production management
· Marketing management
· Finance management
· Sources of business capital.
