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Promoting
the development of a high quality multi-year plan that builds on the
economic strengths of the entire Arewa region.
ECONOMIC
GARDENING
The usual
Government approach to growing their local
economy has been through attracting foreign investment but now
they have begun to realize that
apart of attracting foreign direct investments (FDIs) there are
other strategies to grow their economy - helping their existing
businesses grow. In some world communities this approach has
become known as economic gardening, an entrepreneurial approach
to economic development.
Economic Gardening is the Best
Practice standard for an entrepreneurial approach to economic development.
The program focuses on supporting local businesses with strategic
information and frameworks to grow locally. It provides strategic research
and frameworks to help local companies scale up, adding jobs and wealth to
the community. It’s team specialists in the use of sophisticated corporate
tools like database research, search engine optimization, geographic
information systems, physical market research and listening posts to find
new business methods and markets, provide competitive advantage,
intelligence and industry trends, assess digital marketing efforts and find
qualified sales leads.
As various diverse and talented people begin to work together and
interact and talk and improvise their way towards the goal of sustainable
economic development focusing of little margins with bulk sales, efficient
service delivery and quality products, they're going to learn from each
other and be more successful.
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AREWA
SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
Get the best opportunities for your small business - Arewa SME can help!
When you start a small business in Arewa (northern Nigeria),
you’re part of a larger community, because small businesses employs so many
people in the region.
When you expand or move a small business to Arewa, you
are part of a group that employs
more than half of our private-sector workforce. AREWA Center for Regional
Development (ACRD) believes Arewa leaders should provide a
comprehensive
array of
programs, incentives and initiatives to support small business growth and help
entrepreneurs maximize their opportunities for success. Part of ACRD mission
is to help Arewa Leaders to support SMEs to develop and expand into
business of tomorrow.
Arewa
Regional Decision Maker (RDM) is a powerful suite of mapping websites/Apps
and tools that enables users to make informed decisions quickly and
efficiently.
RDM facilitates and enables regional decision making in a
number of ways. Most importantly, it allows decision makers to interact with
data through customizable, user-friendly tools and geographic visualization.
This high level of interactivity enables decision makers to generate
powerful insights more quickly for strategic economic planning. The northern
Nigeria’s regional economic ecosystems and regional innovation clusters
should
focus on these opportunities:
Regional Decision Maker (RDM).
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Restructuring
may not be a bad idea for the North because
the North has so many Potentials of
Solid Mineral Exploration, so great
that by the time the northern
Governors realize it they will
almost forget about allocation funds
coming from Federal Government and
too much Taxes on its citizens to
generate more internally generated
revenue (IGR). The potential is
great and better than crude oil of
the south. Gold, Uranium, Iron Ore,
Gemstones, Columbite, Tantalite,
Kaolin, Goshenite and other precious
minerals are everywhere across the
north, but also High-Grade Lithium
ore in Brine Rocks,
lithium-bearing pegmatite and spodumene, a critical component for
making electric car batteries. By
2030, oil will no longer be that
important as electric cars will take
over, lithium batteries will also be
used for powerhouses and so much
more. The potentials for export of
these natural minerals and local use
in manufacturing from the north are
unparalleled.
The
northern demographic shifts will
fuel the growth of new sectors,
markets and service lines. They will
begin to innovate and with
creativity build viable businesses
in areas of the business supply
chain, and in agriculture, livestock
mainstreaming, no more transporting
live animals to the south but
slaughtered and freight in
refrigerated trucks, renewable
energy like solar farming, ICT,
Business Processing Outsourcing and
in healthcare, manufacturing and
revitalizing Kannywood
entertainment industry in
partnership with Indian Bollywood. The
unity of northern diversity is the
power that will propel the business
communities and consequently, the
northern upcoming industries into
new dimensions of performance. Soon
there will be on the horizon, more
northern banks, northern media and
corporations; and northern
intelligentsia that will meet every
contemporary challenge; build
capacity and human capital
knowledge-pool; and the end of
youths banditry, kidnappings,
communal crises, terrorism and
religious violence because everyone
will have work and meaningful things
to do under strong, compassionate
leadership, propelling the country
to a Greater Height as a whole. ICT-enabled
solutions in healthcare,
agriculture, education, financial
services and States-public services
will drive socio-economic inclusion
of everyone in the region and the
country faster, cheaper and more
efficient than traditional methods.
Indeed, the North; and Nigeria will
be Great Again...
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