Academic, Professional, Managerial and Ethical Uniqueness

------ ICENT has re-written the history of Entrepreneurship in Africa

• The INCENT certification is a carefully planned process that leads into acquisition of entrepreneurial competencies. The training is a set of very valuable skills needed by the entrepreneur to avoid trial-and-errors.

• The trainings are designed to provide basic knowledge and skills needed for the creation and management of enterprises as well as understanding and analysis of problems related to the management and administration of industrial, commercial, public and other human organisations

• INCENT equips students with knowledge and skills of entrepreneurial decision making, opportunity recognition, assessment, creation, shaping, seizing and exploitation; especially the analytical skills needed for recognising, defining and solving problems; and develop in students soft skills required for success (e.g. leadership,communication,interpersonal relations,negotiation,logical/analytical thinking,time management etc) as well as entrepreneurial, small business, financial and marketing management competencies.

• In blending theory and practice, all students participate in Skills Acquisition and enterprise creation programmes, rocket pitch and elevator pitch presentation training and competition,business creativity competitition, Internship and Industrial Visits as part of the training.

• ICENT is the only entrepreneurship institute in Nigeria with faculty composed of Ph.D., DBA, M.Phil, M.Sc,MBA,LL.M, and M.Eng holders in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation, Small Business Management, various management and engineering/technology fields, animal production, agricultural economics, farm management, agricultural business management, commercial law, intellectual property law, qualified facilitators from multi-disciplinary fields, directors of entrepreneurship development centres and internationally acclaimed entrepreneurship mentors required for production of thorough-bred entrepreneurs.

• As a mark of distinction, INCENT is the only entrepreneurship institute in Nigeria, with well-structured programme (see examination structure below) and internationally competitive curriculum, meritorious assessment criteria for students and self-authored study pack. This suggests to you that, our institute, regardless of its age, is an authority and examining body in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. We can authoritatively say that, no entrepreneurship institute in Africa has the type of programme/examination structure operational in our institute.

• Enhancement of intellectual, social and economic development through the provision of relevant, high quality, affordable professional qualifications not available elsewhere in Nigeria.

• Offering of a powerful formula that not only equips you with a well-rounded and internationally- relevant entrepreneurship education based on internationally-competitive curriculum, but one which provides students with extensive practical experience and industry relevant skills. We call this the “INCENT Professional Model” that grooms you to become a Future Ready Professional (FRP), a revolutionary approach that gives you a clear competitive edge over non- members.

• Charles Tremendous Jones once said –“You will remain the same you are for the next five years except for two things. The books that you read and the people you meet”. It is a known fact that you cannot regulate (or become chartered) what you cannot examine. Being the only examining body (that has successfully conducted nine (9) different examination diets for associate membership) among other entrepreneurship institutes in Nigeria, and one cannot examine what it cannot teach,unfortunately, there are very few entrepreneurship authorities in Africa. Our College –CESBUM, is the only African author and publisher of the following inevitable textbooks from core fields of entrepreneurship written with Africans (especially Nigerians) in mind:

• Our professional membership is recognised by most of the Multinational Companies and Institutions offering Professional and Graduate Programmes in Entrepreneurship, Small Business and General Management, as INCENT will not only train students in academic or theoretical study but also in professionalism and practical environment to create a truly successful professional and entrepreneur in the society.

•Global Membership : Cameroun/Chad/Congo/South Africa/ Namibia/ Uganda/Sierra Leone /Liberia /New Zealand/United Kingdom/ USA/ Mexico/ Belgium/ Japan/ Vietnam/ Argentina/ India/ UAE/ Italy/ Romania/Bangladesh/ Ireland/Canada/Brunei/Saudi Arabia/ Haiti/Germany/Russia/Armenia etc

• ICENT members are recognised as Certified Entrepreneurs internationally because students go through professional trainings, seminars, workshops, internship, industrial visits and examination as real world entrepreneurship skills.

• ICENT members will have the opportunities to build up wide networks in different countries.

• Continuous Professional Development

• Free Skills Acquisition and Enterprise Creation Programme

• Dual equivalent reciprocal award for certificate, diploma, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programmes of our College and affiliated institutions.

• Opportunities for direct entry and Top up programmes of affiliated institutions.

• Free seminar, quarterly Journal and update on various issues on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management.

Start-Up Support

• Competitive advantage over non-members in entrepreneurial endeavours

• Easy access and special consideration in any government-assisted entrepreneurial development programmes

• Assistance from micro-credit scheme and cooperatives for creation of enterprises amongst our members from N50,000 to N1,000,000.

Membership Privileges

• As a member you may be appointed State/Zonal Coordinator in your area of domain and also be allowed to train students sitting for ICENT Exams.

• As a Fellow or Full Member, you stand a chance of being nominated into Governing council, strategic committees

• Reference or Recommendation letter for employment, appointment, contract and other legitimate purposes on request.