Double Impact Platform, a business training and relationship development organisation, recently put together an innovative training programme targeted at business owners and entrepreneurs who are married and are jointly in business as ‘coprenuers’.
The January edition of the programme focused on ‘Effective Planning for Couples in Business’ and had theme, ‘Planning Forward 2018’.
It was designed to equip copreneurs with the skills needed to step into a new year. This would arm them with relevant insights that would aid the development of sound corporate and business planning as they draw roadmaps for success in the new year.
The Double Impact Platform (DIP) was founded by Joe Ezigbo, a professor, and Audrey Joe-Ezigbo, founders of Falcon Corporation Limited, a leading natural gas company.
In her opening address, Audrey Joe-Ezigbo, stated that the Plan Forward programme for Couples in Business was designed to equip business owners with skills and knowledge required to stay competitive in their various industries.
“It offers rich content which would help ‘copreneurs’ become more proactive, improve performance, assess risk and opportunities and, most importantly, support their vision for building legacies that foster generational and overall national prosperity. It is intended to address key elements that make businesses strong and stable such as innovations, finance, building competitive edge, all of which are critical to effective planning and execution”.
According to Audrey Joe-Ezigbo, a key focus of the Planning Forward 2018 programme was to equip coprenuers understand the new emerging economic growth opportunities to optimise as they build their business.
Opeyemi Agbaje, CEO, RTC Advisory Services and a facilitator at the Planning Forward Workshop, did an in-depth analysis of the nation’s economy with emphasis on forecast for 2018.
“Based on forecast, the Nigerian economy would grow by at least 2.5 per cent in 2018 and it is important for businesses to understand the emerging opportunities in other to maximize growth,” he stated.
Agbaje touched on all the economic indices through an in-depth analysis of the 2018 economic and financial outlook, expatiating on the issues, challenges and opportunities for people in business.
The Double Impact Platform develops knowledge filled contents across diverse subject matters such as business accounting, finance management, human capital management, corporate strategy and planning, brand management, and retail distribution.
FRANK UZUEGBUNAM
