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Promoting indigenous businesses seeking expansion locally and internationally.

Franchise Business Development Services Nigeria (FBDS) will launch the Naija Biz Scale-Up Programme that kicks off with an orientation event on the September 5^th, 2019 at Oriental Hotel, V.I, Lagos. Naija Biz Scale Up is targeted at indigenous business owners, who have been duly registered with CAC, own two branches or more of their business and need to expand into more branches in Nigeria, across the African continent and well beyond Africa.

This programme feeds the need to promote the brand potential and entrepreneurial acumen of the Nigerian business owners and also to promote Nigerian businesses internationally.

CEO of FBDS Mr. Chiagozie Nwizu stated “ the fact that Nigerian businesses have been able to grow substantially in spite of Nigeria being a difficult business environment is astounding. More importantly, expanding proudly Nigerian brands to international markets can give the economy a boost and promote Nigerian brands as being able to compete with international brands on the global trade platform”.

The Naija Biz Scale-up programme also promises a 3 million naira worth of free business advisory service from FBDS for the most outstanding and ingenious business making the Naija Biz Scale Up programme a must attend.

The event will also be an educative and awareness platform on how MSME & SME owners can grow their business into multiple branches using franchising as a means of expanding into more than 50 branches in the next 10 years.

Partners of the event such as the Bank of Industry (BOI), Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSTEF), Africa Franchise Institute (AFI), Nigeria Association of Franchise Business Members (NAFBM), Fidelity Bank, FATE Foundation, Arise News, Nigeria America Chamber of Commerce just to mention a few; will be supporting the event to expose participants to funding opportunities, educating participants on the best methods to attain their desired expansion goals and also, show participants the potential markets for their businesses internationally.

FBDS also welcomes more partners who are interested in the development of the Nigerian economy through franchising and the expansion of entrepreneurs.

Naija Biz Scale Up is an eagerly anticipated addition to the business events that occur across Nigeria, because it is targeted at those business enterprise owners who desire to take their business and brand name beyond the borders of Nigeria and have multiple branches nationwide through franchising.

The Naija Biz Scale Up event is open to applicants who fit into the criteria; so, don’t miss out on the possibilities of winning expanding your business, be part of the Naija Biz Scale Up by registering today. Register now.

About FBDS

Franchise Business Development Services (FBDS) is the pioneer franchise consulting company in Nigeria, the country representative of the World Franchise Association (WFA) and a supplier member of the International Franchise Association (IFA).

The goal of FBDS is to be the leading partner in the development and delivery of successful franchise service in our chosen markets.

We work towards this goal by building successful and scalable businesses through franchising.

FBDS boasts of a team of very seasoned professionals and an advisory board, the know-how of providing end to end franchise and consulting services to companies seeking to franchise a business locally and internationally, local international companies who are already franchising and want to expand to other territories and entrepreneurs /professionals who want to buy a franchise.

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