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Duration
Modules
Fees

Jan 2022

Apply Date

Sept 2025

Start Date

About the Program

The ABE Program is a unique ACTIVEclassTM compliant practical, experience-based entrepreneurship NPQTM program based on the principle of impacting entrepreneurial SEEKTM (skills, expertise, experience, and know-how) through active engagement and practice.

This NPQTM Program is designed to provide intensive entrepreneurial immersion training in Agri-Business Entrepreneurship SEEKTM development for the next generation of Agri-Business Entrepreneurs setting up and building their Agri-Businesses in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRETM).

As an NPQTM program, the ABE Program is not a paper qualification (certificate/diploma) based program where participants work towards getting a paper qualification at the end of the Program through taking and passing required course assignments, tests, or exams and getting grades for them. Your qualification on the ABE Program is Your Agri-Business Startup which one is expected to establish before enrolling on the Program or set up during the Program or startup after completing the Program.

This is an NPQTM – No Paper Qualification Program

No Paper Qualification on Completion

ABE — Your Qualification is Your Agri-Business Startup

Key Information

Mode of Delivery

Online

Duration

9 – 12 months

Number of Modules

13

Number of Credit Hours

52

Apply Date

January 2025

Start Date

September 2025

Language

English

The ABE Program is targeted at Prospective Agri-Business Entrepreneurs yet to commence Business and aspiring to start their Startup Business as a Founder or Co-Founder and get into Business.

The ABE Program is ACTIVEclass compliant whereby the instructional delivery approach is designed to facilitate, support, and empower the active engagement of the Program Participants (Learners) in the process of developing and acquiring their Program-specific SEEK
The ACTIVEclass philosophy underlying ABE is based on a paraphrased quote partially attributable to Confucius, the Chinese Philosopher: “Tell Me, and I Forget; Teach Me, and I May Remember; Involve Me, and I Learn; (Get Me To Do It and I will Know It)”.
The ABEProgram, therefore, lays ZERO emphasis on the Telling (Tell Me and I Forget), LESS emphasis on Teaching (Teach Me and I May Remember), MAJOR emphasis on Involving (Involve Me and I Learn), and MAXIMUM emphasis on Getting TO DO IT (Get Me To Do It and I will Know It)) aspects in delivering the Modules of the Program.

The LKDATM– Outcome ACTIVEclassTM Mode of Program Delivery

The ACTIVEclass Mode of Delivery of ABElays less emphasis on teaching the Participants details of the entrepreneurial SEEK. Rather they are encouraged and empowered to acquire the relevant entrepreneurial SEEK through the innovative LKDA (Learn, Know, Do, Acquire) approach practiced through the active engagement of Learners in a Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) process.
ACTIVEclass Learners/Participants on ABEare therefore encouraged and empowered to play an active-engagement role in contributing to their entrepreneurial SEEK development and acquisition process through actively engaging in the Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based Instructor-prescribed and Learner-Self-prescribed learner-initiative- intensity-activeness LKDA-Outcome AATs (actions, activities, and tasks).
ABE is, therefore, a personal initiative intensity commitment (PIIC)-based ACTIVEclass Program that expects its Participants to take full responsibility for their Learning, Knowing, Doing, and Acquiring (LKDA) Outcomes relating to acquiring their entrepreneurial SEEK through activity-based Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD).
Already-in-Business and Prospective Future Entrepreneurs enrolled in this intensive and practical ACTIVEclassTM Entrepreneurship Program are encouraged and empowered to use their creative capabilities and abilities to create and contribute to the entrepreneurial SEEKTM they want and seek to acquire through active engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based approach. The ABE Program is therefore designed to prepare, empower and encourage its Participants and Alumni to pursue the path of being job and wealth creators rather than job seekers.
There are no entry requirements on the ABEProgram, except that one is expected to have a burning desire and the determination to become an Entrepreneur and is willing to embrace the entrepreneurial mindset to put in the required efforts to be the Founder or Co-Founder of a Business Enterprise or Corporation. One is also expected to adopt the personal initiative intensity commitment (PIICTM) active engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based (LKDA) Outcome approach to Learn, Do, Know, and Acquire the requisite entrepreneurial SEEK to set-up, manage, build and grow their Business in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE).
Those with some entrepreneurial or business background or qualifications and those with some prior entrepreneurial or business work experience in any of the fields of Business who aspire to become Entrepreneurs running the Business they Founded or Co-Founded may have some headstart on the ABEProgram.
Those without entrepreneurial or business backgrounds or qualifications and others without prior entrepreneurial or business work experience can still catch up on their entrepreneurial SEEK without difficulty on the ABEProgram and become successful Entrepreneurs. The expectation is that what they lack on the entrepreneurial business background qualification or work experience side can be picked up easily on their Entrepreneurship Journey and beyond.

The Business world is littered with Business Founders running Businesses employing knowledgeable and experienced staff with the extensive business and technical expertise needed for running the Business without themselves having some practical entrepreneurial or business background to start with. So, we have you covered if you belong to this category of those who want to be successful Entrepreneurs in the 4IR Economy without entrepreneurial background or work experience.

By all means, Join Us and succeed on the ABEProgram.
Duration of the Program:

16 Weeks (Intensive Self-Pace Study)

This Program is made up of a number of Program Engagement Sessions (PESs). Each PES comprising a number of designated Units of Study (USETM) has an expected duration equivalent to a one-week session on the Program. Some Participants on the Program may spend less than a week and others more than a week during a given PES.

Method of Delivery:

Intensive Online ACTIVEclassTM Activity-Based Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD).

 Participants on iCSEP are expected during each PES to undertake and complete specific ACTIVEclassTM active-engagement  Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) LKDATM – Outcome practical entrepreneurship actions, activities, and tasks (AATs)  for acquiring specific entrepreneurial SEEKTM. Participants are expected to complete the ACTIVEclassTM  LDKATM-Outcome AATs corresponding to each of the Units of Study (USETM) designated for a given PES before moving on to the next PES.

The Agri-Business Entrepreneurship (ABE) Program

The FoBAs of the ABE Program identifies the Business products, systems, or services that Agri-Business  Entrepreneurs are expected to be engaged in as the focus area of their Agri-Business   Enterprise.

The ABE Focus of Business Areas (FoBAs)
Agriculture and Farming Products and Services
Food Processing Products and Services
Food Distribution Services
Food Packaging Products and Services
Animal Husbandry Products and Services
Fisheries Products and Services
Crop and Soil Science Consultancy Products and Services
Nutrition Products and Services
…and Many More
The ABE Program is based on Three Modules:
  • The ABE Business Base Camp Fire-Side Chat Module
  • The ABE Business Ignition and Start UP Module
  • The ABE Business Accelerated Development & Immersion Experience Module

Each of the Program Modules comprises a number of Sub-Modules, each constituting several Units of Study Engagement (USETM). The delivery of each USETM  under its designated Program Engagement Session (PES) is based on specific ACTIVEclassTM active-engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) practical entrepreneurship LDKATM-Outcome AATs targeted at acquiring specific entrepreneurial SEEKTM 

ABE Module A: The ABE Base Camp Fire-Side Chat Module

The Units of Study Engagement (USE)
Understanding the Agri-Business Environment and the Agri-Business Industry Locally and Globally
Knowing What they Say About the Prospects and the Future of the Agri-Business in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing About Agri-Business Entrepreneurship and Utreprenership in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing a Thing or Two About Who Are the Agri-Business Entrepreneurs
Knowing Why Agri-Business Entrepreneurs are Some of the Key Movers and Shakers of the in Today’s Business World Locally & Globally
Knowing Why Agri-Business Entrepreneurs are Everywhere and are involved in Almost Everything Made, Created, or Built in the Global Agri-Business
Knowing the Importance of Being an Agri-Business Entrepreneur in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing What It Takes to Stand on the Shoulders of Giant Agri-Business Entrepreneurs and Learn From Their Notable Accomplishments as Well as Mistakes and Tribulations on their Entrepreneurship Journey
Knowing What It Takes to be Agri-Business Entrepreneur in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing What it Takes to Develop and Secure Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Foundation
Knowing What it Takes to Embark on Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Journey in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing What it Takes as an Agri-Business Entrepreneur to ‘Bite More Than You Can Chew’ and Still Chew it to Build and Grow Your Agri-Business
Knowing How to Spot ‘Easier Say Than Done’ Decisions and Still Do It on Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Journey
Knowing How to Think Like an Agri-Business Entrepreneur: Embracing the ‘I can do it better and different’ Thinking and Mentality
Knowing What it Takes to Embrace and Practice as an Agri-Business Entrepreneur inspired by the George Bernard Shaw Credo – “You see things, and you say Why? But I dream things that never were, and I say, Why not.”
Knowing What it Takes to Manage Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Anxieties
Need to Know Why Making the Choice and the Decision to be Agri-Business Entrepreneur is a Good One
Need to Know How to Stay on Course on Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Journey even if the Going Get Tough
Knowing What it Takes to Succeed as an Agri-Business Entrepreneur: The Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Motivational PEP Talk.
Knowing How to Take and Heed the Advise of Agri-Business Entrepreneurs Who Have Been There
Knowing Where to Start on Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Journey
Knowing the Critical Agri-Business Entrepreneurship SEEK You Must Get and Practice to Start, Build and Grow Your Agri-Business and be a Successful Agri-Business Entrepreneur in the 4IR Economy.

ABE Module B: The ABE Business Ignition and Start-UP Module

The Units of Study Engagement (USE)
Knowing What it Takes to Motivate and Inspire Yourself to Commence Your Agri-Business Utrepreneurship Journey without Holding Back
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Agri-Business Pre-Launch Crisis Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Agri-Business Pre-Launch Strategic Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Agri-Business Pre-Launch Business Funding Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Agri-Business Pre-Launch People Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Ignite Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurial Business Startup
Knowing What it Takes to Have the Requisite Entrepreneurial Leadership Skills (ELS) to Lead Your Agri-Business from a Startup to a Successful Business
Knowing How to Scope the Nature of Your Agri-Business
Knowing How to Identify and Crystalize the FoBA for Your Agri-Business
Knowing How to Spot a Gap in the Market for the Products/Services of Your Agri-Business
Knowing How to Develop Your Viable Entrepreneurial Agri-Business Idea (VEBI)
Knowing How to Put Together a Viable Business Preposition (VBP) for Your Agri-Business
Knowing How to Craft the Entrepreneur Statement of Business Intention Aspiration (ESBIP) for Your Agri-Business
Knowing What it Takes to Take Off in Business as an Agri-Business Entrepreneur
Knowing What it Takes to Commerce Your Agri-Business from an Existing Business
Knowing What it Takes to Sustain Your Passion for Setting Up and Running Your Agri-Business
Knowing What it Takes to be a Creative Agri-Business Entrepreneur
Knowing How to Ask the Agri-Business Entrepreneurial ‘what-if’ ‘Doing it Better and Different’ Questions
Knowing How to do Your Agri-Business QDA -- The Quick & Dirty Analysis – The 4Ws
Knowing How to Figure out Your ‘Assets’ and Build on them for Your Agri-Business Success
Knowing How to do Your Agri-Business SWACOP (Strengths, Weakness, Assets, Challenges, Opportunities & Possibilities) Analysis
Knowing How to do Your Agri-Business Entrepreneurship Venture Viability Analysis - EVVA
Knowing How to do Your Agri-Business Enterprise BPC –Business Preposition Crystallization
Knowing How to Taxonomize Your Agri-Business Product Offerings
Knowing How to Recognize and Do Something About Your Agri-Business Weaknesses and Do Something About Strengthening Your Agri-Business Strengths
Knowing the True and Critical Customers of Your Agri-Business Products/Services
Knowing What it Takes to Come Out with the Minimum Viable Product/ Service (MVP/MVS) for Your Agri-Business
Knowing What It Takes to Create the Product/Service for Your Start-UP Agri-Business
Knowing What is Required to Produce Your Agri-Business Finished Products/Services for the Market
Knowing What it Takes and What is Required to Start Your Agri-Business Startup if you are yet to commence business
Knowing How To Get On Top Of Your Business Your Agri-Business Enterprise Start-Up Challenges
Knowing What it Takes to Ensure that Your Qualification is Your Agri-Business Startup
ABE Module C: The ABE Business Accelerated Development & Immersion Experience Module
The Units of Study Engagement (USE)
Knowing What it Takes to Launch Your Agri-Business Product/Services on the Market
Knowing What it Takes to Market and Promote Your Agri-Business Product/Services on the Market
Knowing What it Takes to Manage and Run Your Post-Launch Agri-Business
Knowing How to Make Your Agri-Business Post-Launch Crisis Judgement Calls
Knowing How to Make to Make Your Agri-Business Post-Launch Strategic Judgement Calls
Knowing How to Make to Make Your Agri-Business Post-Launch Business Funding Judgement Calls
Knowing How to Make to Make Your Agri-Business Post-Launch People Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Put Together a Team to Manage Your Up and Running Post-Launched Agri-Business
Knowing What it Takes to Source and Mobilize Funds and Investment to Develop and Accelerate Your Agri-Business
Knowing What it Takes to Handle Challenges in the Way of Developing Your Agri-Business
Knowing What it Takes to Recognize and Avoid Costly Mistakes Agri-Business Entrepreneurs Make
Knowing What it Takes to Get and Work with Your Agri-Business Mentors to Accelerate the Development of Your Agri-Business
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Agri-Business FOOTPRINTS
Knowing What it Takes to Move Your Agri-Business From One Level to the Next
Knowing What it Takes and What is Required to Build and Grow Your Fully Operational and Up and Running Agri-Business

Fees & Funding

Associate Degree

Associate Degree is $550/Module

Bachelor’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree  is $550/Module

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