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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]W-Holistic Business Solutions, founders of Sustainable Education and Enterprise Development (SEED), recently hosted the Maiden Edition of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Quad T Event Center, Lagos State. As part of the multipronged approach of the SEED Solution, targeted at schools in Nigeria with the aim of developing and transforming them for better and sustainable education service provision to children from low-income households, which includes Quality Assessment, Business Development Training, Mentoring, Advocacy and Access to Finance. SEED held its Maiden Edition of the Access to Finance Clinic from its network of 715 Affordable Private Schools in the 6 Education Districts of Lagos State.

[/vc_column_text][stm_slider css=”.vc_custom_1454049893799{margin-bottom: 32px !important;}”][stm_slider_item img_id=”4651″][stm_slider_item img_id=”4955″][stm_slider_item img_id=”4956″][/stm_slider][vc_column_text]The aim of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic is to improve the access to finance for SEED Beneficiary Schools and serve as a platform for the schools to understand the requirements for financing, get further information on various finance options, and commence the access to finance process(-es) for their preferred option(s).[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/12″][stm_single_image img_id=”4957″ img_size=”320 X 320″][stm_spacing xs_spacing=”46px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7/12″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1531497858206{margin-top: -6px !important;margin-bottom: 26px !important;}”]

Financial Inclusion for Affordable Private Schools!

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The theme of the Maiden Edition of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic was “Financial Inclusion for Affordable Private Schools” with presentations by the SEED Access to Finance Partners including Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), Sterling Bank, Jessefield Microfinance Bank, Lotus Capital and FINT. The Maiden Edition of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic had 307 Affordable Private Schools out of its network of 715 Affordable Private Schools in attendance.

The Maiden Edition of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic also featured a Keynote Presentation by Nigeria’s first licensed credit bureau, FirstCentral Credit Bureau, represented by the bureau’s Head of Sales and Marketing, Mr. Olanrewaju Agbede. Other features of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic included messages from Heads of School Associations, which are SEED Acquisition Partners, and messages from one of the partners of SEED, Developing Effective Private Education in Nigeria (DEEPEN). The SEED Access to Finance Clinic also had a Panel Discussion session, Updates on SEED Project session and Breakout Sessions which contained Visits to the SEED Access to Finance Partners’ desks by the SEED Alumni for Contact and Registration on Various Finance/Loan Products.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1531497920160{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Maiden Edition of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic also featured a Keynote Presentation by Nigeria’s first licensed credit bureau, FirstCentral Credit Bureau, represented by the bureau’s Head of Sales and Marketing, Mr. Olanrewaju Agbede. Other features of the SEED Access to Finance Clinic included messages from Heads of School Associations, which are SEED Acquisition Partners, and messages from one of the partners of SEED, Developing Effective Private Education in Nigeria (DEEPEN). The SEED Access to Finance Clinic also had a Panel Discussion session, Updates on SEED Project session and Breakout Sessions which contained Visits to the SEED Access to Finance Partners’ desks by the SEED Alumni for Contact and Registration on Various Finance/Loan Products.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]