Education
Agcrest Development Centre (Nigeria) offers a series of specialised training courses designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of a diverse group of participants, including NYSC, post-NYSC graduates, university and polytechnic graduates, employment seekers, government officials, NGO workers, and humanitarian workers, as well as individuals seeking professional development or work experience. We deliver our training and courses through in-house, online, and hybrid sessions.
Agcrest Development Centre in South Sudan pioneers a Digital VSLA and Cooperative Management Practitioner Certificate course through Acrest Online Education in collaboration with Alpha Commercial Bank South Sudan.
Agric Business and Innovative Finance Practitioner Course: After completing this course, students will not only understand agriculture as a business but also gain the skills required to become an agri-preneur. Agribusiness encompasses agricultural production, processing, marketing and distribution, incorporating all entities involved in the agricultural value chain, from farm to fork. It not only fuels economic growth, but also provides livelihoods, ensures food security, and contributes to rural development as a critical component of the global economy.
Agcrest Development Centre in Sierra Leone offers practical on-site skills training in basic Livestock Feed Production and marketing and improved Poultry Production Practices in collaboration with Yormatah Youth Farmer Association Sierra Leone and Bigthings Poultry Farms under the supervision of the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education-Skills Development Fund (SDF) Programme Sierra Leone.
Explore Professional Certificates, Vocational and university-level Courses
For a comprehensive range of practitioner certificates and self-paced learning options, visit our dedicated Acrest technical education platform at Agcrest Online University. Explore courses designed to enhance your skills and advance your professional development in key areas of humanitarian and development work.
Acrest Online University
Our Courses
Digital Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA ) and Cooperative Management Practitioner Certificate Course
- Understanding poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion.
- Banking services, cooperatives and micro finance
- Understanding the traditional Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) management (Care International).
- Case studies: Mobile Money (M-Gurush/MTN Momo/Safaricom) 2. Inko Moko’s Approach to financial inclusion.
- Understanding Digital Marketing and Communication Platforms (External Supplementary Course) https://msbm.org.uk/south-sudan/programme/professional-certificate-course-in-digital-marketing-and-communication-platforms
- Facilitating Change/Transformation, Understanding Gender in development
- Intro to Agribusiness
- Digital technologies, including mobile money.
- Understanding the digital VSLA journey, requirements, and set up.
- Digital VSLA/Coop Management tool (practicum).
- Digital VSLA/Coop Management tool practicum & reporting.
- Digital VSLA/Coop Management practicum, demonstration, wrap-up
- To enrol, write to [email protected]
Organisational Development:
- How to develop a winning project proposal for funding
- How to establish and run an NGO successfully
- Basic understanding of M&E and Logical Framework
- How to set up M&E system for NGOs and Humanitarian Organizations
- How to mainstream gender into humanitarian and development project activities
- How to manage change
- How to develop business plans
- Principles of conflict Resolution and management
- Development research principles
Enrol today at Acrest Online Education. Take the next step in your educational journey. Visit our contact page to send us a message, or register directly at Acrest Online University to start your studies with us. You can also write directly to us via [email protected]
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