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Collaborated With A Business In The Developing World

Earned a Development Grant to Enact Solutions

Collaborated With Business Development Experts

Our team reviewed the economic, social, political, and environmental factors that impact our partner business to design a launch plan and identify how to bridge the gap between our business partner’s current and desired conditions.

In order to fund the proposed business, our team composed a detailed plan and pitched our proposal to request seed funding from the Leadership Initiatives Grant Committee.

After researching the socio-economic conditions facing our business partners, our team worked with the Nigerian development staff to create effective solutions to the challenges our business partner was facing.

My Business Consultant Training

Eunice Daga Koshi

Quick Facts

Business Partner Age: 31 years old

Business Partners Current Living Place: Birshin Gandu, after "House on the Rock Church", Bauchi - Bauchi State

Marital Status: Married

Husband's Name: Yelawos Godiya Bonga

Children: Kabrhan Yelawos, 2 years old

Type of Business: Photography Business

Years Working: 5 years

Money Owed: 40,000 Naira

Top Three Problems: 1) Purchasing technology, 2) Financial management, and 3) Advertising business & selecting shop

Eunice had her first fell in love with photography when she volunteered with the Nation Youth Service Corps (NYSC). She was trained with basic photography skills in Ikare-Akoko, in Ondo State, Nigeria. Eunice was then posted to Gramick School of Photography and served there for one year. She taught basic photography skills to students at the school.

In March 2020, after she completed her service program she took an internship with Modelia Studio (a photo studio) in Bauchi.

She defines success as: "I will have the feeling of success when I am able to impact the lives young children, when I am able to groom other female photographers, when I am able to contribute to bringing about development in my neighborhood and also be financially stable."

About Eunice

Eunice dreams of owning her own shop where she can make other women feel beautiful. She would like to specialize in event photography to help document the major events in peoples lives. She believes she can do the most good by focusing on wedding photography, birthday photography, naming ceremony, and special social gathers.

Eunice hopes her new business will help provide food for family, rent for home, transportation, and fabric & materials cost for clothing.

Business Goals

Eunice is a 31 years old woman who lives in a small two-room apartment at Birshin Gandu a community in Bauchi, Bauchi State. She is married and has a two-year-old child.

For a long time, Eunice's family was barely able to provide for themselves. Eunice's husband has been unemployed for a year. The major responsibility of the family rest on Eunice's shoulder.

Eunice trying to support her family with odd jobs and independent photo jobs.

Family & Home

Eunice says that "working with Leadership Initiatives and the interns is a great opportunity, and I am excited to be a part of this organization. I hope to become an example for others to know that with a little push, some help, and a bit of faith we can achieve success. That we will create job opportunities for citizens thereby reducing crime rates and other social vices."

One day, Eunice hopes to see her business grow enough to employ/empower other women from her community to give them an opportunity to escape the cycle of poverty.

Eunice also hopes to become a landmark in the field of photography, as well as, be a motivation for other women to know that there is no limit to what a woman can achieve.

Our Partnership

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My Grant Proposal

Leadership Initiatives is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is dedicated to creating future leaders across the globe through experiential learning.

In the International Business & Development Internship, I worked directly with some of the world’s leading business and development experts to learn about international business and development.

At the conclusion of the internship, I presented my research proposal to a panel of judges including [Insert Titles].

My Grant Proposal Presentation

Internship Highlights

Our team began the business development process by having a one-on-one Zoom call directly with our business partner, [BP Name], and Nigerian project coordinator to ensure productive collaboration.

We learned more about [BP pronouns] life, family, and desires for the proposed business venture, as well as the challenges [BP pronouns] were facing.

By discussing first-hand the challenges our partner faced, our team successfully and efficiently began to brainstorm solutions to launch her business.

Each morning we held constructive discussions about our ideas, the advice we received the day before, and the timeline necessary to begin implementing our ideas in real-time.

I had the opportunity to visit the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, where I learned culturally-relevant knowledge that my team and I applied to our development solutions.

We began our visit with a traditional Nigerian lunch of jollof rice, egusi, moi moi, boli, and traditionally cooked chicken.

Then, we received a briefing regarding NIgerian culture and business embassy officials and top executives.

We concluded our visit by speaking with embassy officials to discuss our business partner and the potential growth of their industry.

Our team met with leading experts in the field of business and economic development from the State Department, Exxon, Harvard University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, and top US companies and nonprofits.

These leaders included Dr. Sarah Stiles, Professor and Provost at Georgetown University, and Tiffany Norwood, serial entrepreneur with seven startups and nearly a billion dollars in funding under her belt.

With their guidance, we streamlined our initial ideas to further our efforts in launching the venture our business partner envisioned.

Our team advanced our communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills through hands-on project management and development.

Our team pitched the final proposal to a panel of expert judges from Harvard University, the Leadership Initiatives Nigerian Development Team, and the Leadership Initiatives Grant Committee.

This formal pitch allowed our team to practice our skills and utilize our entrepreneurial toolkit, all while showcasing our efforts to transform the business we partnered with.

At the end of the pitch, we were able to receive feedback on our proposal for our business partner.

Over the next year, our business partner’s venture will be made into reality and monitored for sustained success and growth.