Invent, innovate and drive organizational transformation, performance, and growth. Capture emerging opportunities in changing markets while optimizing innovation and profitability. Digitally evolve your business or functional area, turning digital disruption into a competitive capability and advantage. Master the concepts of building category-king companies, and thrive.
Registration for 4th edition of Tekedia Mini-MBA (Feb 8 – May 3, 2021) continues. Tekedia Mini-MBA, from Tekedia Institute, is an innovation management 12-week program, optimized for business execution and growth, with digital operational overlay. It runs 100% online. The theme is Innovation, Growth & Digital Execution – Techniques for Building Category-King Companies. All contents are self-paced, recorded and archived which means participants do not have to be at any scheduled time to consume contents.
- Our dedicated learning management system, school.tekedia.com, is where you will take your classes.
- Our “Facebook for Innovators” is live hub.tekedia.com . The Android version is coming once Google approves. It will enable our members to collaborate more effectively.
More so, it is a sector- and firm-agnostic management program comprising videos, flash cases, challenge assignments, labs, written materials, webinars, etc by a global faculty coordinated by Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe. When we finish, we will issue a certificate from the Tekedia Institute, Boston USA.
Register and join us. You will emerge transformed with tools and capabilities that engineer confidence, performance and growth. Accelerate your leadership ascent with us and have access to speak with me on your career and professional development! Here are our programs and costs.
| Code | Program |
| MINI | Tekedia Mini-MBA costs US$140 (N50,000 naira) per person. |
| MINR | Add extra (optional) $30 or N10,000 if you want us to review and provide feedback on your labs. |
| MINF | Annual Package (includes 3 editions of MINI and optional 2 certificate courses): $280 or N100,000. |
| CERT: Add extra (optional) $60 or N20,000 for each capstone-based Certificate specialty course. You must have attended, begun, or about attending Tekedia Mini-MBA to qualify. The following Certificate tracks are available: | |
The Certificate program is completely capstone-based. Tekedia capstone is a research paper or a case study exploring a topic, market, sector or a company. Tekedia Institute supervises the work.
How To Register
Follow these options to pay for Tekedia and general Fasmicro services.
- PayPal: follow this link and pay the amount in US dollars. It supports most global currencies and debit/credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, etc). You will need to enter the exact amount you are paying.
- Bank transfer (Nigerian naira): Pay amount into any of
- GTBank 0114016493
- UBA 1019195493
- Account owner: First Atlantic Semiconductors and Microelectronics.
- Flutterwave: follow this link (naira) or this one (USD) to use your Verve, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, etc cards across Africa and beyond (you can use same links for other currencies). Across Africa, this also supports Mobile Money, Barter, etc; change to your local African currency.
- Automatic Registration: visit store and click the respective programs and complete payment. The auto checkout uses Paypal, debit/credit card, Bitcoin, Flutterwave, etc
- Zelle: email us for the Zelle phone number or email address for transfer.
- UBA AfriCash: in most parts of Africa, you can send money via UBA AfriCash to Nigeria. Email for our details to enable you make the transfer.
- Crypto payment: An option in the automatic registration - pay with Bitcoin (BTC), ETH, and other coins by selecting Coinpayments; select the product, add to cart, and select Coinpayment at checkout.
After payment, email [email protected]
After payment, email [email protected] with participant’s name and code or program paid for, to complete the registration.
Registration Benefits
- Attend 2021 Tekedia Career Week free (see past one)
- Attend 2021 Tekedia Innovation Week free
- Access to any Facyber Certificate program for free. Facyber offers online cybersecurity programs on policy, technology, management, and forensics.
- Get free ebooks: Africa’s Sankofa Innovation and “The Dangote System: Techniques for Building Conglomerates”
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Session Labs: Session Labs are designed to give members practical insights on some courses. The following are planned with the companies to deliver them:
- Remote Work Administration: Krozu
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance: Bitfxt
- Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics: Infoprive
- You get our new book - “Innovation and Growth of Firms: A Guide for Innovators and Growth Champions" free when it comes out in H1 2021.
Tekedia CaseWorks
Tekedia has produced and still produces case studies, concept notes & investment briefs, exclusive to Tekedia Mini-MBA members. Visit Tekedia CaseWorks for some of the companies and brands.
Tekedia Mini-MBA Syllabus
Theme: Innovation, Growth & Digital Execution – Techniques for Building Category-King Companies
Introduction
Over the last few decades, digital technology has emerged as a very critical element in organizational competitiveness. It has transformed industrial sectors and anchored new business architectures, redesigning markets and facilitating efficiency in the allocation and utilization of factors of production. The impacts have been consequential: nations like Nigeria are moving towards knowledge-based economic structures and information societies, comprising networks of individuals, firms and states that are linked electronically and in interdependent relationships. In this program, we will examine this redesign within the context of fixing market frictions and deploying growth business frameworks in a world of perception demand where meeting needs and expectations of customers are not enough.
Program Time: Feb 8 – May 3, 2021
Venue & Format: Online via videos, articles, webinars, and flash cases. Program is self-paced which means you consume the materials at your own time and pace. It is completely online. You will have something to complete within 7 days. You decide when you do that within the window. Where you live or your time zone would not be an issue as program is not live-delivered.
Cost: US$140 (N50,000 naira). We have a payment plan, i.e. installment payment plan (email us for details)
Program Structure: The program structure is presented below.
Week 1: Innovation, Design Thinking & Growth
- Innovation and Growth of Firms – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- Design Thinking, Innovation Lessons - Aderinola Oloruntoye, Dean, Workforce Group
- Innovation, Strategy, and Digital Transformation – Jude Ayoka, Manager, Access Bank Plc
- Human Productivity Innovation – Dotun Jegede, PhD, Senior Partner, Dee Bee Consulting
- Agile Methodology & Innovation - Bola Adesope, Scrum Master/Agile Coach, Sonnet Insurance
Week 2: Business Systems & Processes
- The Grand Playbook of Business – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- Project Planning, Process Improvement, Operations Management - – Rasheed T. Adebayo, Operations Manager, Schlumberger UK
- Quality and Asset Management – Michael Odigie PhD, Vice President Technical Services, Delek Logistics USA
- Effective Pricing Strategy and Systems - Alli Adetunji, Head of Finance, Securepack
Week 3: Business Model & Transformation
- Business Models and Strategies – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- Organizational Change Management - Omowunmi Adenuga-Taiwo (ex-Strategy Consulting Manager Deloitte)
- Building Your Business Financial Models (templates included) - Michael Olafusi, Financial Analyst Fellow Brightmore Capital
- Execution – Business Objectives and Technologies, Nnamdi Onyebuchi, CEO, Weco Systems Group
Week 4: Exponential Technologies and Singularity - TAFFD USA
- Exponential Technologies and Business Opportunities in the Age of Singularity – Edward Hudgins, PH.D
- Singularities, Transhumanism, and Entrepreneurship – Gennady Stolyarov II
- Singularity, Exponential Growth and Technology – Chogwu Abdul, PhD
- Futurism, Malleability, and Category King Companies – Brent Ellman
- Lab #1
Week 5: New Technologies, Growth, Disruptive Innovation
- AI & Cloud – Wale Olokodana, Azure Business, Microsoft
- 5G and Mobile Internet – Emeka Obiodu (King's College London), Olayinka Oduwole PhD (PhD Oxford University), Olu Teniola (World Wide Web Foundation)
- Cybersecurity – Adetokunbo Omotosho, CEO Infoprive; Digital Business Risk Management - Oluseye Kolawole, MD, Oak Interlink; Information Security & Digital Forensics - Francis Nwebonyi PhD, Critical TechWorks Porto
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Decentralized Finance - Franklin Peters, CEO Bitfxt
- Data Management, Big Data Analytics – Dr Adewole C. Ogunyadeka, esure Group
- Fintech – Olugbenga GB Agboola, CEO, Flutterwave; Samuel C. Eze, CEO, Pass
Week 6: Finance, Investing, Fundraising
- Investing & Fundraising – Victor Ndukauba, DMD, Afrinvest West Africa
- Capital Market Operations – Azeez Lawal, MD, TrustBanc Capital
- Fundraising Opportunities - Grants, DFIs, Governments, etc - Victoria Madedor, Bank of Industry ITC
- Understanding Global Capital Markets - Lagos, London, and New York - Ola Oladele CFA, VP Global Markets, Parthian Partners
- Financial Planning & Management – Okpaise Kenneth, Financial Advisory Manager, AIICO Insurance
- Personal Finance & Wealth Management – Japheth Jev, CIMA(UK), CGMA, ACA, Japheth Consulting
Week 7: Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Ecommerce – Olufemi S. Aiki, Co-Founder, Foodlocker
- Supply Chain & Logistics Management – Ayodele Adenaike, COO, GIG Logistics
- Supply Chain Management – Luiz Barreto, Graduate of MIT Supply Chain Management
- Product Case: Logistics – Samuel Akinniyi Ajiboyede, CEO, Zido Logistics
- Lab #2
Week 8: Marketing, Sales Management & Business Objectives
- Developing and Executing An Effective Enterprise Marketing Plan - Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, General Manager, Enterprise Marketing, MTN Nigeria
- Mastering The Art of Sales Excellence - Ferdinand Ibezim, MD/CEO, Selling Skills Support Services Limited
- Consumer Marketing in FMCG - Emmanuel Agu, Group Marketing Director, Jotna (the LaCasera Company)
- Sales Management, Marketing and Growth – Moby Onuoha, Queen’s University Canada
Week 9: Law, Contracting & Globalization
- Business & Commercial Law – Chukwuemeka Mbah (LLB, BL, LLM) Law, Manager, Sherwin Williams
- Contracting, Negotiation and IP – Jeff Chineme Maduka (LLB, BL, LLM), Snr Legal Manager, American Tower
- Tax Law - Jerome Okoro PhD, Partner, Hermon Legal Practitioners
- Supply Chain Management, Global Partnership & Contracting – Adebayo Adeleke, ex-Chief of Contracting and Deputy Chief, Business Operations Division, US Army
- Business Relationship Management & Negotiation Skills - Charles Okeibunor, CEO IRMP
Week 10: Leadership, Human Capital & Project Management
- Leadership, Knowledge Management – Prof. Ayodeji Oyebola, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
- Human Resources Management - Adora Ikwuemesi, Director Kendor Consulting
- Leading and Managing Teams, Stakeholder Management with NICER Model – Dr. Chisom Ezeocha, Project Delivery Manager, Shell
- Career Planning – Precious Ajoonu, Manager, Jobberman
- Effective Project Management – Taiwo Abraham, Project Manager, Horizant Canada
- Lab #3
Week 11: Business Communication, Design, Media & Branding
- Effective Business Communications – Victoria Uwadoka, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé
- Media, Communications, and PR – Grace Akinosun, CEO, smepeaks
- Branding and Advertising – Akachi Ngwu, Executive Director/COO, Luzo Digital Network & Media
- Product Design and Packaging – Kemisola Oloriegbe, Manager, Nigerian Breweries Plc
- Lab #3 – Tekedia Institute
Week 12: Accounting, Sustainability & Risk Management
- Risk Management - Akeem Rasaq, Head, Risk Management, Chapel Hill Denham
- Physical Security Risk Management - Henry Mgbemena, Global Security Adviser, World Vision
- Accounting – Ndubuisi Umunna (ACA), Head Finance, Grand Treasurers
- Auditing, Forensics, Controls – Yusuf O. Sanni (ACA), Chief Internal Auditor, BUA Cement Plc
- Internal Auditing Strategy for SMEs - Abel Osuji - Director, Internal Audit & Risk Control, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Egypt
- Sustainability – Eustace Onuegbu, President, incsr.org; Temitayo Ade-Peters, CEO, WeForGood
Week 13: Growth & Taxation
- Managerial Accounting, Business Decision Making and Growth – Idris Ayinde, ACA, CFA, KPMG UK
- Tax Management for SMEs - Banji Adelaja ACA, Managing Consultant, Aradol Consulting
- Tax Treaties and Their Benefits - Emmanuel Eze, Manager, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
- Regional Case: Tax Law and Compliance in Lagos State - Abimbola Abdur-Rahman Lekki, Lagos Internal Revenue Service
Week 13: Execution and Closure
- Driving Profitable Growth, Marginal Cost, Scaling – Prof. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- Stimulating New Markets Through Innovation and Perception Demand – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- The Call to Business Execution, Closure – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
- Graduation Day – Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Tekedia Live: This an optional Zoom session which holds thrice per week. It is recorded and archived. Our faculty members and invited guests rotate to anchor the sessions. Live provides a platform for members to ask questions and get live responses.
Special Weeks: Two special annual programs – Tekedia Career Week (not designed for finding jobs but rather planning careers) and Tekedia Innovation Week - for our members. Admission is that a member must have attended a Tekedia program in that year. The specific dates (Q4 2021) are announced later. For the last edition, click here.
Session Labs: Session Labs are designed to give members practical insights on some courses. The following are planned with the companies to deliver them:
- Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics: Infoprive
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance: Bitfxt
- Remote Work Administration: Krozu
Target Audience: This program is designed for professionals across functional areas like sales, marketing, technology, administration, legal, strategy, finance, etc across all business sectors and domains.
Learning Objectives: To innovate is to set a new basis of competition in an economy, business sector or market. Most times, it results to disruption. This program is designed for private (large, SMEs, startups) and public institutions. Participants will:
- Master the mechanics of growth – the reward of innovation – through frameworks, cases and evolving strategies.
- Understand how to undergo transformation journey that is fully aligned with corporate objectives through measurable and realizable benchmarks.
- Acquire business capability tools that do not just RUN their firms but can TRANSFORM them.
- Design corporate growth experiments in Lab sessions based on One Oasis Strategy, Aggregation Construct, Double Play Strategy, Accumulation of Capability Construct, and more.
- ETC
Tekedia Advanced Diploma Programs – Immediate Access Upon Payment
Each track of Tekedia Advanced Diploma programs runs for 8 weeks (2 months). A track has no Live Zoom session, and it is completely self-paced and online. Upon payment, you have immediate access to start learning. The program includes class notes, flash cases and videos, but no webinar. Each track costs $100 or N36,000 naira per participant. The tracks and curriculum are presented below.
| DLSM | Advanced Diploma in Logistics & Supply Chain Management |
| DBIS | Advanced Diploma in Business Innovation, Growth & Sustainability |
| DBPM | Advanced Diploma in Project Management |
| DIRM | Advanced Diploma in Risk Management |
| DIBA | Advanced Diploma in Business Administration |
| DIDT | Advanced Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking |
| DIAT | Advanced Diploma in Accounting, Auditing, Forensics & Taxation |
Part A – General for All Tracks
In the first 4 weeks, all the tracks take the same courses.
| Week | Part A – Common to All Tracks |
| 1 | Innovation & Growth:
Growth and Innovation of Firms Digital Transformation, Innovation & Strategy |
| 2 | Business Systems & Processes:
Grand Playbook of Business & Entrepreneurial Pursuit Process Improvement and Operations Management |
| 3 | Business Model & Transformation:
Modern Business Models and Growth Execution Effective Organizational Change Management |
| 4 | Design and Innovation Lessons:
Innovation Lessons (5in5, Global, Africa) Product Design and Packaging |
The electives for the tracks are presented on this slider-table.
Part B.1 - Elective for Business Administration
| Week | Part B – Business Administration |
| 5 |
Quality & Project Management: Quality and Asset Management Effective Project Management |
| 6 |
Finance & Fundraising: Capital Markets, Investing and Fundraising Accounting, Building Sustainable Enterprises Financial Modelling |
| 7 |
Delivery and Execution: Marketing and Sales Management Supply Chain & Logistics Management |
| 8 |
Understanding Technologies and Sectors: Technologies: Cybersecurity, Blockchain, AI & Cloud, Data Management, 5G Sectors: Ecommerce, Fintech, EdTech, Agtech, HealthTech |
Part B.2 - Elective for Risk Management
| Week | Part B – Risk Management |
| 5 |
Risk Management: - Risk Management - Effective Security Risk Management Process - Digital Business Risk Management |
| 6 |
Law and Governance - Effective Corporate Governance - Law, Contracting & Negotiation |
| 7 |
Auditing & Accounting - Auditing, Forensics, Policies and Controls - Accounting, Building Sustainable Enterprises - Internal Auditing Strategy |
| 8 |
Sustainability · Cybersecurity - Sustainability Innovation for Business Growth |
Part B.3 - Elective for Project Management
| Week | Part B – Project Management |
| 5 |
Quality & Project Management: - Effective Project Management - Business Relationship Management & Negotiation Skills |
| 6 |
Partnership and Contracting - Global Partnership & Contracting - Law, Contracting & Negotiation |
| 7 |
Models and Planning - Planning Supply Chain - Accounting, Building Sustainable Enterprises - Financial Modeling |
| 8 |
Planning and Execution · Broadband Service Delivery – Business Case - Execution – Business Objectives and Technologies |
Part B.4 - Elective for Business Innovation, Growth & Sustainability
| Week | Part B – Business Innovation, Growth & Sustainability |
| 5 |
Growth - Managerial Accounting, Business Decision Making and Growth - Driving Profitable Growth, Marginal Cost, Scaling - Human Productivity Innovation |
| 6 |
Planning and Execution - Project Planning, Execution and Control - Execution – Business Objectives and Technologies |
| 7 |
Modelling - Accounting, Building Sustainable Enterprises - Financial modelling - Internal Auditing Strategy for SMEs |
| 8 |
Sustainability · Sustainability Strategy and Social Innovation - Sustainability Innovation for Business Growth |
Part B.5 - Elective for Logistics & Supply Chain Management
| Week | Part B – Logistics & Supply Chain Management |
| 5 |
Supply Chain - Outlook on Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain Systems & Management |
| 6 |
Partnership and Contracting - Global Partnership & Contracting - Law, Contracting & Negotiation |
| 7 |
Models and Planning - Planning Supply Chain - Accounting, Building Sustainable Enterprises - Financial Modeling |
| 8 |
Business Cases · Zido Logistics & Freight - Foodlocker (Ecommerce Logistics) |
Part B.6 - Elective for Innovation & Design Thinking
| Week | Part B – Innovation & Design Thinking |
| 5 |
Design Thinking - Introduction to Design Thinking - Digital + Design + Thinking |
| 6 |
Innovation & Design Thinking - Design Thinking Lab, Action Planning - Human Productivity Innovation |
| 7 |
Sustainability and Execution - Sustainability Strategy and Social Innovation - Execution – Business Objectives and Technologies |
| 8 |
Quality & Project Management: - Quality and Asset Management - Effective Project Management |
Part B.7 - Elective for Accounting, Auditing, Forensics & Taxation
| Week | Part B – Accounting, Auditing, Forensics & Taxation |
| 5 |
Accounting - Accounting, Building Sustainable Enterprises - Managerial Accounting, Business Decision Making and Growth |
| 6 |
Auditing - Auditing, Forensics, Policies and Controls - Internal Auditing Strategy for SMEs |
| 7 |
Taxation and Tax Law - Tax Management for SMEs - Tax Treaties and Their Benefits |
| 8 |
Digital and Case - Information Security and Digital Forensics - Case Study: Tax Law & Compliance in Lagos State, Nigeria |
Tekedia Live Sessions
We run optional three Live Zoom sessions (two weekdays and one Saturday). This provides a way for our members to ask our Faculty and experts live questions and get feedback.
Capstone-Based Certificate Program
Tekedia capstone is a research paper or a case study exploring a topic, market, sector or a company. You will pick a topic which the Institute will approve. Then you will go and execute that project. Think of this as a final year student product in a university. We expect it to last a maximum of 3 months. The member will submit a report at the end of the capstone. For someone who wants to start a business, you may choose a topic to do market study in that sector. You design a questionnaire and execute your study. Essentially, the essence of this is to apply what you have learnt in the Mini-MBA to produce a practical business document.
You must have attended, begun or about attending Tekedia Mini-MBA to qualify to register. Each certificate course costs $60 or N20,000 as noted above where the Certificate tracks were listed.
Amazon AWS Credit to Innovators
Tekedia Mini-MBA is a quasi startup accelerator, extending the school core innovate & grow mindset to support innovators. That means, innovators and companies can have access to resources which our Fund provides. If you are in our program, and need support, we will help. We have credits to support founders and companies in Tekedia Mini-MBA who are bootstrapping or have raised small money. Then, as you grow, we will offer you more credits.
Special Weeks
Tekedia runs two special annual programs – Tekedia Career Week (not designed for finding jobs but rather planning careers) and Tekedia Innovation Week for our members. Admission is that member must have attended a Tekedia Mini-MBA program in that year. The dates are announced in our program curriculum. For the last edition, click here.
Our Career Week is not designed for finding jobs. Rather, it is structured to TRANSFORM workers, founders & professionals into business leaders and champions of innovation in their companies. The sub-theme is Nurturing Innovators: Career Planning & Resilience During Disruption. It is packaged under the Tekedia Mini-MBA theme of Innovation, Execution & Growth. Our knowledge experts for the Week include human resources experts and leaders from MNCs and startups, across industries and global regions:
Other Tekedia Mini-MBA Programs
- Tekedia CollegeBoost is a version of the Advanced Diploma in Business Administration for colleges and schools.
- Tekedia Mini-MBA for Corporates is a customized version of the general Tekedia Mini-MBA for companies.
- Tekedia Mini-MBA for Governments is a customized version of the general Tekedia Mini-MBA for governments, government agencies and related public institutions.
- Tekedia Live (GMP and AMP) Training: The General Management Program (GMP) and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) are live (i.e. real time) virtual programs which are delivered by our experts.
Our Contact Email
[email protected]
Lead Faculty of Tekedia Institute
Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the Lead Faculty of Tekedia Institute
- PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- MBA, University of Calabar, Nigeria
- BEng Electrical & Electronics Engineering ( Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria)
Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe invented and patented a robotic system which the United States Government acquired assignee rights. Dr Ekekwe holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a PhD in engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. He earned undergraduate degree from FUT Owerri where he graduated as his class best student. While in Analog Devices Corp, he co-designed an accelerometer for the iPhone. A recipient of IGI Global “Book of the Year” award, a TED Fellow, IBM Global Entrepreneur and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Prof. Ekekwe has held professorships in Carnegie Mellon University and Babcock University, and served in the United States National Science Foundation Committee.
The South African press called him “a doctor of innovation” for helping organizations on the mechanics of business innovation, strategy, and growth. Since 2009, the Chairman of Fasmicro Group which controls many startups and entities has been writing in the Harvard Business Review. He was recognized by The Guardian as one of 60 Nigerians Making “Nigerian Live Matter” on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day (Oct 1, 2020).
Selected Faculty & Testimonials
We have more than 85 Faculty members; see the full list here. For selected testimonials on our program, click here.
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This is awesome prof, I already feel like punching my ATM now for the Mini MBA / cert programs nevertheless I would prefer to do so in a financially balanced state of mind , kindly when is the next session coming up after this one so I can prep ahead.
Meanwhile this will be my second program with Tekidia….I love the touch
About to start in February
Yes, Feb 8 as it is written there – Registration for 4th edition of Tekedia Mini-MBA (Feb 8 – May 3, 2021) begins.