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What is entrepreneurship? (n.d.). https://online.stanford.edu/ 
     what-is-entrepreneurship

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Is entrepreneurship a solution to ending global poverty?

Our region: Western Africa

Our decision: Yes

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The Good, Bad And Ugly of Empathy. (n.d.). https://www.forbes.com/sites/ 
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What is empathy?: "The ability to sense other people's emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling."

In this case, we are focusing on understanding the challenges of our region.

-Lack of education for children in Western Africa.

-The percentage of children not in school, in Western Africa (2019):

27 percent of primary school-age children.

37 percent of lower-secondary school-age children.

56 percent of upper-secondary school-age children.

(White)

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Why education looks different for kids in West Africa. (n.d.). 
     https://www.wavschools.org/blog-education-in-west-africa/

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Define: Define the specific problem for our region.

Specific reasons why there is a lack of education:

Inadequate funding.

Corruption.

Inadequate infrastructural facilities.

Shortage of academic staff.

Weak administrators and insecurity.

-Created a problem statement for Nigeria:

In Nigeria 10.5 million children are not in school because of the lack of strong education systems.

-Nigeria would benefit from an education system that would:

Help decrease levels of poverty.

Help people receive higher paying jobs.

(Monday, Mallo)

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Ideation: Creating potential solutions for our problem statement.

-Brainstormed things that we could implement that would help aid this severe lack of education.

-Came up with several potential solutions:

Building better schools.

Providing better technologies/teachers.

Having non-profits involved and aid in transportation/general resources.

Having a system in place to encourage kids to stay in school.

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Adelaj, T. (2021). School term delayed in Nigerian capital zone amid kidnapping 
     crisis. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ 
     school-term-delayed-nigerian-capital-zone-amid-kidnapping-crisis-2021-09-09/

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Re-define our problem statement with the specific solution to our problem.

-Our re-defined problem statement:

Over 10.5 million children in Nigeria are not in school, or getting proper education. We will be building small affordable schools aiming for grades 6-8 (ages 12-14).

Implement structure in a few states within northern Nigeria.

Help aid keeping children in school by having better resources and support for education.

Start off small, measure success by seeing how many kids stayed in the program/ continued their education afterward.

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Prototype: Build a prototype of what our solution could be/look like.

-Took time in class to gather materials and discuss the general layout and form of our school.

-Specific things we wanted to include in our design:

Have something small = keep the school affordable and adaptable.

Keeping in mind the dry and warmer weather in Nigeria (Wanted to include windows, and a suitable roof for the weather, AC for warmer temperatures).

Keeping the school mobile = a non-permanent structure that would help get the ball rolling for education within the country.

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     united-for-education-foundation/about/

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Test: Testing the prototype and working through any revisions that would likely be made.

-Discussed added changes to make:

Small building with multiple teachers.

Not a replacement, school would be considered extra help.

AC (warmer weather in the region).

Start off with only building two schools to see how well the program is taken.

Implement the schools in two towns in northern Nigeria.

Gain support/ funding through "United for Education Foundation" (Helps aid in educating youth in Nigeria).

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Met with the professor and gathered information on what we can improve/change.

Major takeaways we gathered:

Bullet Points.

Citations.

Formatting.

Narrow down our scope.

Include a "Thank You" slide.

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What is entrepreneurship?:

" Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of starting, managing, and scaling a business. It involves combining innovation, skills, and vision to develop new products, services, or ideas that meet market demand and create value for a target audience."

-We have a constant want for innovation!

Would stand stagnant.

Continue to strive for the best and want to grow as people.

-Entrepreneurship opens the door for innovation.

Best intentions = potential for entrepreneurship to be the solution to ending global poverty.

Today we pose not only a position for children in Western Africa to get better education, but we open a door for more innovative ideas that can help those in need.

(Winter)

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Questions?