Understanding Entrepreneurship

Who entrepreneurs, enterprising people and intrapreneurs are; the qualities that help them succeed; the roles they play in Rwanda's economy; and how they turn everyday problems into business opportunities.

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The Role of Work in Society

What work is, paid and unpaid; how work is grouped into the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors; common myths about work and the facts that answer them; and why every honest job has dignity and value.

3

Concept of Needs, Wants, Goods and Services

The difference between needs and wants, primary and secondary; the kinds of goods and services people buy; why scarcity forces choices and every choice has an opportunity cost; and what makes people consume more or less.

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Financial Awareness

Personal and business finance and how to budget; where businesses find money; how to save and let savings grow; how to borrow safely and manage debt; and how to manage money well, including the benefits and risks of debit and credit cards.

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Initiation to Accounting

What accounting and bookkeeping are and why every business needs them; who uses accounting information, inside and outside a business; business transactions and the source documents that prove them, recorded in a simple cash book; and the ways a Rwandan business can pay and be paid, from cash and cheques to MoMo, bank transfers and cards.

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Factors and Indicators of Business Growth

What business growth means and how businesses grow; the internal and external factors that drive growth and the constraints that hold it back; the indicators that measure growth, from sales and profit to employees, market share and branches, with percentage growth calculated and charted; and how spreadsheets and artificial intelligence can help spot growth trends, and where they fail.

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Concept of Standardisation

What standards and standardisation are and why they matter to consumers, producers and the economy; the subjects and fields that standards cover, from maize grain to bricks and services; the levels of standardisation, from a company's own rules to national (RSB), regional (EAC, ARSO) and international (ISO) standards; and the main types of standards, including compulsory and voluntary ones and the quality marks that show a product has been certified.

Units

Understanding Entrepreneurship

The Role of Work in Society

Concept of Needs, Wants, Goods and Services

Financial Awareness

Initiation to Accounting

Factors and Indicators of Business Growth

Concept of Standardisation

Units

Understanding Entrepreneurship

The Role of Work in Society

Concept of Needs, Wants, Goods and Services

Financial Awareness

Initiation to Accounting

Factors and Indicators of Business Growth

Concept of Standardisation