G.B.O.M / CCN TRAIN

Monthly G.B.O.m

The CCN monthly G.B.O.M is round the corner, this dynamic event takes place every last Thursday of the month , this is yet another opportunity to expand your network, connect with other successful business owners, multiply your income. You will get updates about the business , products, innovative ideas and an open forum to dicuss our successes and challenges.

Dreams don't work unless you do! Seize this opportunity, Grow your business, make more money. Do not forget to invite people.


Venue: NERDC Guest House Opp Fela Shrine Agidingbi Ikeja Lagos
Date: 27th Nov 2014
Contact Us : 07042383761

Keep Going Green!!!



Congratulations!!! to our members in Port-harcourt, Uyo, Calabar, the CCN Train makes a stop at Port-harcourt. Discover how to grow your business exponentially!

 Join top earning Green Ambassadors and Green Business Owners in a 2 day, life-changing, interactive seminar taking place from Thursday 27th- Saturday 29th from 10:am daily at Beverly Hills Hotel 130 Woji Rd. GRA Phase 11, Port harcourt. 

Seize this opportunity and take your business to the next level! Invite your down-lines and new people to galvanize them to keep growing their green businesses and liberate themselves.

For more information,  contact Mr white, our south-south training coordinator on08038805259 and Ebenezer ,The green center manager on 07062838757

 Keep Going Green


Date : Thursday 27th- Saturday 29th
Venue: Beverly Hills Hotel 130 Woji Rd. GRA Phase 11, Port Harcourt

SMEFUNDS – GEB WINS AT AFRICA SME CHAMPIONS AWARDS 2014

SMEFUNDS – Green Energy & Biofuels Limited has been named one of the
most valuable Enterprises operating in Africa at the Africa SME Champions Awards that recently held
between 11th & 12th November 2014 in Dakar, Senegal. The Ecobank Group and the Africa SME
Champions Forum have partnered with other co-organizers such as the African Guarantee Fund and
AfricSearch to sponsor the hosting of over 300 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) at the first Africa
SME Champions Forum.

Femi Oye CEO SMEFunds 

        Speaking at the forum, SMEFUNDS’ CEO Femi Oye said “we are grateful to God that we have evolved from just a local SME to a continental champion. This is a testament to the fact the future belongs only to those who believe in the beauty of their dream. In spite of our lack of access to required capital, we have progressed against all odds to develop what today has become a multi-million dollar enterprise providing clean and affordable cooking energy to customers in about 7 African Countries with our main operations in Nigeria.

We continue to create jobs to several people on our continent while maintaining an innovative and disciplined approach to running our enterprise.In a press statement issued by Ecobank, one of the sponsors of the forum, “the Africa SME Champions Forum creates an opportunity to identify Africa’s next great success stories. It was an avenue for over 300 ambitious SMEs in Africa who are interested in growing their businesses to enjoy direct access platform to finance. In addition, it also provides them the
opportunities to enjoy master classes, customized consultancy services and mentoring from a number of financial institutions as well high-quality experts and policymakers”.

Application was received from 250 SMEs through a careful selection process, using strict parameters
that include, being officially registered in Africa, legally created at least three years ago, turnover of at
least $1.5 million and a minimum workforce of 10 employees. SMEFUNDS, Digital Jewel Ltd. and
Stratcomm Africa Limited are some of the enterprises that made the Top list at the awards.

    Commenting on the forum, Deputy Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Tony Okpanachi, said “the
inaccessibility of finance was a major obstacle to small business growth and development, with only 20 %of African SMEs receiving a credit line from financial institutions”. According to Patrick
Akinwuntan, Group Executive Director, Ecobank and Sunkanmi Olowo, Ecobank, Head of SME, “we
have enjoyed business relationship with SMEFUNDS and look forward to even bigger cooperation in
the future”. The Managing Director/CEO of Abuja Enterprise Agency, Aisha Abubakar also
commended the solution to energy crises that SMEFUNDS invests to provide.

About Africa SME Champions Forum
The Africa SME Champions Forum focuses on concrete solutions to the numerous challenges facing
African managers.

About SMEFUNDS
SMEFUNDS is a social enterprise based in Lagos, Nigeria promoting safer and cleaner biofuel gel with
their patented Cook stoves as an alternative to dangerous and harmful kerosene, Charcoal, LPG and other
fossil fuel. They are the first partners of UN Sustainable Energy for All High-Impact Initiative for

Announcements: G.B.O.M

Monthly G.B.O.m

The CCN monthly G.B.O.M is round the corner, this dynamic event takes place every last Thursday of the month , this is yet another opportunity to expand your network, connect with other successful business owners, multiply your income. You will get updates about the business , products, innovative ideas and an open forum to dicuss our successes and challenges.

Dreams don't work unless you do! Seize this opportunity, Grow your business, make more money. Do not forget to invite people.


Venue: NERDC Guest House Opp Fela Shrine Agidingbi Ikeja Lagos
Date: 27th Nov 2014
Contact Us : 07042383761

Keep Going Green!!!


Travelling Opportunities

Have you always dreamed of going to exotic places around the world? Then you should take advantage of of these travelling opportunities open to all our members  . While some events have already been held there are still others open for you to grab

Join CCN at the International all Expenses Paid Trips or qualify for a partial
Sponsored category;


Climate Change Conference, COP 20/CMP10: Lima, Peru  Dec 1-12 2014


Cook stoves Future Summit, New York, United States  November 20&21 2014


CCN 2014 Green Holiday & Travels, United Arab Emirates  December 2014

Beach Getaway

The CCN Beach Party Getaway is a great opportunity to unwind, relax and re-connect with other members. There will be lots of interesting activities like horse riding, football and tennis holding in Lagos

Date: 13th of December.
Time: From 7.30am
Venue: Villa RCA Beach Resorts Lekki

 Lets have fun and end the year celebrating! Contact us at 0704 238 3761 for tickets and more information.

Leaders Retreat

Leaders are not meant for a selected few... Leadership can be developed and maximised for the growth of your business. The Leaders retreat taking place on December 11th is an exciting opportunity to mingle with other high achievers. This event is open to Officers and above .

Date: 11th Dec 2014
Time: 7.30 am - 4.30pm

US Donates $3 Billion To Climate Change Fund

Following the news of the historical agreement between the US and china on climate change, there are  even more exciting news for environmentalists and for our members.

The US has pledged $3 Billion dollars to the Climate fund to help developing countries fight the effects of climate change and educate its citizens on the ways to reduce them. The fund will also act as a catalyst to spur on the wealthy nations who are dragging their feet on adopting the greener life style


What Does This Mean For CCN

It means there potential for us to reap more benefits to help with research

It can also help reduce the cost of our green commodities

More funding for climate change means potenially more money to be made by our members

Go-green Break-through: U.S and China strengthen force against Climate change!

Advancements are increasing, against all odds, to make our planet kept from hazards of carbon emissions and to generate more money for environment activists (Green ambassadors).

The News

For the first time, China set a target for capping carbon emissions last week in an agreement with the U.S President Barrack Obama, who earlier pledged deeper cuts in green-house-gas emissions.

The presidents of the two world’s biggest economy, U.S President Barrack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping after series of negotiations outlined the accord, which they said would help push other Nations to negotiate a global pact next year in Paris.

Big Impact

The Director of International Programs for the National Resources Defense Council (a Washington-based environmental group) Jake Schmiidt, said no other countries can have as big an impact on the climate debate as the U.S and China.

Affirmation

This new commitment from the two world’s giant economy will without doubt increase the opportunity to access the carbon trading potentials which is a plus for all environment activists.

If these two leading economies can take such deep commitment to cutting down emissins, the rest of the world is signaled to equally promote this advancement.

Action Point

If the approach from our national level does not indicate “help-from-the-top” commitment, we can demonstrate our many individual-levels “help-to-the-top” commitments and make more money solving this global problem.

Do not hesitate to tell more people about the way forward!

Go-Green, Grow-Great!

By Gideon Fakolade

Fire Outbreaks Caused By use Of Charcoal And Candles

The Dangers Of Charcoal

      The dangers of open flames like charcoal, candles e.t.c have been exposed again by this article in Guardian newspaper, many innocent people are dying because they want to heat up their homes and feed their family, hence the need to encourage renewable,clean and safer energy like Solar for lighting up the house at night and the biofuel for cooking. 

In Carbon Credit Network we have many options for people with different needs and price points.  Tinu solar, solar fitila and treasure light kit can be alternatives to the candles and kerosene lanterns being used in various homes across Nigeria. 

Here is the article

THE Borno State Fire Services (BOFS) at the weekend said it recorded 92 cases of fire outbreaks in the last ten months of 2014, warning that people should desist from use of “candles and charcoal” to lit and cook during the harmattan season.

 Giving the warnings in Maiduguri, the Director of BOFS, Alhaji Musa Hussaini, disclosed that the fire outbreaks occurred between January and October this year with no loss of life.

He however said that two persons were rescued in separate fire  incidents in two separate wards of Maiduguri metropolis, the state capital.

According to him, the fire outbreaks were mostly caused by candle lights, illegal connection of electric wires and negligence on the part of some residents and members of the communities in the state. He advised residents in the state to desist from using charcoal for warming and cooking during this harmattan season that may last till April or May next year.

“The people should be very cautious in using charcoal to get warm in their homes, especially during this harmattan period, because it can endanger their lives and property,” Hussaini said.

He said the Fire Service had procured 61 fire fighting vehicles that could assist in quick response to distressed calls from residents and other members of the communities.

Hussaini said that the agency would employ 100 workers to be drawn from the youth Vigilante group known as Civilian JTF to work under the agency. “This will include 65 fire fighters and 35 drivers with a view to complimenting the shortage of manpower we have experienced.” 

Culled from ngrguardiannews.com

End of Year Events

Get Your Bikinis Ready We Are Going To The Beach

The CCN Beach Party Getaway is a great opportunity to unwind, relax and re-connect with other members. There will be lots of interesting activities like horse riding, football and tennis holding in Lagos

Date: 13th of December.
Time: From 7.30am
Venue: Villa RCA Beach Resorts Lekki

 Lets have fun and end the year celebrating! Contact us at 0704 238 3761 for tickets and more information.

Leaders Summit

Leaders are not meant for a selected few... Leadership can be developed and maximised for the growth of your business. The Leaders retreat taking place on December 11th is an exciting opportunity to mingle with other high achievers. This event is open to Officers and above .

Date: 11th Dec 2014
Time: 7.30 am - 4.30pm
Venue: Underground Location Lagos

Book your place by clicking on this link http://bit.ly/1qDsASX

 Admission is FREE!!! 

Three Boosts Training will add to your Productivity and profits

                                              

It is common and true of the saying that “the only constant thing in the universe is change”; it is evidently uncommon but very true that the most consistent thing in growing is learning. The illiterates of this century are not only those people who cannot read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.

The renowned leadership champion, John C. Maxwell appropriately asserted that “man must learn as long as he lives” and that “When man stops learning, right there and then, he stops growing”.

Growing to maximize your potentials of productivity and profits requires training and to train is to;

T-Touch the

R-Reasoning,

A-Attitude &

I-Instinct

N-Notably

Undergoing training will boost your productivity and profits by;

1.     Touching Your Reasoning: it is natural for everyone to want to think in the box not wanting to go the extra mile of thinking outside the box. Training will enable you stretch the thinking faculty like an elastic material and allow you break-through the wall of the box, break old-rules and gain more grounds.

2.     Touching your Attitude: Time and again, it has been proven by numerous success stories that more than hard-work or ambition can earn you, your attitude will earn you much more. If your productivity and profits will ever improve, your attitude towards and at training must also improve to become better.

3.     Touching your Instinct: The instinct is a spontaneous reference for quick decision making. It is practically connected to sets of pre-concluded belief system. Instinct goes a long way in determining what choices to be made, especially the quick-ones. Choices are the constituents that make the outcomes of life, and if you want a good life, you need good choices because the choices you make have their ways of making you back. Training enables you to re-shapen and re-sharpen those sets of belief system that determines the instinct, which in the long-run determines your choices and your life.

AFFIRMATION:

You can boost your productivity and profits by participating in the CCN trainings.

ACTION POINT:

Decide today to participate in the next CCN training at the closest green center to you.

Go-green, grow-great!

Quotes from: www.johnmaxwell.com

By Fakolade Gideon A

CCN Train In Port Harcourt

Congratulations!!! to our members in Port-harcourt, Uyo, Calabar, the CCN Train makes a stop at Port-harcourt. Discover how to grow your business exponentially!

 Join top earning Green Ambassadors and Green Business Owners in a 2 day, life-changing, interactive seminar taking place from Thursday 27th- Saturday 29th from 10:am daily at Beverly Hills Hotel 130 Woji Rd. GRA Phase 11, Port harcourt. 

Seize this opportunity and take your business to the next level! Invite your down-lines and new people to galvanize them to keep growing their green businesses and liberate themselves.

For more information,  contact Mr white, our south-south training coordinator on 08038805259 and Ebenezer ,The green center manager on 07062838757

 Keep Going Green


Date : Thursday 27th- Saturday 29th
Venue: Beverly Hills Hotel 130 Woji Rd. GRA Phase 11, Port Harcourt


Reminders 

  We also take this opportunity to remind us all about the Events that are taking place from the 11th- 13th of December. 

Leadership Retreat 

  Are you a leader? Then be a part of the Leadership retreat taking place on the 11th of December come and build the skills to grow your network and earn even more money. 

Beach Party

  The CCN Beach Party Getaway is a great opportunity to unwind, relax and re-connect with other members. There will be lots of interesting activities like horse riding, football and tennis holding on the 13th of December.

Dinner For Champions

 The CCN Dinner which is an invitation only event will take place on the 12th of Dec 2014 to celebrate the super achievers in our Network .


 Lets have fun and end the year celebrating! Contact us at 0704 238 3761 for tickets and more information

Why You Need To Ditch Kerosene

Kerosene Lantern 

The stories have been coming for the past 3 months or so, the ever rising cost of Kerosene from your various neighbourhoods. Kerosene is now gold

The price of kerosene now rivals the price of fuel in Nigeria, no longer for the  'common man' . A woman says now, she spends N200 a day, over N2,500 a week  for her cooking. Kerosene is not sold at the retail price because end users can only purchase from retailers who have bought from the filling station, not to mention the scarcity problems and stories of fires caused by kerosene.

There is also the lesser known problem with Kerosene and that is the health implications of uses kerosene lanterns and stoves. 69,005 die every year in Nigeria from the use of solid fuels, many thousands have breathing difficulties caused by these types of fuels, thereby putting a strain on our healthy system.


Some even use firewood to cook food for their families because it is more cost effective than kerosene but is it healthy? No it is not.; rather it is depositing carbon into their bodies and reeking havoc on our climate causing deforestation in different parts of the country.This is unsustainable especially in Nigeria where the rate of poverty is still very high.

Governments and agencies like the Global Alliance for cook-stoves,   all over the world recognise these problems and are encouraging and funding great initiatives like green cook-stoves all over the world to eliminate all these problems relating to our health and our  pockets.

On the carbon credit network, we partner with the UN and other agencies to present the Kike cook-stove to the average Nigerian. With this stove there is no more Kerosene, no more Co2 emissions and no more breathing problems caused by inhaling  the smoke emitting from the Kerosene.

Single burner kike cook-stove

Kike cook stove uses a bio fuel gel made primarily from ethanol, the by-product of the gel is oxygen and water, We know it sounds incredible but it is true. The gel is safe to use in the home around children because even when you forget your food while cooking, as long as the gel burns completely the fire will go out.

Bio fuel gels

The gels are also pocket friendly coming at N150 for 0.75, N600 for 3 Ltr to N1000 for 5 Ltr

 The Kike cook stove and the gel are innovations that will go along way to reduce the indoor air pollution we are currently experiencing in different parts of Nigeria.

Have you switched to Kike cook-stove yet?



Statistics from :Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

A Cross-Section Of Attendees

The CCN General Business Opportunity meeting was held last Thursday at Ikeja, Lagos. The meeting was packed with many ambassadors and invitees, to get tips on how to improve their businesses, update their knowledge on all the green commodities and network with other green business owners.

Mr Myke Lecturing the group

Mr Myke did the first presentation , he talked extensively about the desire to make money, drawing from his personal experience what drove him to join CCN.

 "Money is not everything but money is the only thing that solves everything"

Mrs Lawal and Mrs Gimba

Mrs Lawal from our Ogba green shop ,supported by Mrs Gimba Ikorodu green shop owner graced us for the product demonstration. They used all the products to demonstrate including the Kike cook-stove and gel to show the audience how economical and effective the green commodities are.

Mrs Susannah Odoh talking 1 WATT

Mrs Susannah Odoh presented our newest most exciting new program the 1 WATT Solar Program, giving the members an opportunity to get free electricity or $6000 ; that is an incredible offer!!!

We all need electricity, this is an opportunity to get 3KVA installed in your home for free...or cash out and collect $6000. There are also options for those who want to install them outright or lease to own option.

Lots of questions were asked specifically about the price of the gel, we will like to reassure all our ambassador and users of the gel that we are working on reducing the price of gel... it will happen soon.

Green ambassadors present also gave testimonies of the kike cook stove in particular and how people came back to them and told them how amazed they were about the stove and its effectiveness.

Mrs Coker took time to also encourage ambassadors to keep working hard and not to be discourages when people return products.
The constant advise given to all attendees is to know your green commodities, how  to use the various products and to best advise customers.

                                              Climate Change Good Business !!!