Venture Creation

At the end of this course, students, through case study and practical approaches, should be able to: 1. describe the key steps in venture creation; 2. spot opportunities in problems and in high potential sectors regardless of geographical location; 3. state how original products, ideas, and concepts are developed.; 4. develop business concept for further incubation or pitching for funding; 5. identify key sources of entrepreneurial finance; 6. implement the requirements for establishing and managing micro and small enterprises; 7. conduct entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce; 8. apply a wide variety of emerging technological solutions to entrepreneurship; and 9. appreciate why ventures fail due to lack of planning and poor implementation.

Opportunity Identification (Sources of business opportunities in Nigeria, Environmental scanning, Demand and supply gap/unmet needs/market gaps/Market Research, Unutilised resources, Social and climate conditions and Technology adoption gap). New business development (business planning, market research). Entrepreneurial Finance (Venture capital, Equity finance, Micro finance, Personal savings, Small business investment organisations and Business plan competition). Entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce (Principles of marketing, Customer Acquisition & Retention, B2B, C2C and B2C models of e-commerce, First Mover Advantage, E- commerce business models and Successful E-Commerce Companies,). Small Business Management/Family Business: Leadership & Management, Basic book keeping, Nature of family business and Family Business Growth Model. Negotiation and Business communication (Strategy and tactics of negotiation/bargaining, Traditional and modern business communication methods). Opportunity Discovery Demonstrations (Business idea generation presentations, Business idea Contest, Brainstorming sessions, Idea pitching). Technological Solutions (The Concept of Market/Customer Solution, Customer Solution and Emerging Technologies, Business Applications of New Technologies - Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual/Mixed Reality (VR), Internet of Things (IoTs), Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Renewable Energy and many others. Digital Business and E- Commerce Strategies). BCH 3O4: Metabolism of Amino Acid and Protein (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcome At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. illustrate why and how proteins are broken in cellular systems; 2. explain how to determine the molecular weight of proteins; 3. recognise the relationship between the urea cycle and other pathways of protein metabolism; 4. describe the differences between ketogenic and glucogenic amino acids; and 5. identify the role of inorganic nitrogen in protein synthesis and breakdown. Course Contents Amino acids as building blocks of proteins and the peptide bond as covalent backbone of proteins. Forces involved in the stabilisation of protein structure. Protein isolation, fractionation, purification and characterisation. Amino acid analysis of peptides and proteins. Methods for the determination of the sequence of amino acids in proteins. Protein biosynthesis, molecular weight determination of proteins. Techniques in protein biochemistry. Oxidative degradation of amino acids and metabolism of one carbon units. Ammonia toxicity and urea formation. Ketogenic and glucogenic amino acids. Biosynthesis of amino acids and some derivatives, the urea cycle; metabolism of inorganic nitrogen. Disorders of amino acid metabolism and polyamines.