Introduction  Nigeria as we know is blessed with abundant human and natural resources. A huge number of these resources are yet untapped. Young inventors are everywhere, uncelebrated.

Introduction  We have abundant local producers without the enabling environment to lunch and market their products and services, the painful part of the whole situation is that the foreign product and services we all clamour for and celebrate are still locally produced in this country with the same, and sometimes higher quality. The mentality of: Once it is made in Nigeria, it has a low quality has clouded the minds of almost every consumer. This is about to change.

Introduction  In the words of President Goodluck Jonathan (2014). “Our preference for foreign goods is damaging the economy through importation which must stop for the economy to grow. over-locally-produced-goods/103987/

Introduction  “We must encourage what we have. Other countries that became great did not wake up one day and become great. If you look at the history of a country like China at a time they closed their door and restructured everything, begin to think again and by the time they opened their doors, the rest is known by all of us. For us as a nation to move forward we must also tame our exotic taste. Some of the things we bring from outside is not even as good as what we even have within our country.”  - president Goodluck Jonathan (2014)

In a nutshell  BNN aims at improving our ‘exotic taste’ for locally product via several means explained in this presentation.

BNN  Taking advantage of the internet and its endless possibilities and opportunity, we want to set up a network known as The By-Nigerians Network which will be referred to with its acronym ‘BNN’ throughout this presentation.

What is BNN?  BNN is a network of patriotic and determined Nigerians with the aim of eradicating our over dependence on foreign-made products, thereby promoting local content via all available media.

Name and location By-Nigerians NetworkBy-Nigerians Network Sokoto Benue Niger Lagos Abuja Cross-Rivers PH

Vision Statement  To make Nigeria a self-sustaining nation with ‘Made-In-Nigeria-By-Nigerians’ products.  To put a ‘Made-In-Nigeria-By-Nigerians’ product in every home of the world.

Mission Statement  We shall provide and maintain a universal platform for quality Nigerian- made products to sell to the world.  We shall encourage and advertise local innovations and inventions.

Aims and Objectives  To reduce over dependence on foreign made products.  To improve our ‘exotic taste’ for locally made goods and services.  To serve as a solid platform for young inventors and entrepreneurs to show off their products.  To reduce importation of products – machinery, manpower, goods and services.

Aims and Objectives In the next two years,  BNN should have been fully established in all states of the federation with fully functional teams.  BNN should be the one stop hub for latest indigenous inventions.  50% of inventions advertise on the BNN must have become companies.  Local content advertised on BNN should be the most preferred above similar foreign made products.

Components  Website  Mobile App  By Nigerians Market  BNN Media  Magazines  Events

Website Blog Online market Projects (Innovations/inventions) Nigerian-of-the- month

Mobile App

By-Nigerians Market  The online market will only feature “Made-In-Nigeria-By-Nigerians” products.

BNN Media  This will handle all media needs of BNN ranging from photography to video production, online interaction etc.

Other Channels     AUcQA

Project Execution Set up BNN Management Team Develop Website Create Awareness

Start-Up Fund S/N PackageDescriptionAmount 1.Domain Registration2 years ₦ Hosting/CDN2 years ₦ Admin InterfaceBy IONS Group ₦ Website Development FeeBy IONS Group ₦ AdvertisingFacebook ₦ Mobile App DevelopmentAndroid(IONS) ₦ Windows(IONS) ₦ Blackberry(IONS) ₦ Total ₦

Yearly Operational Cost S/N PackageDescriptionAmount 1.Hosting ₦ Website MaintenanceCDN, SSL ₦ Online Ads Maintenance ₦ Total ₦

Sources of fund Fund to enable BNN kick off successfully will be generated in the one or all of the following ways.  Team members’ contribution.  Sponsors fund.  Grants.  Investment.

Revenue BNN will generate revenue but this is not immediate as we will aim at covering the entire Nigeria first. A breakdown of how revenue will be generated is as follows:  Online market.  Advert placement on the website and magazines.

Management C.O.O (STATES) C.O.O (STATES) Technical Team Media Team Web Developers Marketing Team Software Developers Social Media Manager Photographers /Photo Editors Video Editors/Producers Writers Writers Tele/Offline/Online marketers PRESIDENT