The Strategic Programme on Entrepreneurship Empowerment and Development (SPEED) is an initiative of NEF which focuses on training and capacity building of entrepreneurs activities include:

• The how to start your own business series designed to stimulate new start-up businesses as well as ensure the sustenance of already established once.
• Engagement in public speeches on business ownership and motivation for enterprises to be able to navigate the challenge of growth.

The central objective of SPEED are to:

• Propagate entrepreneurship as key to our future growth.
• generate business ideas for would be entrepreneurs.
• Help develop simple, defendable and bankable business plans.
• Facilitate access to funding sources
• Help sustain existing enterprises through institutional supports.