Abdullahi Bibi is a seasoned mentor, Business Development expert and financial adviser. He attended the esteemed Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria to study accountancy (BSc) Accounting. He is a licensed Business Development Service Provider under the National BDSP Programme in collaboration with Growbridge United Kingdom. Abdullahi is a senior partner in a firm of chartered accountants and chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises. (NASME) an apex Business Membership Organization in Nigeria.
As a consultant, he has nearly two decades of experience in the financial services sector and led numerous public sector statutory audits while contributing tirelessly towards SME development in Nigeria. He is currently a faculty member at the School of Banking (NID) Kaduna Business School, where he teaches entrepreneurship and banking. Abdullahi has offered expertise and technical support to recent and ongoing research, capacity building and business development projects. He is a lead facilitator and mentor of the Kaduna Start-up Entrepreneurship Programme (KADSTEP)- access to finance and entrepreneurial development programme of Kaduna State, Bank of Industry and Kaduna Business School 2016 – date.
Abdullahi is a Mentor supporting the ongoing massive entrepreneurial development programme by Master Card Transformation Nigeria Youth Programme (TNY in Partnership with Enterprise Development Center Pan Atlantic University Lagos. He is currently the Executive Director of Enterprise Development at Kaduna Business School
Areas of Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Financial Literacy
Leadership and Strategy
Key Publications & Presentations
The Balanced Scorecard as a Key Strategy Implementation Tool. Presented in Dubai (UAE) 2018 NIMASA, Strategic Management Senior Management Programme
Leading with Emotional Intelligence.
Presented at Total Energies Head office Victoria Island Lagos, Total Village Port Harcourt 2017, 2018, and 2019
Financial and Economic Literacy
Kaduna State Markets Development Company Limited December 2022
The Kaduna State Agricultural Value Chain/Zero Collateral financing. Delivered at the Pension Retirement Programme for Kaduna State December 2022
Education
BSc Accounting, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
Member Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria ICAN
Professional Affiliations
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
Chairman NASME Kaduna Chapter
Certified Business Development Services Provider. (BDSP)