Planetarium Institute

We are an entrepreneurship think-tank which was incorporated on 18th June 2019 under Companies Act 2019 as a private limited company. Our governance comprises of shareholders and directors who provide oversight function on operations as the Institute implements its business strategy.

As a private sector player, a human-centred approach to operations is in line with its vision where human development is central to all decision-making processes. We believe in power of choice which comes as a product of access and proper use of information and knowledge, and this results to a decent standard of living and healthy life.

Our Vision

We envision human development that advances free enterprise.

Access and proper use of entrepreneurship knowledge is at a core to the achievement of a decent standard of living brought about by enterprise development which affords a long healthy life of humanity.

Our Mission

We exist to promote entrepreneurship development and growth.

The process of improving skill sets and knowledge of entrepreneurs [entrepreneurship development] and expansion of businesses by its quality, quantity and turnover [entrepreneurship growth] is a pillar to creation of sustainable business enterprise.

Our Core Values

Our approach is grounded on an enduring purpose: “every person must have an enduring enterprise”. This purpose to the Institute’s existence revolves around the following core values:

1.      We uphold integrity in all our dealings;

2.      We regard employee welfare as a moral tenet;

3.      Speed and excellence in service delivery is a mandate;

4.      Passion for our partners’ development is priority

5.      We invest in innovation that matters to our company and partners;

6.      We are committed to a community responsibility.

Our Specific objectives

We support entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs:

  1. To access alternative investment and financial backing, and managerial expertise;
  2. To access problem solving information for organizational effectiveness;
  3. To improve performance and create value in their businesses;
  4. To embrace entrepreneurship education for mindset transformation;
  5. To represent entrepreneurs through lobbying and engagement.

Research

We deliver synergistic blend of qualitative exploration, quantitative research, analytics and modelling that helps the Institute and its partners to solve problems and make evidence-based decisions about strategies, brands, products and organizational effectiveness.

Business Support

We undertake diagnostics and reviews on organization’s processes and systems in order to improve performance and create value for its stakeholders.

Entrepreneurship Education

We provide education that transforms mindsets towards solving of problems and exploitation of opportunities.

“every person must have an enduring enterprise”

We are an entrepreneurship think-tank that encourages entrepreneurs to build sustainable business models which are enduring and employees in workplaces to embrace entrepreneurial mindset in order to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all [SDG 8].