Competition Handbook
ENACTUS NIGERIA
Team Competition
Handbook 2025
Introduction Page TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGWELCOME TO ENACTUS NIGERIA COMPETITION SEASON
Competition season is here, and your dedication over the past few months is about to shine! At Enactus, competition isn't just about winning, it's about fueling innovation, driving real-world change, and creating a better future together.
We are happy to be your go-to guide for navigating the Enactus competition process as students and Faculty Advisor's alike. We will provide everything you need to:
- Develop high-impact projects that align with the Enactus Judging criteria.
- Understand competition structure, evaluation criteria, and impact measurement.
- Effectively present your work to judges.
- Showcase how your entrepreneurial action improves lives.
By following these guidelines, you're not just competing, you're contributing to meaningful societal change while pushing your team to be the best it can be and showcasing your impact. Because when we compete to improve lives, #WeAllWin
Let's do this together starting with saving the competition date!!!
Your Competition Journey TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGYOUR COMPETITION JOURNEY
Enactus Core Competition offers a fantastic opportunity for students and teams to receive feedback from business leaders, connect with peers and entrepreneurs, learn, collaborate, and of course, celebrate your journey and efforts.
At the National Competition, your innovative projects are evaluated against the judging criterion, highlighting the impacts on people, planet, and prosperity.
It is your chance to compete for the title of National Champion and potentially represent Enactus Nigeria at the prestigious Enactus World Cup holding in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mandatory Reports TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGMANDATORY REPORTS
To validate your competition status and ensure your eligibility to participate in the Enactus Nigeria National Competition, you are required to complete and submit the following two reports:
Enactus Global Mandatory Report
Complete the global requirements to qualify for competition participation.
Enactus Nigeria Mandatory Report
Complete the Nigeria-specific requirements for competition eligibility.
Both reports are essential and must be submitted to qualify for the competition. Please ensure you complete and submit them by the specified deadline to avoid disqualification.
ENACTUS GLOBAL MANDATORY REPORTS
| Requirement | Description | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Project Report Form | This document details the project you seek to showcase at the Enactus Nigeria National Competition. You are complete the form by clicking the link You can access the offline form here | June 13, 2025 |
| Team Information Form | This form details all information about your team. You are to complete the form by clicking the link You can access the offline form here | June 13, 2025 |
TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGENACTUS NIGERIA MANDATORY REPORTS
| Requirement | Description | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Script | Each team is required to prepare a presentation script or guide—a written transcription of what your presenters will communicate to the audience during your presentation. Submit the completed script to your team’s folder. | June 2, 2025 |
| Active Team Sheet | You are required to submit the detailed information of all members of your Enactus team. A submission link has already been shared with you. Please ensure that all entries are accurate and complete. If you have any issues accessing the link or submitting the information, kindly reach out for assistance. | June 5, 2025 |
| Project Verification Form | This document serves as official confirmation that the facts and data your team will present at the competition have been thoroughly validated. It must be signed by both your Faculty Advisor and a member of your university’s management, such as the Dean of Students’ Affairs, Registrar, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Rector, or an equivalent authority. Instructions: • Use the designated form available in the template folder. • Ensure all required signatures are obtained. • Upload the completed and signed document to your team’s folder. • Bring the original signed copy with you to the National | June 13, 2025 |
| Introducing your team | Prepare a brief write-up introducing your team and your projects to the global community. Use the “Introducing Your Team” template located in the template folder as a guide to craft your message. Once completed, upload the following to your team’s designated folder: • The finalised introduction document. • Three high-quality photos of your team. • Three high-quality photos showcasing your project(s). | June 13, 2025 |
| Annual Report | Each team is required to prepare an infographic-style Annual Report that visually represents the project you will be showcasing at the competition. Instructions: • Refer to the Annual Report and Annual Report Standardized Impact Page sections in the handbook for detailed guidance on content and formatting. • Upload a soft copy of your Annual Report to your team’s folder. • Come along with at least 100 printed hard copies of the report for distribution at the competition. | June 10, 2025 |
| Project Report From | Form: This document details the project you seek to showcase at the Enactus Nigeria National Competition. You are to complete the form by downloading the document on the link here Instructions: Upload it in your designated team's folder. | June 10, 2025 |
| Delegate List | Each team is required to submit a list of confirmed attendees for the Enactus Nigeria National Competition. Instructions: • Download the provided template from the template folder. • Complete the form with accurate details of all confirmed attendees from your team. • Upload the completed document to your team’s folder. | June 13, 2025 |
Click Here To Access Your Designated Team Folder Judging Criterion
TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGENACTUS JUDGING CRITERION
As Enactus students, you are at the forefront of entrepreneurial action, driving social innovation. Enactus projects all over the world follow a simple framework that guides the creation of new projects, called the Enactus Judging Criterion. It is used to evaluate your realized outcomes & direct impact at the National Competition.
As Enactus students, you are at the forefront of entrepreneurial action, driving social innovation. Enactus projects all over the world follow a simple framework that guides the creation of new projects, called the Enactus Judging Criterion. It is used to evaluate your realized outcomes & direct impact at the National Competition.
This will help you and your team understand how to effectively measure and report your project's real-world and direct impact, ensuring your initiatives contribute positively to people, planet, and, prosperity. It is your chance to highlight the depth of your contribution and the tangible difference your project makes.
Judging Criterion:
Judging Criterion Explained TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGJUDGING CRITERION EXPLAINED
Now, let's explore the essence of the Enactus criterion and how the different parts of it can guide you in structuring your presentation to effectively showcase the impactful outcomes you've achieved:
1Entrepreneurial Leadership
+Identifying a need and capitalising on opportunities by taking personal responsibility, managing risk, and managing change within a dynamic environment.
Tips:
- Your team should demonstrate the capability to lead and develop the project, leveraging skills within the team and from partnerships.
- Effective use of resources and establishing a supportive network, ensuring your team's ownership and operational control of the project.
- A solid foundation for your project through a thorough needs assessment informs its direction.
How to Showcase in a Presentation?
- Describe how your team identified the problem and took initiative to address it.
- Highlight how you managed risk, challenges, and change throughout the project.
2Business Principles
+Applying a sound business model and business plan.
Tips:
- A robust, clear, and comprehensive business model incorporating strategy, marketing, and logistics.
- Financial self-sufficiency, highlighted by a logical and complete financial plan.
- Proof of income generated in the past year, reflecting the project's financial health.
- A strategy for scaling the project from a student initiative to a sustainable enterprise.
How to Showcase in a Presentation?
- Explain how your project is financially viable and not just a one-time intervention.
- Share business model details like revenue streams, partnerships, and scaling plans.
3Innovation
+The process of introducing new or improving existing ideas, services, technologies, products, or methodologies.
Tips:
- Implementation or improvement of new ideas, technologies, or methods in the past year.
How to Showcase in a Presentation?
- Highlight what makes your solution unique, scalable, or an improvement over existing methods
- Use visuals to demonstrate the before-and-after impact of your innovation.
4Sustainable Positive Impact
+Demonstrating a measurable, lasting improvement for people, planet, and prosperity (prosperity = fulfilling lives economically and socially).
Tips:
- Evident resolution of the identified issue through the project's actions.
- Advancements in social, environmental, and economic areas, as reflected by the project's initiatives over the past year.
- Detailed measurement of the project's impact, showing direct influence and clear before/after comparisons.
How to Showcase in a Presentation?
- Share real stories of individuals who gained jobs through the initiative.
- Highlight direct impact metrics (jobs created, waste reduced, revenue generated).
- Show how the project empowers people while promoting sustainability.
TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGDEFINING & MEASURING IMPACT
When developing Enactus projects, it's crucial to understand the core impact we and our projects are creating for people, planet, and prosperity. It's not just about meeting the Enactus Project Criterion; it's about generating positive, sustainable outcomes and impact now.
To understand and judge how successful projects are, teams need to know and articulate clearly the difference between what they put in (inputs), what they produce (outputs), and the positive changes they create (direct & indirect impact—also known as outcomes), and the longer-term and wider impact they have (sustainable, long-term impact).
Our Impact Definitions framework will help you effectively communicate your project's impact to the judges and confidently, compellingly present your project's reach, whilst importantly, ensuring your claims are accurate and fair.
INPUTS: the resources the team invests in their project, including time, money, and skills. OUTPUTS: the immediate, tangible products or services resulting from the team's efforts. This includes activities, goods, or services that the project delivers. DIRECT IMPACT: reflects the measurable improvements in knowledge, skills, behaviours, or resources among individuals or organisations with whom the team directly worked. These outcomes represent the short- to medium-term outcomes caused by the team's direct intervention (not their project partners). e.g. As a result of a training organised by the team, 15 local seamstresses gained skills in upcycling techniques, pattern making, and fashion design.
Defining & Measuring Impact TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGDEFINING & MEASURING IMPACT
INDIRECT IMPACT: those who indirectly gain measurable improvements in knowledge, resources, or benefits from the project but with whom the team did not work directly. These outcomes contribute to broader positive changes for people, planet and prosperity in communities, as a result of the project’s ripple effect. e.g. Indirect impact can be seen in the improved well-being of the families of the local seamstresses, who now experience increased financial stability due to their mothers’ enhanced earning potential.
• REACH: measures the number of people exposed (e.g. media reach, awareness campaigns, application downloads etc.) to the project but does not necessarily indicate direct or indirect impact. While reach is an important metric, it does not reflect measurable change and therefore should not be classified as impact.
• INCOME/REVENUEthe total amount of financial resources a team and/or its project(s) has generated from activities such as sales, grants, sponsorships, or donations. This relates to income generated by the team, not by its project partners.
• PROFIT/SURPLUS: the money remaining after deducting all expenses from the income/revenue generated. This can be both team/project related.
• SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM IMPACT: the lasting and significant changes in people’s lives that continue beyond the project period. This represents the ultimate societal, environmental, or economic improvements that persist after direct project activities have ended and come as a result of a series of interventions and outcomes. This impact may not be achieved during the Enactus project timeline.
• PROJECTIONS: show what might happen in the future, based on your current success. While helpful for showing long-term potential, judges will primarily focus on the actual impact you’ve achieved this year
IMPORTANT NOTE: In the Enactus context, we prioritize direct impact to ensure our projects create meaningful changes. Direct impact refers to the measurable benefits experienced by individuals you’ve directly worked with. These benefits include new knowledge, skills, or resources they’ve gained and applied, directly because of your project within the current academic year. Presentation Format
TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGPRESENTATION FORMAT
Your team will have a unique opportunity to showcase your project's impact on a regional, national and/or global stage. Here's the breakdown of the presentation time:
1SET-UP PERIOD
3 minutes for setting up and checking any audio-visual equipment. Once the team has set up, a plain black screen should be displayed. During this time it is suggested that the annual reports are handed out to the judges (any student member can support this).
2PRESENTATION
12 minutes to deliver your impactful presentation. Conclude with a blank screen and note that exceeding this limit will result in being cut off.
3QUESTION & ANSWER PERIOD
5 minutes for judges' questions, displayed against a black screen. If an interpreter is needed, the Q&A period extends to 10 minutes.
4ANNUAL REPORT
During the set-up, distribute Annual Reports to judges.
Remember, only Annual Reports are permissible; no products, prototypes, or other items can be distributed.
Note: Only student members of the competition team may participate in the presentation and answer questions from the judges.
IMPACT PERIOD & IMPACT REPORTING GUIDELINETEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGIMPACT PERIOD & IMPACT REPORTING GUIDELINE
FOR NATIONAL AND WORLD CUP COMPETITIONS
• For the National Competition, teams must present only impact data and project implementations realized within the last 12 months (July 2024 - June 2025), from the previous National Competition to the current one. This ensures that results showcased align with the Enactus Project Criterion and accurately reflect recent achievements.
• For teams advancing to the Enactus World Cup, the official impact reporting period is 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025.
REPORTING MULTI-YEAR PROJECT IMPACT
• Teams with multi-year projects (e.g., started in 2022 or 2023) may briefly mention past impact for context, but their evaluation must focus on impact achieved within the official reporting period (see above). This approach recognizes project continuity, which is essential for scaling initiatives into long-term, sustainable enterprises
Teams MUST clearly differentiate between past and current-year impacts before being approved to compete at the Enactus World Cup.
Annual Report TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGANNUAL REPORT
Every competing team must produce an annual report summarizing its projects, highlighting the impact over the last required impact period. This document, mandatory to be shared with judges, should detail project descriptions, target beneficiaries, and actual impacts achieved.
TEMPLATE TO ANNUAL REPORT
- ✓ Your report may consist of up to four single-sided A4 or 8 ½" X 11" pages, or you can opt for double-sided printing, with a maximum of two sheets used.
- ✓ Stick within these guidelines without reducing the paper size or employing QR codes to bypass the page limit. Covers count towards your page count, and avoid using external folders or covers.
TIPS FOR AN EFFECTIVE ANNUAL REPORT
- ✓ Focus exclusively on the past year, emphasizing actual impacts, not future projections.
- ✓ Clearly articulate the tangible impact achieved within this timeframe – see on the right.
- ✓ Utilize this report to complement your presentation, offering judges a concise, impactful overview of your team’s impact and work.
- ✓ Ensure the report is directly aligned with the Enactus Project Criterion. Reinforcing the project’s alignment with our goals.
TEAM HANDBOOK TOP TIPS FOR IMPACT & FINANCIAL REVIEW TEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGANNUAL REPORT STANDARDIZED IMPACT PAGE
To enhance transparency and consistency, each team’s Annual Report MUST include one standardised page displaying impact and financial results based on Enactus’ official definitions. This ensures all teams present their outcomes in a clear, comparable format.
• Teams may report their impact per project or provide total impact across all projects within the official impact reporting cycle.
• Impact & Financial Definitions to be included in the Standardized Page:
1. Direct Impact: Individuals or entities directly affected by the project.
2. Indirect Impact: Broader influence on people or communities beyond direct involvement.
3. Reach: Number of people informed through the project (e.g. media, awareness campaigns.
4. Projections: Expected future outcomes based on measurable trends.
5. Financial Results:
This standardized impact table ensures a clear, measurable way to evaluate project success and promotes fair, consistent impact assessment at any Enactus Competition. Find the exact details here.
Impact & Financial ReviewTEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGIMPACT & FINANCIAL REVIEW PREVIOUSLY CALLED AUDIT
After the National Competition, the Champion team is subject to an in-depth Impact & Financial Reporting Review by the Enactus Nigeria, as part of an Enactus Global auditing initiative.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS REVIEW?
- The auditor may be the Country Leader, Head of Program, Program Manager, or someone in a similar position who has established a relationship with the team. Enactus staff may engage third-party auditors subject to certain protocols.
- The process is typically conducted within five weeks after the National event.
- Once the National Champion successfully passes the review, their team is eligible to represent their country at the Enactus World Cup.
- If the team fails the review, the first runner-up will be subject to the review process to determine their eligibility for the Enactus World Cup.
- The team that failed the audit has one week from the date of the formal email notification regarding the verdict sent by the Country Leader or Board Chair to appeal the decision.
PHASES
- 1TEAM ENGAGEMENT This involves interviews with key team members and advisors, alongside document reviews to ensure information accuracy presented at Nationals.
- 2TEAM OPERATIONAL REVIEW This phase assesses the team’s capacity, resources, and infrastructure, including financial scrutiny
- 3TEAM REVIEW & SITE VISITS This phase seeks to gain insight on the team’s projects including planning, processes and achieved results. This may include (but is not limited to) project site visits, interviews with beneficiaries, stakeholder questionnaires and other means of research to verify the project information reported by the team.
HOW CAN A TEAM FAIL A REVIEW?
Teams may not pass the review, if there is a case of material infractions. Such material infractions could include, although are not limited to following:
✖The Project never existed.✖The Project need has been exaggerated.✖Project results and outcomes have been exaggerated.✖Actions or outcomes taken by third parties, presented intentionally as if they were taken by the team.✖The team has falsified information on team structure, membership or finances.✖Actions or outcomes from prior years are presented intentionally to mislead that they were achieved in current year. TEAM HANDBOOK TOP TIPS FOR IMPACT & FINANCIAL REVIEWTEAM HANDBOOK
WWW.ENACTUS.ORG.NGTOP TIPS FOR IMPACT & FINANCIAL REVIEW
• Plan Ahead – Don’t wait! Integrate self-reviews into your regular operations to track impact and finances year-round.
• Assign a Lead – Have a team member or faculty advisor oversee documentation and reporting.
• Keep Clear Records – Maintain organized data on:
1. Team members & hours contributed
2. Beneficiaries & demographics
3. Project partners & materials used
4. Financials (income & surplus)
5. Photos, videos & media coverage
• Prepare Beneficiaries—Inform them early that they may be contacted for verification. Be Transparent—Ensure data aligns with Enactus’ impact and financial definitions, avoid misrepresentation.
• Strong documentation boosts your Annual Report, competition presentations and credibility
Dress Code TEAM HANDBOOK
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The Enactus Nigeria National Competition is a big deal—it's where innovation meets impact, and style matters too! As a corporate event, all teams are expected to show up in coordinated business or corporate attire. Think sharp, clean, and team-ready.
Your outfit is more than just clothing—it's your team's identity on display. So, bring your A-game! Coordinate your looks, add a touch of creativity, and let your team's spirit shine through your style.
Whether it's matching blazers, bold colours, or a signature accessory, just make sure you look united, professional, and ready to represent.
World Cup
Join us in Bangkok, Thailand for the 25th Enactus World Cup as we celebrate 50 years of youth-led innovation, entrepreneurial action, and global impact. From 25-28 September 2025, students, educators, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers from across the world will gather to compete, collaborate, and connect—all under this year's bold theme: Generation: Re.
SAVE THE DATE!September 26-28
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