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Business & economics. Level 1 to 18.

Money, markets and enterprise: managing your own money, running a business, and how economies work. All of it is planned and not yet written.

7 strands (1 beyond school) · 40 topics · about 174 modules planned · 0 specified · 0 with a sample lesson. From Primary 1 to Master's topics.

Series BEBEBusiness & economicsWave 3
Planned for authoring wave 3.

Personal money

Saving, budgeting, mobile money and interest: looking after your own money safely.

Previews Banking and Finance, Economics

  1. What money is

    BE-PER-MON · Primary 1 to Primary 3 · about 3 modules planned

    Coins and notes, counting change, and why we use money instead of swapping.

    • About 3 planned
  2. Needs and wants

    BE-PER-NEE · Primary 1 to Primary 4 · about 3 modules planned

    Telling what we need from what we would like, and choosing between them.

    • About 3 planned
  3. Saving

    BE-PER-SAV · Primary 2 to JSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Saving a little at a time, in a tin, a savings group or an account.

    • About 4 planned
  4. Budgeting

    BE-PER-BUD · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Planning money in and money out for a week, a term or a household.

    • About 4 planned
  5. Mobile money, safely

    BE-PER-MOB · Primary 6 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Sending and receiving money by phone, keeping your PIN secret and spotting scams.

    • About 4 planned
  6. Interest

    BE-PER-INT · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Simple and compound interest, and how it makes savings grow and debts cost more.

    • About 4 planned
  7. Borrowing and debt

    BE-PER-BOR · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Loans, repayments and the true cost of borrowing.

    • About 3 planned

Entrepreneurship and small business

Spotting a need and building a small business to meet it.

Previews Business Administration, Entrepreneurship

  1. Spotting a need

    BE-ENT-IDE · Primary 4 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 3 modules planned

    Finding problems around the village that people would pay to have solved.

    • About 3 planned
  2. Costs, prices and profit

    BE-ENT-PRI · Primary 5 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

    Working out what a market stall's goods cost and what to sell them for.

    • About 4 planned
  3. Running a small stall

    BE-ENT-STA · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Buying stock, keeping it safe, serving customers and counting takings.

    • About 4 planned
  4. The business plan

    BE-ENT-PLA · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    Writing down the idea, customers, costs and goals before you begin.

    • About 5 planned
  5. Forms of business ownership

    BE-ENT-OWN · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Sole traders, partnerships, companies and co-operatives compared.

    • About 4 planned

Marketing and sales

Understanding customers and persuading them, honestly.

Previews Marketing, Business Administration

  1. Knowing your customers

    BE-MKT-CUS · Primary 5 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 3 modules planned

    Who buys, what they want, and asking them what they think.

    • About 3 planned
  2. Selling and customer service

    BE-MKT-SEL · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Greeting, listening, fair dealing and keeping customers coming back.

    • About 4 planned
  3. Advertising and promotion

    BE-MKT-ADV · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Signs, radio, word of mouth and offers, and how to tell honest adverts.

    • About 4 planned
  4. The marketing mix

    BE-MKT-MIX · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Product, price, place and promotion, and how they fit together.

    • About 4 planned
  5. Digital marketing

    BE-MKT-DIG · SSS 1 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 4 modules planned

    Reaching customers through phones, messaging apps and social media.

    • About 4 planned

Economics

Micro, macro and development economics: how people, markets and countries use scarce resources.

Previews Economics, Development Economics

  1. Scarcity and choice

    BE-ECN-SCA · Primary 5 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

    We can't have everything: opportunity cost in a family, a farm and a country.

    • About 4 planned
  2. Demand and supply

    BE-ECN-DEM · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 6 modules planned

    Why the price of tomatoes rises when they are scarce and falls at harvest time.

    • About 6 planned
  3. Market structures

    BE-ECN-MAR · SSS 1 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 5 modules planned

    Many sellers, few sellers or one: how competition shapes prices.

    • About 5 planned
  4. Money, banking and inflation

    BE-ECN-INF · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    What banks and central banks do, and why prices rise over time.

    • About 5 planned
  5. National income and growth

    BE-ECN-NAT · SSS 2 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 5 modules planned

    Measuring what a whole economy produces, and how it grows.

    • About 5 planned
  6. Government, taxes and trade

    BE-ECN-GOV · SSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    Public spending, taxation, and why countries trade with each other.

    • About 5 planned
  7. Development economics

    BE-ECN-DEV · SSS 2 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 5 modules planned

    Why some economies grow faster than others, and what helps people out of poverty.

    • About 5 planned

Accounting and finance

Keeping accurate records and understanding the institutions that handle money.

Previews Accounting, Banking and Finance

  1. Keeping records

    BE-ACC-REC · Primary 4 to JSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    Writing down every sale and purchase in a simple cash book.

    • About 4 planned
  2. Double-entry bookkeeping

    BE-ACC-DBL · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 6 modules planned

    Debits, credits and the ledger: the foundation of all accounts.

    • About 6 planned
  3. Trial balance and final accounts

    BE-ACC-FIN · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 6 modules planned

    Checking the books, then preparing the income statement and balance sheet.

    • About 6 planned
  4. Cash flow

    BE-ACC-CSH · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Tracking cash in and out so a business can pay its bills on time.

    • About 4 planned
  5. Banks and financial institutions

    BE-ACC-BNK · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Banks, microfinance, savings groups and mobile money providers, and what each does.

    • About 4 planned
  6. Insurance

    BE-ACC-INS · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Sharing risk: how insurance works for health, crops, goods and vehicles.

    • About 3 planned

Management

Organising people, work and resources so a team or business runs well.

Previews Business Administration, Human Resource Management

  1. Working in a team

    BE-MGT-TEA · Primary 3 to JSS 1 · about 3 modules planned

    Sharing jobs, agreeing roles and finishing a group task together.

    • About 3 planned
  2. Leadership

    BE-MGT-LEA · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Setting goals, making decisions and motivating others.

    • About 4 planned
  3. Organising a business

    BE-MGT-ORG · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Departments, roles and who reports to whom.

    • About 4 planned
  4. People and recruitment

    BE-MGT-PEO · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Hiring, training, paying and treating workers fairly.

    • About 4 planned
  5. Operations and production

    BE-MGT-OPS · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Making goods or services efficiently while keeping quality high.

    • About 4 planned
  6. Business ethics

    BE-MGT-ETH · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Honesty, fair pay and responsibility to customers, workers and the community.

    • About 3 planned

Beyond school (Beyond school, university level)

University-level business and finance: a head start, or a way to keep learning.

Previews Accounting, Economics, Banking and Finance, Business Administration

  1. Corporate finance

    BE-BYD-COR · 100 Level to 400–500 Level · about 7 modules planned

    How firms raise money, value projects and manage risk.

    • About 7 planned
  2. Investment

    BE-BYD-INV · 100 Level to 400–500 Level · about 7 modules planned

    How shares, bonds and funds work, and the theory of risk and return.

    • About 7 planned
  3. Business strategy

    BE-BYD-STR · 100 Level to Master's topics · about 6 modules planned

    How organisations analyse competitors and choose where to compete.

    • About 6 planned
  4. Supply chains

    BE-BYD-SUP · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 400–500 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Sourcing, logistics and distribution, from farm gate to shop shelf.

    • About 6 planned

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Every module here is written to be learned at a Lantern, offline, at a child’s own pace. Four Lanterns are planned and waiting for light.