Run a Nigerian business for four weeks. Prove your commercial instincts.
Take over a simulated business in one of twenty-six Nigerian markets, from a dispatch fleet on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway to a Potiskum cattle yard, a Kano keke fleet or an Enugu thrift society. Decide under naira swings, fuel shocks, credit risk and tight working capital, then get graded on how you decide.
Built to run on low data. Foundation markets are free to play. Lecturers, facilitators and programme leads can run a pilot cohort on any of the twenty-six markets.
Sample result · twelve-month Advanced run
Built for
- Universities
- Polytechnics and colleges
- NYSC and skills programmes
- Enterprise centres and incubators
- Self-learners
A real business. Real consequences. Every decision carried forward.
Every course runs four weeks, each its own game opened from the one before, and the books, the record and the reputation travel with the student. Foundation markets run five periods. Advanced markets run a full year of twelve months or multi-year, with the financial statements built from every decision.
Run it
Make the opening decision and run the market period by period, five periods in Foundation and twelve periods across one or more years in Advanced, with a numbers check each time.
Read the books
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow are generated from every decision, and they balance.
Face the shock
Inflation, a currency or supply shock and the tax office: VAT, income tax, payroll, registration, inspections, and dilemmas where the shortcut pays.
Pitch and decide
Value the business, make claims the record must back up, negotiate with a lender and investors, and answer questions on your own numbers.
Graded on judgement, not luck
Every game is deterministic and replays exactly from its stored decisions, so a result can be audited and a certificate verified.
Rigor
Did the numbers check out, and did you understand your own books?
Risk
Did you cover the risks you could see coming, such as disease, recall, theft or a price swing?
Efficiency
How well did you use cash, capacity and stock?
Adaptability
How did you respond when conditions changed?
Ethics
Did you stay honest when a shortcut or an overstated claim would have paid?
A certificate standard is met at a score of 70 or more. A serious breach or false claim caps the week.
Twenty-six markets, each a different game
Not a re-skin. Each market has its own opening decision, mechanics, numbers check and scoring, with a dated market brief that tags every figure as sourced, reported or assumed.
- FoundationLagos–Ibadan ExpresswayDispatch riding · South-West
- FoundationComputer Village, IkejaPhones and gadgets · South-West
- FoundationOnitsha Main MarketWholesale provisions · South-East
- FoundationOron Beach, Akwa IbomFish and seafood · South-South
- FoundationKano, Dawanau Grains MarketGrains · North-West
- FoundationAba, Ariaria clusterFootwear · South-East
- FoundationJos Plateau, market gardenVegetable and potato farming · North-Central
- FoundationYaba, Lagos: software startupSoftware (SaaS) · South-West
- FoundationIbadan, Bodija bukaRestaurant and catering · South-West
- FoundationBenin City, Ikpoba Hill service shopSalon or repair bench · South-South
- AdvancedYaba, Lagos: software startupSoftware (SaaS), full-year operating · South-West
- AdvancedPotiskum, Yobe: cattle and livestock tradingCattle, full-year trading and finance · North-East
- AdvancedPort Harcourt: agent banking and POSPayments, agent banking and POS, full-year network · South-South
- AdvancedNiger State villages: solar mini-gridEnergy, solar mini-grid, three-year operation · North-Central
- AdvancedOgun and Oyo: layer poultry farmAgriculture, egg production, full-year farm · South-West
- AdvancedIbadan: private schoolEducation, private nursery, primary or secondary school, four academic years · South-West
- AdvancedAbuja: community pharmacy chainHealthcare retail, pharmacy chain, full-year stock-driven business · North-Central
- AdvancedLagos: off-plan apartment developmentReal estate development, one block built and sold off the plan, three years · South-West
- AdvancedEdo State: garri and palm-oil processingAgro-processing, garri and red palm oil, full year · South-South
- AdvancedLagos: fashion and social-commerce sellerFashion retail through Instagram or WhatsApp, full year · South-West
- AdvancedKano: keke and car fleetVehicle fleet leased to drivers, full year · North-West
- AdvancedEnugu: thrift and loan societyMarket traders' savings and loan society, full year · South-East
- AdvancedAbuja, Wuse: short-let apartments and guesthouseShort-stay accommodation, full year · North-Central
- AdvancedOgun State: sachet and bottled waterWater factory, sachet and bottled, full year · South-West
- AdvancedLagos, Lekki: digital services agencyDigital agency selling team hours, full year · South-West
- AdvancedGombe: private clinic and diagnostic labPrivate clinic or lab selling visits, full year · North-East
Built for lecturers and facilitators
Adopt SimuLearn as the Virtual Entrepreneurship Practicum for GST 222, ENT 201 or ENT 301, or any enterprise programme. Set up a course in minutes and see where each learner stands without marking by hand.
Course set-up
Choose one week or all four, lock a market if you want, and set the weights. Learners join with a code and an Identifier Number (Matric / Call-up No.).
Roster and CSV
Live status, scores by week, integrity flags and suggested marks out of your own total, exportable to a spreadsheet.
Dossier
For the final week, a printable file with the figures, pitch, offers, negotiation, answers and the student's written note, for a viva.
Verifiable certificates
Each certificate carries a signed code and QR. Anyone can check it, and the check replays the game.
Simple pricing
Foundation markets are free. The Advanced bundle unlocks the sixteen full-year markets for one year.
Foundation
- Ten markets, five periods each
- All four weeks in a course
Verified student
- All sixteen Advanced markets
- Verified through your institutional email, or by joining an approved lecturer’s course. Corps members and other learners without an institutional email can qualify this way
Individual
- All sixteen Advanced markets
- For self learners, graduates and professionals
Institutional seats
Per learner per academic year or programme cycle, tied to a verified course. A lecturer can buy for one course, or the school can buy one pool for the whole institution and share it out among its lecturers. Groups under 50 do not need seats: each learner takes the individual student price, which applies by itself once they join your approved course.
| Seats | Per student (₦) | Per student ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 249 | ₦8,000 | $8 |
| 250 to 499 | ₦7,000 | $7 |
| 500 or more | ₦6,000 | $6 |
Naira and dollar prices are set separately and are not a conversion.
Questions lecturers and programme leads ask
Are the figures real?
Every market opens with a dated brief. Figures such as the policy rate, inflation, fuel prices and the official exchange rate are sourced. Many trade-level figures are labelled as assumptions, and the game says so on screen. Practitioners can review each one before a cohort starts.
Can students cheat or share answers?
Each student gets their own seed, so no two games are identical. Decisions are stored and replayed on the server, wrong answers are recorded as evidence, and unusual patterns appear as flags on your roster.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The app is designed for a 360-pixel phone screen and installs like an app, so students can play on the device they already have.
How is it marked?
Five parts: rigor, risk, efficiency, adaptability and ethics. The roster can turn the score into suggested marks out of your own total, and you can put the emphasis on the part you teach most.
Is it ready for my class?
SimuLearn is entering supervised pilots. Scoring bands are being set and checked with real cohorts, and tax and funding parameters are reviewed by practitioners. If you would like to run a pilot, write to us.
Put your learners in charge of a business
Try a Foundation market yourself in a few minutes, or tell us about your course and we will help you set up a pilot.