AKISDA can play a very active role to assist new and expanding businesses, promote people's owned enterprise and facilities. This can be achieved through training and mentorship, financial support through cooperative principles and local business development board (LBDB). Example include: - Assist entrepreneurs with the development of online business exposition networking to promote patronage among Akwa Ibom entrepreneurs - Assist entrepreneurs to find other sources of support -ex: State and Federal programs - Promote locally made products and develop a local business alliance ( ex: businesses that work together to form a local marketing groups and delivery systems) -Develop and implement a business attraction strategy for local economic development board (LBDB) - Act as a liaison between local economic development board and various level of government, industry, financial institutions, manufacturers and Akwa Ibom communities world wide to create employment - Act as a liaison between prospective new business people and multinational organisations to advice them to involve in local economic development and the support available - Work with Local Government and communities to collect and analyse data to determine appropriate strategies and activities. - Decide on a strategic focus basedon the data analysis which include a combination a combination of strategies such as: i. Business Development (business support service, social enterprise investment) ii. Local environment development ( beautification, industrial parks) iii. Sector development ( supply chain gap)