Preparations are ongoing at the Global Youth
Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia Chapter to commemorate the World
Entrepreneurs’ Day (WED) on the 21st August, 2019 in grand style.
The World Entrepreneurs’ Day is a day set aside to
create awareness for entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership throughout the
Gambia.
“World Entrepreneurs’ Day is the perfect day to
celebrate the people who started a business alone such as founders, managers,
producers, contractors, industrialists, innovators, administrators, designers
and producers,” says GYINer, Ahmad M. Ceesay, the lead coordinator of the
celebration, while drafting the concept note on Friday, 12 July, 2019 at the
GYIN Gambia Secretariat in Churchill’s Town.
On this day, he
said, the entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to network, share experiences
and possible ways to develop their businesses.
Ceesay explained
that it will expose businesses to potential investors and partners as well as
encourage start-ups to legally register their businesses and pay tax thus
contributing their quota to the economic growth of the Gambia.
According to him,
bringing entrepreneurs’ and start-ups together will expose them to market
linkages.
He added that the
networking platform will bring together 100 entrepreneurs’ across the country,
including start-ups and there will be profiling of 50 young entrepreneurs and
10 most successful entrepreneurs in the Gambia.
As part of the
commemoration, Ceesay said there will be awareness creation in a form of a
match pass and a night of inspiration and aspirations.
“The Commemoration
will also feature short classes on entrepreneurship and introduction to
business management for entrepreneurs’ who have not attended any form of business
training,” he said.
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