Youths Unleash Ideas for Innovation

During the Global Entrepreneur week, youths gave ideas which could be turned to reality.

The Youth Business Cameroon, an organisation which promotes and supports youth entrepreneurship, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the Global Entrepreneurship Week.
The event which took place from November 16 to 22 at the Bepanda Youth Centre, gave opportunities for young people to bring ideas which could be changed to reality so that they could better themselves.
The different talks and activities which were organised for the week, introduced youths to entrepreneurship as a noble profession and as a source of wealth creation, to network young people and organisations to discover new ideas and business ventures, mentor ideas
The coordinator of the entrepreneurship week, Patrick Bekolo, speaking to Cameroon Tribune, he said the Global entrepreneurship week is being organised for the second time in more than 80 countries. He added that it is a global initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. Bekolo said their mission has been to inspire and motivate people in entrepreneurship as a source of income and a way out of poverty for many youths
Entrepreneurship and innovation, Bekolo said are two great challenges in modern society because the economy is dependent on small and medium size enterprises. They create jobs he said and are innovative. He added that entrepreneurship fights against unemployment which is one of the greatest problems the youths in Cameroon face and also addresses the need for a wide economic opportunity.
For one week topics and their orientations handled were such as; creating an enterprise, business plan, how to present a project, steps into entrepreneurship, marketing in business, pubic relations, human factors, taxes and finances.
There were other light hearted issues like a marathon and other activities in which awards were given to the best candidates during the gala night which was organised to concluded the ceremony on the 22.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO