#YouthSummit: Here’s How To Access Millions Of Shillings In Funding For Your Business Idea
Two days ago, the Cabinet Secretary of Devolution and Planning, Anne Waiguru opened the Great Lakes Region Youth Summit. The summit was set to find ways to alleviate unemployment amongst the youth. Her opening speech highlighted the avenues that were going to be employed by the government to empower the youth. And here is an excerpt of that:
“Formal employment in our region is scarce in the labour market. However, with your brilliant ideas and investment in self-employment, it will surely result in expansion of infrastructure, promotion of investment and job creation. Young people need to embrace entrepreneurship.
The Government of Kenya has invested in Business development services through existing institutions within my ministry and other government departments. I encourage the Kenyan youth to visit the stands and seek information that will assist them grow their businesses.
This exhibition was organized in order to give Kenyan Youth and other exhibitors an opportunity to share experiences business initiatives and successes with other exhibitors attending the international conference on the Great Lakes Region. Other youth entrepreneurs have also show cased some of the products they have created. As you walk around the exhibition, you can expect to see;
1. ICGLR Country stands by Angola, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi and the
ICGLR secretariat
2. ILO youth supported programs in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda
3. Huduma Center
4. National Youth Service programmes and equipment
5. Youth Enterprise Development project(YEDEF Supported initiatives)
6. AGPO registration process
7. Uwezo fund information Desk
8. ICT related innovations
9. Value added products from various youth groups.
10.Beautiful African Beads, clothes, soapstone carvings, , paintings and other artworks from Kenya
I wish to encourage all attending the exhibition to inform other youth to come and visit the stands and experience many youth employment initiatives within ICGLR region, private sector, development partners and other youth stakeholders.
As I conclude, I encourage all young people in this gathering to embrace entrepreneurship as the way to the future in business growth, employment creation and improvement of their livelihood.”
That means that you can access millions if you have a viable business idea. No idea is too big or too small if you can prove it’s viability.
