AmCham
in collaboration with Empretec Gambia and the Startup Incubator Gambia
yesterday briefed journalists on Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).
The
briefing was held at the American Chamber of Commerce office along MDI Road.
Speaking
at the conference, Abdoulie M. Touray, resident representative of Global
Entrepreneurship Network, said the network is helping in the creation of
awareness and has membership in more than 200 countries.
He
said the idea of the network is to promote the virtues of entrepreneurship,
which would bring means of self-reliance and adding value to products, goods
and services, hence create innovation, technological advancement and economic
employment.
Mr
Touray further said that there are various components connected to the GEW, and
among them is the Women Entrepreneurship where women are empowered.
The
other component concentrates more on the small businesses, in which The Gambia
is making significant strides.
Also
speaking was the Chief Executive Officer of American Chamber of Commerce, Kebba
T. Njie, who said Empretec is a programme that is out to support and modify the
behaviors of entrepreneurs in the country.
“It
is a model that is proving to be the one of the best models in entrepreneurship
in the world,” he said, adding that it has supported and helped a lot of
entrepreneurs to be successful in business.
The
model is a very good one that is recognized worldwide, and it is franchised in
37 countries, including The Gambia, he added.
He said since then over 1300 young
entrepreneurs have being trained and assigned advisers.
In
his remarks, Alieu Jallow of Startup Incubator Gambia spoke of Startup
Incubator Gambia success stories, saying it has trained many young entrepreneurs
in the country.
