Global
Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia and Managers’ Prescription Consultancy
Firm on Monday signed two official documents, a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) and a contract agreement, to support youth in the area of
entrepreneurship through a three-month mentorship programme.
Under
the documents signed, both institutions committed themselves to supporting
rural developments through a mentorship programme that will promote
entrepreneurship in rural areas.
As
part of the agreement, 25 rural youth (15 males and 10 females) would undergo a
three-month mentorship programme, starting first week of August 2017.
Speaking
at the signing ceremony, Executive Director of GYIN Gambia Ambassador Mamadou
Edrisa Njie said that there is great need to support youth especially those in
the rural areas in the areas of entrepreneurship mentorship.
“My
office is aware of the lack of mentorship that many rural youth lack,
therefore, we’re piloting this programme to fill the gap and we hope that the
programme will become a bigger one.”
According
to Ambassador Njie, the mentorship programme is to create and support an
enabling environment under which young people in the country can act on their
own behalf and on their own terms, and
to facilitate exchange of experiences, learning and networking for young
entrepreneurs. .
As
part of the signing, the two institutions entered into an official agreement to
promote and support rural under-served youth in the area of agriculture and
small scale agri-business by learning and sharing entrepreneurial experiences
and best practices.
“Our
pilot programme on mentorship will also facilitate a social youth platform that
would develop the leadership potential of Gambian youth and prepare them to
take charge of their leadership roles and responsibilities in national
development.”
Speaking
on behalf of Managers’ Prescription Consultancy Firm, Managing Partner Ousman
Sonko thanked GYIN Gambia for the confidence bestowed in him and his team for
entrusting them with the implementation of this partnership on youth
mentorship.
Mr
Sonko indicated that they will not only work towards a successful
implementation of this pilot phase but will further support GYIN Gambia in
their future endeavours in contributing to the fulfillment of the wishes and
aspirations of Gambian youth.
Mr.
Sonko, on behalf of the members of his team at Manager’s Prescription
Consultancy Firm, took the opportunity to express their passion for youth
empowerment as catalyst for sustainable national human development.
He
went further to explain that youth issues are crosscutting; hence, it is the
business of everybody and should not be viewed as a sectoral matter.
The MoU and the Contract Agreement was signed
by GYIN Gambia’s Executive Director, Ambassador Mamadou Edrisa Njie, and the
Managing Partner of Managers’ Prescription, Mr Ousman Sonko, signed on behalf
of his office. GYIN press release