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Young female Sainabou Ngack has set up a poultry farm in Pakau Njogu.
She
made a household name for herself by being the first female to establish the
first ever Poultry Farm in her native village of Pakau Njogu, North Bank
Region.
Being
among the “five best selected participants” in GYIN Gambia’s Entrepreneurship
Leadership Information & Technology (ELIT) 2018 National Youth Summer Camp
with cash prize of D10, 000.00.
She
ventured into poultry to help her community to have access to poultry meat and
at the same time capitalize on the unique opportunity of being the sole poultry
producer in the village.
She
started her poultry in April 2019 with just 70 broiler birds and later added
extra 50.
Established
by herself in partnership with her younger brother, the business was financed
by one of their family members as a start-up.
During
the ELIT, Ms Ngack was inspired by her colleagues especially GYINers venturing
into Poultry business and excelling in it.
Ms
Ngack is also an alumni of GYIN Gambia’s six months Youth Mentorship Program on
Enterprise Management 2018/19 fully funded by the Youth Empowerment Project
(YEP).
The
Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) is a EU-funded flagship project of the Republic
of the Gambia implemented by the International Trade Centre in collaboration
with the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment and
the Ministry of Youth and Sports with the objective to improve skills, create
jobs and generate income for Gambian youths.
