{{The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and ICT, Rosemary Mbabazi has urged Youth to form cooperatives so that they can get funds to start income generating projects.}}<\/p>\n
This was revealed during the closing ceremony of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) last Saturday, on 17th November 2012. <\/p>\n
During the GEW, organizers visited universities where they meet entrepreneurship clubs.<\/p>\n
The meetings provided a forum for mentoring and inspirational talk from already suc\u00accessful entrepreneurs who have made it despite difficult conditions.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the press after the closing ceremony of GEW, PS Mbabazi said that he Government of Rwanda is committed to encourage entrepreneurs;<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an effort to boost the private sector government set up a guarantee fund through Business Development Fund (BDF) to support Small business entrepreneurs (…) to improve access to finance young entrepreneurs can get 75% guarantee to start their own projects,\u201d stressed PS Mbabazi.<\/p>\n
She recommends Youth to form cooperatives so that they can get loans to progress in business. 600 Youths from all corners of Rwanda have been sensitized to embrace entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
At this colorful event, the CEO of Inzuki Designs, Teta Isibo received the award of the winner of the entrepreneurship competition. She received a prize of Rwf 2 million.<\/p>\n
Inzuki is a retail brand specializing in hand-made jewelry, accessories, clothes, home decor and light furniture. All products are made from local materials and are inspired by Africa.<\/p>\n
They are designed with contemporary and international style concepts in mind, making them appealing to a wider market.<\/p>\n
GEW is the initiative kicked off in 2008, launched by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. <\/p>\n
Since then, it has grown to 115 countries-with nearly 24,000 partner organizations planning more than 37,000 activities that directly engage more than 7 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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