YES Program of LC Douala has just end up with the seminar on Business plan creation held from the 25th to the 26th of January. This event has gathered many students from various Higher education centers and experienced businessman of Douala society who took their time to share with those young people their experience in creating entreprises. This opporutnity given to students and successful businessman of the Cameroonian society is for sure a success and should be organize more often. CONGRATULATION YES PROGRAM... JUST KEEP UP WITH THE MOOD!!! ------------- ----------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- --------------- How African YES! works?Local university students are grouped in teams of four. Each team will complete the creation of a business plan within the 16 weeks of the project. International young specialists will be acting as facilitators and guides during the process, also bringing best case practices of entrepreneurs from their countries of origin, expanding the perspective of the local students and increasing their international exposure and mindsets. Each week local students will work in a different module (marketing, finances, legal registration, product/service delivery, etc) and will receive lectures from external guests from banks, foundations, NGOs, and other institutions linked to the topic of the week. There is also a skill building component – each week the participants will be developing a different ability (negotiation, persuasion, public speaking, etc). A Board of Experts will be monitoring the process and mentoring the organizing committee as well as the international young specialists. At the end of the program the local participants will know how to create a business plan, how to access to funding, how to legally register their micro-enterprises and will gain the basic needed skills to become successful entrepreneurs. External Events: ü Launch of the Project: An opening seminar is planned to launch the project. Different recognized personalities will be sharing with us the perspectives of Entrepreneurship as solution for poverty and unemployment and the role of youth in such process. ü Closing of the Project: At the end of the 8 weeks a closing seminar is planned and a recognized jury will evaluate all the business plans created awarding the best one. In the framework of this seminar we will be discussing the challenges an entrepreneurs faces in our country to be successful.
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