Global Entrepreneurship Week carded for November 16th – 22nd, 2015, has been attracting a wide cross-section of stakeholders who, though they may not be actively involved in entrepreneurial development, have all agreed that that Entrepreneurship would definitely be a value-added element to the economic diversification...
Entrepreneurship remains an important staple in the global socio-economic diet for many economies, including Trinidad and Tobago. Global Entrepreneurship Week which will be celebrated worldwide this year from November 16th -22nd, provides a rewarding opportunity for many of our creative and innovative minds to demonstrate...
[caption id="attachment_909" align="alignleft" width="336"] Graceson John - Dominica and Andew Julien - Trinidad and Tobago[/caption] The process of regional integration has been an important conversation among local and regional business captains since inception in 1968. However, despite the challenges, the process has evolved and has also...
[caption id="attachment_905" align="alignleft" width="185"] Glendora Lashley[/caption] The Lily Foundation for Human Development based in Tobago, has been actively involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week for the past three (3) years. Incorporated in 2010 as a non-governmental organization, the Lily Foundation seeks to facilitate personal and general growth...
The Creative Industries sector has always been identified as a pathway for growth given its capacity to add tremendous value to the process of economic diversification in Trinidad and Tobago. Globally, the creative and cultural economy is an important conversation that is aligned to a...
PRESS RELEASE – Regional policymakers, young entrepreneurs, and other major stakeholders, will meet in Barbados on Thursday 24th September, 2015 during the Caribbean Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (C-YES), to chart a future for youth entrepreneurship in the Caribbean. The C-YES is a new platform for entrepreneurs and...
Global Entrepreneurship Week usually brings with it high levels of creativity and innovation all aimed at bringing out the best in the global entrepreneurial community, and therein lies the importance of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), has identified five (5) pivotal areas...
[caption id="attachment_865" align="alignright" width="272"] Dr. Wayne Fredericks[/caption] The President of Howard University, Trinidad-born, Dr. Wayne Frederick, will be the keynote speaker at the Global Entrepreneurship Week’s (GEW) Student Conference in November. Junior Achievement will partner with Youth Business Trinidad & Tobago (YBTT), in hosting the event...
The entire global community comprising of a diversed group of stakeholders including world leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, captains of industries, innovators, job creators and start-ups would collectively celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2015 in November. GEW has been identified as the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship aimed...
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF KATHERINE ELLIS, DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AFFAIRS, COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT (LONDON)! “My primary role is is to support the 53-member governments of the Commonwealth, to empower their young people socially, politically and economically to effect change” said Katherine Ellis,...