The Gambia Youth chamber of commerce with support of the EUFT-GIZ Tekki-fii Project, has established The “’Youth Entrepreneurship Network’’ in three intervention regions of project and usher in an executive committee in each of these regions to support GYCC in coordination of their activities and programs.
The creation of a unique network ‘’The YE-Network’’ which had mobilized and bring together all Tekki-ffii Beneficiaries and other entrepreneurs, therefore, it will be an enormously important part of the sustainability of businesses, marketing activities, networking and knowledge base sharing, opportunity creation and most important create a pool of united enterprises seeing each other as investors, partners rather seeing a competitor’s lens.
All evidence of the research confirms that opportunities to get face-to-face with potential partners and customers and potential future clients remain an incredibly valuable tool for developing new business. Even in this day and age of exciting multi-channel and internet-based communication, the need for personal interaction has never been more important. There is a significant value of mobilising entrepreneurs to exchange experience and allow them to have a window of discussion on how they want their future to look like in our society.
GYCC the Gambia with support from the GIZ project brought together over 200 beneficiaries to expand the already existing networks and cooperatives in difference business sectors raging from Youth and women Enterprises in Fashion sector (Garment-Making & hair-Dressing & Beauty Therapy), Electrical and Satellite Installation, Constructions (block laying, tiling, welding) and Agribusiness sector (Poultry, Agroprocessing and horticulture). The expansion will focus on Project intervention region of GBA, LRR and URR and a pilot face led by GYCC will be organised
The success stories
Among all the networking events orgabised, we happy to say it has create a pool of corporation and partnership amongst entrepreneurs, a good number of them are now in partnership, e.g some of poultry farmers are now supplying caterers, those in Hair dressing sector are now in contact with designers and the list goes one. some had equally open shops and sharing it together to easy cost of rent, especially the satellite technician and electricians.