Building Opportunities on Student Talent (BOOST) Fellowship, based out of Zimbabwe, has opened up it’s application process for youth in East Africa. It is collaborating with the Inter-region Economic Network (IREN) to bring entrepreneurial guidance and resources to Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
The coordinator of the program, Judith Grace Auma, mentioned: “The programme is designed to cultivate the next generation of entrepreneurial innovators, financial and managerial leaders to help shape a successful future for their respective countries and continent.”
Lena Zamchiya, CEO of Zimbabwe-based BOOST Fellowship, sees the efforts of BOOST as a means to help youth become more productive in the private market: “Under the social enterprise, we train the students to be able to identify social issues within their communities with a view of starting private enterprises based on the needs they met.”
Read more here:
AllAfrica.com – “East Africa: IREN to Empower Young Entrepreneurs”
AfricanExecutive.com – “BOOST Fellowship Brightens Future for the Youth”
