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The House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development explored the potential of youth apprenticeships to attract young workers to small businesses and alleviate worker shortages. Chairman Jason Crow emphasized the benefits of apprenticeships, offering a comparable alternative to a 4-year university education while bolstering the small
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India's Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, has emphasized the significance of the National Education Policy (NEP-2020) in supplementing the Start-Up ecosystem, offering new career and entrepreneurship opportunities for students and youth in India. He noted that the launch of
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The Basketball Africa League (BAL) and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP) are partnering to provide learning and development opportunities, basketball training, and life skills sessions to youth and entrepreneurs in Rwanda. As part of the partnership, ESP will host the "Sports Business Future Stars Camp," a weeklong professional development
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The Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor), is allocating $312,500 to support talented post-secondary graduates with work experience in Northern Ontario. This investment aims to bring youth and organizations together to play an active role in the region's economic recovery
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The Youth Council of Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) hosted a virtual discussion session in collaboration with the Federal Youth Authority and the Sharjah Foundation for Supporting Entrepreneurship (RUWAD). The event aimed to highlight UAE's role in developing the industrial sector, discuss challenges facing entrepreneurs, and find solutions
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Pakistan's Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Farrukh Habib, emphasized the government's commitment to supporting youth entrepreneurship through initiatives such as the Kamyab Jawan Program and Ehsaas Scholarship. Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS) entrepreneurial drive at the International
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The Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (MEDPR) of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan have launched a new joint project, 'Empowering the Youth to Embrace the Digital Economy and Digital Entrepreneurship'. The project aims to enhance digital entrepreneurship environment and skills of
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on labor markets in Southeast Asia, with youth and female workers being disproportionately affected. According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the pandemic led to significant job losses, particularly among young workers, who represented only 10-15% of the workforce in Indonesia, the
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SMEDAN, the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, has started training for the first batch of youths in the entrepreneurship and vocational components of the National Business Skills Development Initiative (NBSDI). The agency aims to empower 1,015 youths, with 145 from each of the seven North-West zone
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Prime Minister Imran Khan's ambitious Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Plantation (TBTTP) program has not only created a significant impact on the environment but has also promoted unique environment-friendly entrepreneurship for unemployed women and youth in rural areas. The program, which aimed to enhance climate change resilience and ensure
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As the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never been more crucial to equip our next generation with the skills necessary to navigate the complexities of the future. A survey conducted by EdWeek revealed that top skills required by U.S. companies include empathy, resilience, creativity, and problem-solving,
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Agility, a leading supply chain services company, has partnered with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to provide entrepreneurship and life skills training to youth in Cote d'Ivoire. The program, part of the IRC's Strengthening Opportunities for Youth Project (PRO-Jeunes), will train 380 young people at Agility&
