The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Regional Leaders Center have invited local Entrepreneurs Assembly Founder Matt Westfield and Board Member David Croasdell to visit the Regional West Africa Centers to help train and promote entrepreneurship to young leaders. The goal for the Entrepreneurs Assembly is to be of service by providing expertise in entrepreneurial education through lectures, workshops and panel discussions. The educational workshops will focus on the steps for needed for launching startups, how to host entrepreneurial roundtable discussions and other startup best practices. With a strong foundation Young African Leaders will have more tools to take back to their local communities to provide a supportive environment for entrepreneurship.
The journey to West Africa will take place this May thanks to a grant from the Mandela Washington Fellowship. Matt and David are honored to help Africa continue to build their economy. For both it’s a love and a passion to spread entrepreneurship. They will visit Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Ghana sharing their knowledge and helping these countries address foundational issues and bringing resources to cities. In Africa, there is a strong interest in social entrepreneurship, a need to empower women business owners and to create wealth.
The Entrepreneurs Assembly (EA) has been cultivating chapters in Africa since 2015. Sponsored by the Mandela Washington Fellowship program, young leaders have an opportunity to attend a six-week Business and Entrepreneurship program at UNR. Part of the Entrepreneurship program includes an opportunity for the Fellows to participate in EA’s EASI workshops. In the past, the genuine interest from the Fellows translated into a continual effort to work the EA program and start their own chapters when arriving home. There are currently five countries that have formed affiliate EA Chapters: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For more information about existing EA Africa Chapters, click here.
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