Pape Samb of Phelpes Stokes says the Benin Youth Innovation Fair in Cotonou helps the youth take the successes of others and build their own businesses. Tinus de Jager asks Samb about the aims of the conference.

 

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The Global Youth Innovation Network, GYIN, recently brought 60 entrepreneurs to Benin to find ways to combat poverty. Sponsors of the event and the participants say the four-day helped the youth to build networks that will help them get closer to reaching this goal. Sam Olukoya reports from Cotonou.

 

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At just 25 years of age, Ratoejanahary Mirado runs a micro-enterprise making baskets and other products woven from raffia for sale in Madagascar and overseas.

Mahoub Damala est un jeune opérateur agricole. Après une formation classique dans un lycée agricole au Bénin, il s’inscrit en 2008 au centre Songhaï de Porto-Novo pour maitriser les techniques agricoles. Aujourd’hui, il est devenu un entrepreneur.

West African youth leader says keep pushing to reach your goals.

 

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Mahoub Damala studied agriculture in high school, then registered at the Songhai Centre in Porto-Novo to further master agricultural techniques. Today he has become a rural entrepreneur.

Stick with your dream and your dream may very well come true.

“There is always an opportunity out there and we are hoping to use this forum to tap into those opportunities.”

Pour participer au développement et au changement de leur société, les jeunes du Bénin, en Afrique de l’ouest, deviennent de plus en plus entrepreneurs, notamment dans le domaine agricole.

Jeunes, volontaires, dynamiques et innovateurs dans l’artisanat, l’ingénierie, l’agriculture, ils se sont lancés dans l’auto-emploi et exposent leurs produits dans le cadre d’un atelier-foire international dont le thème est “Jeunes entrepreneurs, agents de changement”.