VSO AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK SUPPORTS YOUTHS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMES

 VSO AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK SUPPORTS YOUTHS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMMES

By Daily News Reporter

 

Enhancing Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment (EYEE) Project Implementation Lead - Eswatini, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and through the support from the government under the Ministry of Youth Sport and Art, EYEE has trained youth in different skills.

 

EYEE the project which is one of the three entrepreneurship and employment interventions of standard Chartered Foundation supported futuremakers project is fully operational in three countries namely Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

 

Speaking at the close out programme for the youth entrepreneurship and employment in Lusaka, VSO Project Manager Mr Angel Mutale ensured the youths that VSO will ensure that more funds will be sourced to support other youths from the training that are currently rendering the many youths under their tutorage.

 

He added that the fund which will be sourced it will give youths an opportunity to access affordable financial services in order to standout and grow their businesses.

 

Mr. Mutale further said that the purpose of the initiative was to make the young people start servings, and borrow the same money through servings.

 

"We are humbled with a lot of testimonies from beneficiaries that have ventured into different types of businesses through empowerment which is offered to them," he noted.

 

And Standard Chartered Bank, Futuremakers initiative Ms. Christine Matambo said the Bank is contributing massively in job creation and giving Entrepreneurship programmes to women and youths in the country and also to economic growth and development.

"As a bank we have targeted groups such as women and youths in their businesses, and participate to the growth of the economy through such programmes," Matambo said

 “As a socially responsible bank, we are driving impact through our Future makers programme by collaborating with our partners to implement community-oriented initiatives that tackle societal challenges and help local communities to cope and thrive,” Matambo said.

Ms. Matambo explained that the Future makers’ programmes by the bank were anchored on three pillars: Education, Employability and Entrepreneurship.

 

She added that the bank had four active programmes under Future makers namely, SC Women in Tech (WiT), Youth to Work, Enhanced Youth Entrepreneurship and Employability (EYEE) Programme and the Goal programme.