Youth Entrepreneurship Camp : 30 Graduates On The Field

The Douala -Bwadibo Pilot Incubation Centre has churned out its 3rd batch of   Young children who underwent a one-and-a-half-month training in the centre. The Entrepreneurship training programme termed “Holiday Transformation” saw children between 8- 15 years trained in production of cassava and plantains floor, natural juice, pastries and bread and many more. The program is part of the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Craft initiative to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship into the younger generation and enable them to gain skills that will permit them to be self-reliant and self-employed.
The Chamber of Commerce's vision is to develop an ecosystem that fosters entrepreneurship among young people, having a significant social impact by enabling them to acquire new skills and develop new passions during their vacations. The children received training in various modules, including fruit processing, chicken smoking, bakery, dietetics, and entrepreneurship, with 20% theory and 80% practice. In essence, they learned to be resourceful and earn their first 100 francs independently.
During the testimonial awards ceremony in the pilot incubation centre in Bwadibo on August 20, the Director of the Centre, Yves Tefac, emphasized that the children have received not only entrepreneurial skills, but also moral and civic education. He added that it wasn’t an easy journey as they had both financial and transportation challenges but thanks to their different partners, they were able to overcome. He said the training has a three year outlined modules as the first year is focused on introduction to the basics and fabrication of juice, the second is the real transformation process while the third year is a continuation of the second programme but accompanied with industrial visit. He disclosed that for this edition, the children visited some bakeries and participated in the production of some food items, they equally visited food production companies and farms to understand how foodstuffs are planted and how they grow.
On his part, the representative of the president of the Came...