Ten young entrepreneurs will have a shot at earning from $500,000 to $1 million in start-up funding for their proposed businesses at the inaugural Youth in Business Summit, which will begin this week, Director of Youth Melissa Carmichael has announced.
Carmichael told reporters at a news conference on Friday that the summit, which is scheduled for May 23th and May 24th, is one of several activities organised by the Department of Youth as part of the 2018 Youth Week Celebrations.
National Youth Week will be observed from the 20th to the 27th of May, 2018, under the theme, “Empowering young people to foster Youth and Community development through innovation.”