The government has started the second phase of business training under the NYOTA Project, with sessions kicking off on Monday morning across the country.
The training is happening at more than 400 centres spread across all the 290 constituencies, giving many young people a chance to learn how to run and grow their businesses.
According to Micro and Small Enterprises Principal Secretary Susan Mang’eni, the programme is running at the same time in different parts of the country, with over 6,000 trainers involved.
She added that the new training is specifically designed for youth who had participated in the earlier stages, which comprised mentorship and entrepreneurship through the initiation of businesses.
In the previous phase, majority of the youths took the initiative seriously by ensuring that most who were given seed money went for mentorship classes. Many have already established their own small businesses.
The main objective of the current training is to train the youths in certain areas where they are experiencing difficulties.
Participants in the program are expected to attend the sessions, as failure to do so would hinder their progress to the next phase. Successful completion of the sessions will enable them to access additional funding and mentorship.
The officials argue that through such programs, youths will be able to establish successful businesses that will help sustain them and employ other people.
As the training has been going on across the country, many youths believe that they will get the necessary knowledge to ensure success of their hustle.
