The Burkinabè Entrepreneurship Days (JEB) are held on November 13 and 14, 2019

The Burkinabe Entrepreneurship Days (JEB) are being held on November 13 and 14, 2019 under the theme: quotAgricultural entrepreneurship, what opportunities for young people and women?quot The JEB 2019 are placed under the patronage of the Minister of Commerce and under the co-sponsorship of the Minister in charge of Agriculture and the President of the National Council of Burkinabe Employers. Burkinabè Entrepreneurship Days: A fourteenth edition under the sign of agricultural entrepreneurship Agricultural entrepreneurship: what opportunities for young people and women? quot. It is under this theme that the 14th edition of the Burkinabe Entrepreneurship Days will be held on November 13 and 14, 2019 in Ouagadougou. “In the economic development of Burkina Faso, agriculture is the sector with the most potential. It is a question of reflecting on this theme in order to allow each other to understand that there is still material and work in the agricultural sector”, justified the director general of the Maison de l company from Burkina (MEBF), Lancina Ki, evoking the theme of this edition. Initiated since 2006, the JEBs make it possible to celebrate each year the importance of the private sector in terms of the creation of wealth and jobs. Indeed, these days intend to facilitate the access of SMEs to useful information for development, through the linking of project promoters with financial institutions and professionals of non-financial services; to create frameworks for exchanges on subjects of concern to the private sector, to stimulate creativity and innovation in the creation and development of companies and finally, to recognize the merits of the actors of private sector development. On this subject, underlines Lancina Ki, general manager of the MEBF, also general coordinator of the JEB 2019, the present edition which is held on the site of the International Crafts Fair of Ouagadougou (SIAO), will be marked by traditional activities , in particular the business fora, the B to B sessions through the Entrepreneurship Fair at FASO (SEFA) and the Night of Merit which allows excellence to be magnified. This 14th edition, according to Lancina Ki, will also serve as a framework for the MEBF to highlight its activities. These include, among other things, pantouflage (supervision of retired people for their retraining in entrepreneurship), certification for consulting professions and security. In 13 editions, the JEB will train 8,629 project leaders (project set-up) and record 4,891 business plans. From 2006 to the present day, the JEBs have also recorded 6,380 participants in business forums, 4,906 business contacts established between project promoters and support structures, 270 award-winning projects and an amount of 1,095,484,197 CFA francs of prizes awarded. Video: https://youtu.be/jN9RIg_m8Q0