By James Anyanzwa
NAIROBI, KENYA: The Regional Centre for Enterprise Development (RCED) has released a report showing its business mentorship programme has had a positive impact on promoting entrepreneurship.
According to the report, 3,215 businesses people have been mentored through the programme, introduced in June 2011 by RCED, a division of Inoorero University.
The report says the programme has impacted 215 enterprises directly, while 3,000 young entrepreneurs were mentored through the Enablis Business Launch Pad competition.
More than 80 professional business mentors were trained over the two years and 20 are currently undergoing training, says the report.
Speaking during the launch of the report in Nairobi, the RCED Project Officer Jacqueline Nthambi said the role of trained business mentors is to generate advice and provide technical support on growth opportunities and possibilities of financial and other support services to young entrepreneurs.