Global Entrepreneurship Week South Africa

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an international movement designed to inspire millions of young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity through entrepreneurship. This event takes place between 12 November to 18 November 2012.

Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others will participate in a range of activities, from online to face-to-face, and from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings.

Through this initiative, the next generation of entrepreneurs will be inspired and can emerge. In doing so, they will begin to acquire the knowledge, skills and networks needed to grow innovative, sustainable enterprises that have a positive impact on their lives, their families and communities. 

The initiative kicked off in 2008, launched by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Since then, it has grown to 115 countries—with nearly 24,000 partner organizations planning more than 37,000 activities that directly engage more than 7 million people. 

One Corporate-One Entrepreneur campaign initiative project in partnership with GEP(Gauteng Enterprise Propeller) is joining forces to host one the 1st Global Entrepreneurship Week to be hosted in Soweto.
One Corporate-One Entrepreneur, Global Entrepreneurship Week event 2012
Immensing entrepreneurial potential.

Entrepreneurship as a vehicle for creating jobs and creation of enterprises, especially in the industrialize province like Gauteng is key in the success of Gauteng economic development, the OCOE campaign initiative model is design to be a model to assist in raising funds and help launch the 1st business incubation and resource Centre for entrepreneurs in Soweto.OCOE model aims to identify private sector companies, that are passionate about national building to support some of the OCOE flagship products events and activities to help develop the culture of entrepreneurship in the township.
More specifically, the OCOE campaign initiative flagship products:
• Provide students with training and technical assistance relevant to entrepreneurship development, which includes; identifying and developing entrepreneurial traits and skills, generating a business idea, how to start up a business, financial control, record keeping, strategy development and business planning, legal, marketing and public relations, production management, product and brand development and project management, etc.
• Forums
• Bring successful local and international entrepreneurs to participate in seminars.
• OCOE entrepreneur adoption programme,
• Hold annual exhibitions and fair activities (Entrepreneurship Fun Day and Entrepreneurship fair).

This 1st annual OCOE launch with over 100 entrepreneurs expected to attend a blend of workshop and competition, will be the spring board for youth lead business and entrepreneurs in the start-up phase to unleash their idea’s. The 1st OCOE launch event will be part of Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrations. As the primary activity of the event, OCOE members/entrepreneurs that will be participating and attending the event will be prepared to deliver on 1 minute elevator pitch presentation to a panel of judges for cash prize of R5000, free corporate identity, 6 months free business advisory services. Along the way, a variety of industry experts and professionals will share knowledge on Personal Branding, Innovation and Creativity, Product Development and sustainability entrepreneurship and more. The five day OCOE GEW event will take place from the 12-16 November 2012,hosted in Soweto, all attending entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to refine their business idea’s and concept before presenting them to the panel of judges for the business idea elevator pitch competition on the last day of the event.

Date: 12 November 2012 to 16 November 2012
Time: 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Location: Theatre (Jabulani), Soweto
Cost: R0.00
More info: The launch of One Corporate One Entrepreneur is a week long celebration starting from the 12th November till 16th November 2012 taking place at Soweto Theatre (Jabulani).

Contact: Mr Mbuso Radebe
Company name: One-Corporate One-Entrepreneur (NPO)
Telephone number: +27 11 039 2694
Email address 1corporate1entrepreneur@gamil.com

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