On February 19, hundreds of youth leaders came together at the Pamplemousses Youth Centre for a half day workshop on the theme ‘Entrepreneurship Perspectives and Challenges’. The minister of Youth and Sports sent a message saying that the future lies in entrepreneurship. The goal of the workshop was to inculcate the basic concepts of entrepreneurship …

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‘Education goals are unfinished business’ – Commonwealth Secretary-General Commonwealth education ministers will meet in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 29 to 31 August 2012 to discuss priorities for the next three years and the Commonwealth’s contribution to the post-2015 development goals framework. Under the theme ‘Education in the Commonwealth: bridging the gap as we accelerate towards …

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Young entrepreneurs across East Africa have formed a regional coalition of youth business organisations. It is called the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs-East Africa and includes 15 organisations from six countries: Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania and Uganda. The Alliance will encourage young people to start their own businesses, develop their enterprise skills and tackle …

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