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Youth Entrepreneurship
Conference
The conference which was held at the Kenyatta
University Amphitheatre, hosted youth between
the ages of 18-35 years with the target population
being identified as youth in universities, colleges
and technical institutions, youth affiliated to KEPSA
& Kenya Youth Empowerment Program, Youth
Entrepreneurs from Micro & small enterprise
authority, beneficiaries of Uwezo Fund, beneficiaries
of Youth enterprise fund, youth from religious
institutions in Kiambu county and its environs, youth
from Kiambu county and youth from faith based
organizations in Kiambu.
This was platform for the young entrepreneurs
and participants to be able to meet and interact
with leaders and mentors in the private sector,
government, religious sector and public sector which
included representatives from Aon Kenya, the Uwezo
Fund, NHIF, NSSF, TECHNO, Kenya Private Sector
Alliance, Netfund among other.
With government involvement, it was an avenue to
engage on how the youth can access funding from
government projects, how they can access funding or
loans for their business. Non-profit organizations that
attended the conference also provided this avenue.
Equally, the event featured motivational speakers
who inspired and empowered the youth to fight and
work hard for what they believed in and what they
were good at, as opportunities provided at a glance
through the diverse industry players at the event,
where open to all and had no name tags on specific
individuals.
Tree Planting
Our planet is poised at the brink of a severe
environmental crisis. Current environmental
problems make us vulnerable to disasters and
tragedies now and in the future. We are in a state
of emergency, with environmental problems piling
up around us. Unless we address the various issues
prudently and seriously we are surely doomed for
disaster. Current environmental problems require
urgent attention. One of the ways on conserving
the environment is through encouraging tree
planting initiatives geared towards conserving the
environment.
In Kenya these environmental crisis are brought
about by the rampant deforestation witnessed
in recent decades, mainly as result of bad land
management, slash and burn farming methods,
unstainable logging and tree cutting for charcoal.
This has consequently put Kenyans at adverse risk
of global warming being witnessed through the
various flooding incidents that not only caused loss
of property and destruction assets but also caused
loss of precious human lives.
The tree planting activity was aimed at raising
awareness on environmental conservation and
management among the youth and general public.
Out of the 500 trees planted at the event, Aon
Kenya generously donated 200 trees towards the
commemoration of the 2016 World Environmental
Day some of which were planted at the sports centre
by Aon Kenya colleagues.
Youth Entrepreneurship
Exhibition
Green business is smart business. Going green
provides bottom line cost savings through the use of
locally available raw materials for the end product.
The exhibition focused on young entrepreneurs
businesses that have gone green in their business
processes through reducing energy consumption in
their production process while maintaining the same
output levels, reducing waste, recycling and water
conservation.
The event offered young entrepreneurs and
participants FREE exhibition space to showcase their
innovations, talents and abilities.