GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK (GEW)

The Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an international initiative that introduces entrepreneurship to young people in six continents; it is a week-long celebration carried out in over 140 countries around the world, to exalt and showcase innovation and creativity.
 GEW emerged in 2008 as a result of Enterprise UK and Entrepreneurship Week USA 2007. Since its creation, more than 10 million people from over a 100 countries have participated in entrepreneurial-related activities during the Global Entrepreneurship Week.
This annual event includes the participation of entrepreneurial experts and entrepreneurs themselves, policy-makers, education practitioners, students, youth generally and activitsts, politicians. In 2012, over 80 countries hosted Global Entrepreneurship Week and generated over 32,000 activities.

Due to the increasing rate of unemployment especially in Africa, African GEW initiators target mostly the youth - those in schools and graduates. In Nigeria, many high school students and university undergraduates through initiatives of the Enterprise Development Centre, an affiliate of the Pan Atlantic University, are already entrepreneurs and employers of labor. This has encouraged and brought about support from the Federal Government and State Governments, for the GEW. Most of the Government-owned Universities in Nigeria have an Enterprise Development Centre and some Entrepreneurial courses have now been made compulsory during each academic year.

The GEW aims to expose people to the benefits of entrepreneurship through different activities and to motivate them to explore their own entrepreneurial ideas. And, also by empowering them, they in turn empower others, reducing the dependency on governments to create job opportunities for her citizens.

 The GEW takes place every November annually, and it is to promote the spirit of enterprise; several Alumni members, Partners are engaged, through various media, including radio interviews, talk shops, and conferences. It is also a platform wherein all social sector entrepreneurs come to talk about sustainability, and governmental support.

This Year's #GEWNg2013 starts off with the GEW Awareness Walk - Have you registered? Check it all out here!