{"id":30499,"date":"2023-07-11T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=30499"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:41:32","slug":"partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses","title":{"rendered":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 2018 financial year to date, says Assistant Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Mr Billy Buti.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Buti said out of the 609 applications, 111 were funded from 2018 to date and that 102 were operational.<\/p>\n

He said six projects had collapsed, two have transferred out of the constituency while one has closed as the beneficiary passed away. Mr Buti said his ministry had partnerships and collaborations with various stakeholders aimed at empowering and strengthening youth businesses to minimise or avoid collapse.<\/p>\n

He said it included intensified marketing, training, mentorship and coaching, including close monitoring of projects and affirmative action in favour of the youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cVarious Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) and collaborations exist with partners for provision of capacity building, business support services, coaching and mentorship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said some of the partners included the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA), Botswana Accountancy College (BAC), University of Botswana, (UB-<\/p>\n

Business Clinic, BUAN, (Centre for in-service and Continuing Education), Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana Open University, Tokafala and others.<\/p>\n

MP for Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency, Mr Mephato Reatile had asked the minister the number of applications for the Youth Development Fund (YDF) in Jwaneng-<\/p>\n

Mabutsane constituency from 2018 to date and the number of successful applications.<\/p>\n

He also wanted to know the number of operating projects, the total number of failed and the strategies in place to revive the collapsed YDF projects.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 2018 financial year to date, says Assistant Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Mr Billy Buti. Mr Buti said out of the 609 applications, 111 were funded from 2018 to date and that 102 were operational. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-30499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nPARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 201 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 201 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-11T15:13:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-11T16:41:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-11T15:13:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-11T16:41:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\",\"name\":\"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-11T15:13:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-11T16:41:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 201 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":444,\"caption\":\"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES - Botswana","description":"Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 201 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES","og_description":"Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 201 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-07-11T15:13:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-11T16:41:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":444,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES","datePublished":"2023-07-11T15:13:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-11T16:41:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses","name":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-11T15:13:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-11T16:41:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Six hundred and nine Youth Development Fund applications were received in Jwaneng-Mabutsane constituency from the 201 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/07\/sm_1689070487.815138.jpg","width":800,"height":444,"caption":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/partnerships-collaborations-strengthen-businesses#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHEN BUSINESSES"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}