{"id":38521,"date":"2023-11-23T06:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=38521"},"modified":"2023-11-23T06:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:18:30","slug":"over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference","title":{"rendered":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship!<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people attended and participated in deliberations and discussions presented by industry captains across various sectors at the Youth Enterprise Revolving Fund\u2019s (YERF) Umliba Youth Entrepreneurship Conference. It was held at The George Hotel in Manzini on Friday, November 17, 2023. The first edition of the conference was supported by FNB and DesireLine through sponsorship. Worth mentioning is that the conference was held during the Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 13 \u2013 19, 2023). According to YERF, the aim of the conference was to foster an entrepreneurial culture and mindset shift among the youth. Theo Baloyi, Bathu Sneakers founder, was the keynote speaker at the event and he made an impactful presentation, detailing his entrepreneurship journey and motivating the attendees on how to be successful in business.<\/p>\n

Discussions<\/b><\/p>\n

Other presentations during the conference came from industry experts in various reputable institutions. The youth were afforded an opportunity to have a direct interaction with these experts as they asked many business-related questions. The conference was also graced by YERF Board members who handed over certificates to the fund\u2019s beneficiaries who are consistent and compliant to their loan agreements. When delivering his address, YERF CEO Mandla Nkambule, emphasised the importance of attending such events, especially as a young person starting out a business. Nkambule also encouraged other aspiring entrepreneurs to utilise such opportunities \u201cSince this was the first edition, we are looking forward to the next one, which will be held next year same time and we hope that it will be bigger and better,\u201d Nkambule said. The CEO went on to thank the sponsors who contributed to the success of the event and encouraged the youth to take advantage of the fund, commit to their businesses so they employ other youth, and enjoy success in their various business pursuits and hence repay their business loans.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Eswatini. Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people attended and participated in deliberations and discussions presented by industry captains across various sectors at the Youth Enterprise Revolving Fund\u2019s (YERF) Umliba Youth Entrepreneurship Conference. It was held at The George Hotel in Manzini on Friday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-38521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nOVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people at ...\" \/>\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\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people at ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-23T06:50:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1106\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-23T06:50:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\",\"name\":\"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-23T06:50:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people at ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg\",\"width\":1660,\"height\":1106,\"caption\":\"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?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\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/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":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE - Eswatini","description":"Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people at ...","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\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE","og_description":"Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people at ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-23T06:50:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1660,"height":1106,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE","datePublished":"2023-11-23T06:50:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference"},"wordCount":329,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference","name":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-23T06:50:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Empowering the youth through entrepreneurship! \u2018That is the general sentiment after at least 220 young people at ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/11\/sm_1700707617.5475.jpg","width":1660,"height":1106,"caption":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/over-200-attend-umliba-entrepreneurship-conference#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OVER 200 ATTEND UMLIBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?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\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/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\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}