Entrepreneurship Week targets innovators, job creators

Polokwane Municipality celebrated Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) from last Tuesday to Saturday, providing opportunities for entrepreneurs to showcase their enterprises and network with other stakeholders.
Economic Development and Tourism Manager of the municipality, Moipone Segooa, said that the aim of the activity was to drive economic growth and expand human welfare. “It is also a platform for awareness and highlighting of the importance of entrepreneurship as an economic driver. Entrepreneurs had an opportunity to network and connect with potential collaborators and mentors.
The week’s activities kicked off with a GEW seminar at Jack Botes Hall on Tuesday, followed by a culinary show and competition at Limpopo Chefs Academy in Nirvana on Wednesday.
On Thursday, an agri trade fair and seminar was hosted at Polokwane Cricket Club, with a fashion show and competition at the Library Gardens auditorium on Friday. The final event was a tourism exhibition at Tibane Mall in Ga-Matlala on Saturday.
Segooa said that the events were successful and that the exhibitors were proud to showcase their enterprises and learn from the presentations that were made.

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