Mara Foundation and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) have launched a partnership aimed at educating emerging entrepreneurs across the globe.
The partnership indicates commitment to assisting with the development of the next generation of entrepreneurs. The programmes will run in schools and universities internationally.
Tools such as Mara Mentor, an online mentoring platform that helps young business people to gather information and advice from business leaders, would come in handy for the trainees.
Headquartered in Dubai, Mara Foundation is the social enterprise of Mara Group, a 16-year-old conglomerate of businesses founded by Africa’s youngest billionaire, Ashish J. Thakkar.
Mara Foundation focuses on Africa and has operations in 19 African countries through the Mara Group.
‘By partnering with the well-respected non-profit organization NFTE, Mara Foundation will deliver joint programs to young people across the globe and address the educational gap that currently prevents entrepreneurs from successfully starting, scaling and sustaining SMEs,” Thakkar said in a statement.
The NFTE’s award-winning entrepreneurship curriculum will supply the youth with tools to assist them with thinking entrepreneurially while taking responsibility for their futures.
For 25 years, the NFTE has provided programs that inspire young people from low-income communities to stay in school, recognize business opportunities and plan for successful futures.
It is headquartered in New York City. NFTE has programs throughout the United States and nine licensed global partners in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It has reached more than 500.000 young people around the world since its launch.
Amy Rosen, CEO of NFTE, told CNW the youth unemployment is a serious issue throughout the world and his organisation is looking for ways of assisting young people increase their opportunities.
Partnering with Mara Foundation will allow NFTE graduates to access top-level business mentorship and incubation services so they can start and operate their own businesses and become job creators, CNW reported said.
