Entrepreneurial training: The Azôli system offers entrepreneurs in Ouémé and Plateau

2024-08-21 01:26:22

Young entrepreneurs from the departments of Ouémé and Plateau were trained by the Azôli system from Tuesday August 13 to Friday August 16, 2024. The aim of this training, which took place in Porto-Novo, is the ability of young business entrepreneurs to strengthening in two departments.

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Strengthening the skills of young entrepreneurs who have already benefited from the support of the Youth Employment Project (PEJ) or who are between 18 and 30 years old, and who are part of the first cohort of the Azôli system, that is the purpose of initiating the training Azole. as part of the Business Development Service (BDS) special program. Focused on the theme “Entrepreneurial Spirit”, this training, which began on Tuesday August 13, 2024, ended on Friday August 16, 2024 in the departments of Ouémé and Plateau.

The conference rooms of the 2nd and 5th district of Porto-Novo were the location for this training for the beneficiary entrepreneurs from the municipalities of Ouémé. According to the trainer Aristide Dieudonné KINNINNON, the participants were equipped with themes that are vital for the survival and development of a business, especially time management, criteria for selecting employees, customer loyalty strategies, as well as the importance of every opportunity to fast and quit. your comfort zone by creating parallel activities.

For the participants, they consider the initiative as an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the realities of the entrepreneurial world. Marcel AFOUDA, Director of Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the National Employment Agency (ANPE), provided statistics regarding beneficiaries at the national level and laid special emphasis on the next steps of training. For him, this training is necessary to avoid the creation of short-term businesses, because his businesses require the development of a nation.

This training is being financed by the Azôli system with support from the World Bank. It aims to develop the businesses of the beneficiaries and improve their growth, and encourage these young people to formalize their businesses.
The objective of the “Azôli” system is to remove 25,000 young people from unemployment. The Beninese government has established the “Azôli” system for the benefit of young people.

Basically, this program targets unemployed youth and helps alleviate unemployment. It is a practical in-company training launched in December 2021. In addition, “Azôli” is beneficial not only for young unemployed people but also for businesses. This is so as it is a great difficulty for them to recruit a qualified workforce. Also, this training fills a gap in the Beninese school system, which is generally focused more on theory than practice.