Nature or nurture; there has long been a debate over whether people are born with a business sense or whether it be nurtured. More people are running their own businesses and SMEs are a vital component of economies across the world (particularly in Europe). So developing business skills and entrepreneurial talents has never seemed so important and that’s the focus of this edition of Learning World. Maha Barada and the team of LW reporters explore the issue in three stories from around the planet; in Uganda, Spain and Jordan.
Uganda: Social Skills Challenge
Tapping into the business skills of young people is seen as key to accelerating development in places like Uganda.
The School Enterprise Challenge is a competition giving students and opportunity to turn their ideas into business reality and a possible future livelihood. In this report we meet students from the Standing Tall Training Centre
whose ingenuity and hard graft earned them a top award in this innovative contest.
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