The 2019 Entrepreneurship Expo and Business Summit is here

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The 2019 Entrepreneurship Expo and Business Summit commences on 18 November and will extend for 5 days at Maseru Mall.

The expo attracts change-makers, innovators, professionals and entrepreneurs across the continent and exposes local entrepreneurs to investors from local and across the African continent to help create new opportunities for investments, partnerships, and collaborations.

Local entrepreneurs will also showcase their products as a way of promoting them and gaining exposure to the broader market. Above all, the expo will deliver value for all types of entrepreneurs.

Top business leaders sharing their experiences, amazing success stories, growth strategies, business insights, The 2019 Entrepreneurship Expo promises to be a discovery-filled event for anyone focused on building and sustaining a growing business.

The expo welcomes businesses from a broad section of industries and remains more committed than ever in providing you with everything needed to improve, evolve and expand your business.

Here’s why

The 2019 Expo theme is ‘Building Sustainable Value Chains’

It is a theme that is aligned with Lesotho’s National Strategic Development Plan II (NSDP II) which has identified commercial agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and creative industries, and technology as the strategic sectors that can be prioritized for growth and job creation for the period 2018/19 to 2023/24.

Since the inception of the NSDP II, notable efforts have been executed towards growing these industries in efforts to; promote inclusion, strengthen human capital, build sustainable infrastructure and install systems of accountability and good governance.

Organizer of 2019 Entrepreneurship Expo and Business Summit: The Entrepreneurs Network (TEN)

The Entrepreneurs Network (TEN) is a platform of programs and initiatives aimed at growing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that will become a think tank for creating jobs, accelerating innovation and strengthening good entrepreneurial and professional practice.

Founded by entrepreneurs and businesses, The Network is open to businesses that seek to make a national impact. Ranging from efforts to inspire and educate nascent entrepreneurs to advancing research and connecting leaders in person, TEN operates across all sectors and industries and intends to make Lesotho a more entrepreneur-friendly society by hosting regular events to bridge the gap between the aspirations of the entrepreneurial community, investors, clients and policy makers.

Traditional business, education and government leaders have been eager champions, but they need more sophisticated tools, programs and research to help them most efficiently direct their attention and funds to areas that have the greatest impact on future economic growth.

TEN will be a compass to help address these needs by identifying effective initiatives that positively impact whole societies, and interventions that target the most critical areas for entrepreneurial ecosystems in Lesotho.

TEN Mission

  • Expanding the number of ordinary citizens working for or starting firms and business around Lesotho.
  • Increasing understanding between the new and traditional elements of emerging startup communities and ecosystems including the constructive engagement of the public sector in supporting entrepreneur designed public programs.
  • Supporting the emergence of a new class of entrepreneurs with access to research, programs and resources inside The Network.
  • Connecting an emerging community of national startup policy advisors with a next generation network of world-class entrepreneurship research institutions in an effort to generate more robust research and data to support evidence-based policy-making and more effective entrepreneurial support programming. In short, data and analysis on what works and what does not in helping new firm formation.

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