{"id":3259,"date":"2020-03-24T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humancapitalinternational.org\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2021-04-23T12:21:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:21:10","slug":"human-capital-international-smart24-tv-seal-partnership-to-support-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humancapitalinternational.org\/articles\/human-capital-international-smart24-tv-seal-partnership-to-support-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Capital International, Smart24 TV seal partnership to support SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Human Capital International (HCI)<\/a>, a human capital development company committed to unearthing and developing human and business potentials, and Smart24 TV<\/a>, a business channel, have entered into partnership to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.<\/p>\n

The two companies signed the partnership yesterday to create innovative initiatives that will support small-to-medium enterprises, women and young graduates to go into entrepreneurship development as an alternative form of employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to help our viewers to have enough information about entrepreneurship such that they can make informed decisions regarding their businesses,\u201d Ms Jackline Arinda, the Chief Executive Officer of Smart24 TV said during the signing ceremony in Ntinda.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost entrepreneurs start their businesses with small capital with the hope of growing, but because of the many challenges that we intend to address in this partnership, many of the businesses end up collapsing,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Ms Shenina Aheebwa, the Country Manager of Human Capital International, an organization that has trained many entrepreneurs on how to start, and navigate start up and ongoing business challenges, said they have already assembled a team that will provide tailor-made information and skills to help actualise the core objectives of this partnership.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cUgandans, and indeed Africans, have shown courage in starting businesses, but the majority do not grow. But how long will we talk about this? We must find solutions,\u201d Ms Aheebwa said.<\/p>\n

Research has shown that some of the major challenges that have, and continue to affect entrepreneurship development in Africa, are lack of practical entrepreneurship education, organic growth strategies, entrepreneurial leadership, cash flow management, and basic operational skills for owners and SME managers. Solutions to these and many more challenges, Ms Aheebwa said, is what the partnership seeks to address.<\/p>\n

She said SMEs’ growth in Africa is critical since they provide employment and revenue to the government.<\/p>\n

\"\"The recently released World Bank report, for example, considers Uganda as among the fastest growing populations in the world, (average growth rate of 3.3%), and consequently, urges Uganda to create at least one million jobs annually if it is to absorb the growing graduates joining the labour market. Ms Aheebwa said the magic to achieve this objective will be to help build the capacities of start-up businesses and entrepreneurs with practical entrepreneurial education to enable them grasp the requisite skills in enterprise development.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us to reduce unemployment in our country, we must encourage a lot more of our graduates to go into entrepreneurship development and equip them with the skills to manage and grow their businesses. It is the reason why we have partnered with Smart24, a business television, to ensure that our expertise in SMEs development and growth initiatives benefit a lot more entrepreneurs in the coming years\u201d Ms Aheebwa said.<\/p>\n

To know more about the core services provided by Human Capital International, kindly click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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