Camp to empower aspiring entrepreneurs held in Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Institute for Economic and Legal Studies on Thursday conducted an entrepreneurship camp aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, alleviating poverty, identifying talent and fostering entrepreneurial mindset.

Officials said 48 teams attended the entrepreneurship camp and after evaluations and voting, six teams went to the final stage and three teams will be announced as the final winners by the end of the day.

Head of the institute Mohammad Hanif Farzan said they will provide financial, educational and technical support to the winning projects in cooperation with national businessmen and the private sector.

Farzan claimed the camp was designed to spark creativity and innovative ideas and fight poverty, achieve economic development, sustainable employment and promote entrepreneurship in the country.

Chamber of Commerce and Investment officials welcomed the camp and said such programs were important to encourage aspiring entrepreneurs and achieve economic development.

“The Chamber of Commerce and Investment is ready to cooperate and welcomes the holding of such programs as a representative of the private sector,” ACCI legal advisor Abdul Salam Kohi explained.

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