UNCTAD capacity-building and training for Entrepreneurs
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Empretec Network retweeted
What mechanisms best connect entrepreneurship learning to real business development?
Entrepreneurship skills develop in ecosystems. Strong partnerships between education, business support, finance and the private sector turn skills into ventures.
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Skills, finance & support
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Empretec Network retweeted
Entrepreneurship learning depends on the people delivering it.
Building educator and trainer capacity is a critical part of any effective skills system.🎓
What works?
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Entrepreneuriat : la théorie ne suffit pas.
Le changement consiste à développer des compétences concrètes : résoudre des problèmes, comprendre les clients, s’adapter.
Comment apprendre l’entrepreneuriat par la pratique, et pas seulement par la théorie ?
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Empretec Network retweeted
L’entrepreneuriat est de plus en plus vu comme une compétence clé pour l’avenir du travail et de l’innovation. Pourtant, son intégration dans les systèmes éducatifs reste un défi.
Quel est selon vous le principal obstacle?
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Programmes trop rigides
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Empretec Network retweeted
Entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a core skill for the future of work and innovation. Yet embedding it across education systems remains a major challenge.
➡️what's the biggest barrier to embedding it?
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Empretec Network retweeted
Empretec LogiHub is underway in Riyadh.
Early-stage founders are building, testing and pitching smart logistics solutions to drive innovation and contribute to Saudi Vision 2030🇸🇦
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Empretec Network retweeted
Join us tomorrow at the #Fin4Dev Dialogue in New York.
@UNCTAD and the @ioevoice convene public and private sector leaders to focus on turning commitments into firm-level results.
▶️ Join: bit.ly/4vGNLeI
Meeting ID: 385 994 383 752 13
Passcode: vD3yR274
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Empretec Network retweeted
🗓 21 April 2026 | 10:00-11:15 EDT
Trade, investment, and entrepreneurship only deliver when they connect at the firm level.
At #FfD 2026 in New York, @UNCTAD and @ioevoice focus on one question: how do we move from commitments to execution?
▶️Join: bit.ly/3QtsQvv
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Empretec Network retweeted
Mar 14
About 70 young entrepreneurs in Uganda and South Africa have joined @UNCTAD’s Empretec LogiHub training.
The course connects them with investors, ecosystems and live supply chains to foster innovative logistics solutions across Africa.
Learn more: ow.ly/ZjTZ50YtALi
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Empretec Network retweeted
In Riyadh, @UNCTAD’s Empretec delivered hands on AI crash courses with the @SDB_sa and @Empretec_Saudi, led by @felipematos.
Founders worked on real startup challenges and learned how to identify business pain points and apply #AI to address them.
▶️bit.ly/40HIFk0
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Empretec Network retweeted
Feb 9
What does it really take to be successful as an entrepreneur?
According to @SafeBoda CEO Rob Sanford, you must first dedicate time to knowing your customer. At last month's #LogiHub training, we appreciated Mr Sanford's insight into the delicate art of building a startup.
Do you believe that market research is a necessary step in building startups? @UNCTAD @empretecUN
#startup #smallbusiness
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Empretec Network retweeted
At the Empretec AI Crash Course, founders learn how to apply #AI for real business growth - and how to think like AI-native startups from day one.
Led by @felipematos🎓
Delivered by @UNCTAD with @SDB_sa, as part of the @NIDLP_2030 1K Mile Bootcamp at Al Yamamah University.
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Empretec Network retweeted
29 Dec 2025
#DeveGo2025
✅@UNCTAD Secretary-General @RGrynspan delivered a keynote, marking a moment in Saudi Arabia’s fast-evolving startup journey
✅ Empretec & eFounders engaged with Saudi entrepreneurs
✅@jonnystartup spoke on Saudi Arabia’s unique moment for entrepreneurship
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Empretec Network retweeted
22 Dec 2025
AI is transforming entrepreneurship. What needs to happen next?
To translate AI into real business value, it’s crucial that entrepreneurs in developing countries get the support they need in terms of skills, finance and enabling ecosystems.
▶️ ow.ly/rRzl50XN3Rq
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Empretec Network retweeted
26 Dec 2025
#AI is already being tested by entrepreneurs in developing countries - but adoption remains uneven.
📘 New UNCTAD report shares insights from entrepreneurs and global experts on how to turn AI into a practical tool for startups and MSMEs.
🔗 bit.ly/4pKRogk
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Empretec Network retweeted
23 Dec 2025
At #DeveGo2025, @UNCTAD and @SDB_sa highlight a shared commitment to innovation, skills, and entrepreneurship.
@UNCTAD Secretary-General @RebecaGrynspan’s meeting with Empretec trainers showed where it all starts: people building the next generation of entrepreneurs.
22 Dec 2025
Launching the new @UNCTAD Entrepreneurship Forum with the Social Development Bank @SDB_sa in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 to support the next generation of entrepreneurs through 2030.
Supporting entrepreneurship and investment remains part of the key work of UNCTAD.
Exciting project ahead.
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Empretec Network retweeted
21 Dec 2025
بحضور سعادة الأمين العامة لمنظمة الأمم المتحدة للتجارة والتنمية (UNCTAD)
السيدة ريبيكا غرينسبان
وبحضور ممثلي #بنك_التنمية_الاجتماعية، تم تخريج دفعة جديدة من المدربين المعتمدين لبرنامج #أمبريتك_السعودية، في خطوة تعكس التزام البرنامج ببناء القدرات الوطنية وتأهيل كوادر تدريبية تسهم في تمكين رواد الأعمال وتعزيز منظومة ريادة الأعمال في المملكة
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Empretec Network retweeted
19 Dec 2025
🇺🇳 @UNCTAD, with Enterprise Uganda (@EntUganda) and LEARN Logistics by the Kühne Foundation, launched the first @EmpretecUN LogiHub Uganda 🇺🇬 – a five-day pre-accelerator designed to ignite the next generation of smart logistics founders.
▶️ ow.ly/yjMF50XM96c
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Empretec Network retweeted
14 Dec 2025
Empretec LogiHub continued in South Africa (@sedfa_dsbd, Pretoria), putting early-stage founders in build mode - tackling real logistics problems, learning from local operators and investors, and shaping start-up ideas for the SA market🇿🇦
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Empretec Network retweeted
7 Dec 2025
After 5 intense days at Empretec LogiHub Uganda🇺🇬, 7 teams pitched their early-stage logistics start-ups in 5 minutes each.
Sharp feedback from: @MatMobius, @francisnkur, Alan Lwetabe.
Insights from: @RobSanford61313, @mukisad2, Geoffrey Mutabazi.
Congrats to all teams!
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