AN ENTRPRENEURSHIP CLASS- BIZZ GIRLS

To start our entrepreneurship program Bizz Girls, we conducted a pilot test in 2016. Participants were our girls from Primary and Junior High School. Girls scanned the Berekuso environment and wrote down all problems they could see. In all, they came up with five opportunities representing 3 industries; education, sanitation and fashion.

The pilot program proved successful. Girls were able to identify problems, turn them into opportunities and develop solutions through research. However, they were unable to start the business since they were still in basic school and lacked the grit for such challenge. Most importantly, the necessary resources were not available to enable them make such a commitment. Even though the Bowney team brought into reality the solution developed by the education team, moving forward our BizzGirls program will be more focused on vocational training since majority of girls are talented in that field. However, if we are to run an entrepreneurship program, it would be targeted at Senior High School graduates who are highly self-motivated.