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  • FACT SHEET - YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAMME (YEP)

    Submitted by cleveland on August 7, 2009 - 8:30am.

    YEP is the government of Jamaica’s initiative to ensure that school leavers, at high school and tertiary levels, who demonstrate strong entrepreneurial spirit and drive will be able to benefit from training and access financing for viable projects. In his 2009/10 Budget Presentation in Parliament, Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding announced a social safety initiative, the Young Entrepreneur Programme (YEP), to provide training and funding for these school leavers to develop small businesses. 

  • Youngsters Laud YEP Programme

    Submitted by cleveland on June 30, 2009 - 12:11pm.

    Scores of young people turned out at the Runaway Bay HEART Academy on
    Thursday (June 25) for the St. Ann leg of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme
    (YEP) orientation session.

  • Opportunities Outlined at YEP Meeting in Port Antonio

    Submitted by cleveland on June 29, 2009 - 10:22am.

    Opportunities available to young people through participation in the Young
    Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP), were the major focus of a meeting sponsored by the Development Bank of Jamaica at the Old Marina in Port Antonio on June 19.

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Jamaica Broilers Group

Submitted by ranon on October 24, 2008 - 2:27pm.

The DBJ assisted the Jamaica Broilers Group (JBL) with a loan for the construction of an ethanol plant, an alternative energy project. The loan was channelled through National Commercial Bank Limited (NCB), Pan Caribbean Financial Services, and First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB).

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