ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2014 (WAM) -- The fifth phase of the Akoun Entrepreneurship Campaign, an initiative by the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED), has successfully concluded after organising a total of 23 workshops in different universities across the seven emirates between March 9th and May 19th.
This year, the campaign registered a record attendance of 2,684 young Emirati business aspirants who were exposed to opportunities, rewards, and challenges through the interactive workshops that consisted of experts? visits to career fairs and of the annual rewarding ?Business Idea Competition?. The Best Business Idea winner will receive AED25,000, while the second and third place winners will get AED15,000 and AED10,000 respectively. Expressing delight at the successful completion of the fifth phase of the Akoun Entrepreneurship Campaign, Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani, Director-General of ADCED, said, "The way the Akoun campaign turned out this year is a clear example of our continued commitment to the initiative. The benchmarks were significantly raised in terms of publicity, presentation, and participation. We were able to attract more Emirati youth to the programme and succeeded in instilling in them the desire to define and build their own future creatively rather than rely on traditional revenues. The Akoun initiative is a great driver in this direction and we will pursue the goal more and more vigorously in the years ahead." The Akoun Entrepreneurship Campaign, which was launched in 2009, brings together government organisations, educational institutions, and successful Emirati entrepreneurs to initiate the youth into private enterprises, providing them with the requisite knowledge, resources and guidance.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2014.
