NEDCO BUSINESS ACCELERATOR MEDIA LAUNCH
The National Entrepreneurship Development Company Limited (NEDCO) launched its new Business Accelerator Programme on December 11th at the NEDCO head office at 14 – 19 Queen’s Park East, Port of Spain. Senator the Honourable Jennifer Baptiste-Primus, Minister of Labour and Small Enterprise Development delivered the feature address. The other launch programme speakers were Mr. Clarry Benn, NEDCO Chairman; Dr. Ramesh Ramdeen, NEDCO Deputy Chairman; and Mr. Albert Chow, NEDCO Chief Executive Officer.
The media launch was followed by a cocktail reception at the same venue.
The NEDCO Business Accelerator will offer a comprehensive set of entrepreneurial development services to facilitate the successful commercialization of startup companies. In its first year, the NEDCO Business Accelerator will be run in partnership with universities and colleges across Trinidad and Tobago. The NEDCO Business Accelerator is open to all present and past students of tertiary level schools who have an existing startup or is interested in starting a new business. The NEDCO Business Accelerator Programme will be rolled out over 5 years. Other entrepreneur groups will be targeted in years 2, 3, 4 and 5.