Global Greenpreneurs Program

GGGI, in partnership with Student Energy and Youth Climate Lab, has run annual Greenpreneurs incubators over the past four years to run a successful online 12-week global green business competition and acceleration program open to youth between the ages of 17 and 35, in India, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Nepal, Mexico, Mongolia, Uganda, Rwanda, Indonesia, UAE, Colombia, PNG, Fiji. GGGI has also run country-based and regional programs in the Pacific (Fiji, Vanuatu, and Kiribati), Cambodia, Jordan, and in the UAE, with future programs planned in the Philippines, Viet Nam, and several other countries. 

Pacific Greenpreneurs ‘Jumpstart your business’ Program

In the Pacific, the 2018 Greenpreneurs ‘Jumpstart your business’ program delivered multiple in-person workshops and networking events in Fiji, Kiribati, and Vanuatu, where participants learned about existing local green businesses, developed and practiced entrepreneurship skills, and worked with peers and mentors to refine their business models. Under the framework of the project and with support from the Pacific NDC Hub, Pacific Green Business Center (PGBC), and Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF), GGGI developed Guides to Green Entrepreneurship for these 3 countries, outlining the processes for setting up a business in these countries, as well as ongoing company and employers’ obligations[1].   Through this program, GGGI also put in place a virtual networking platform to facilitate connections and information exchange across participants from the three countries. GGGI also partnered with Fiji’s Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism (MCTTT) to deliver training on sustainability in business to a broader audience of young entrepreneurs as part Fiji’s Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme.