If all goes according to plan, the Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) could soon have satellite sites in strategic locations across the island and offer its services online to young people across the Caribbean.This disclosure was made on Wednesday by Minister of Youth, Sport and Community Development Charles Griffith as Chief Executive Officer of the Pinelands Creative Workshop (PCW) Sophia Greaves-Broome called for a “healthy entrepreneurship ecosystem” through which young entrepreneurs can drive social and economic development.They were speaking during the Youth Symposium at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre as the Small Business Association (SBA) continued its celebrations for Small Business Week 2022 under the theme Exploring the Digital Frontier – The Next Business Revolution.Griffith said in addition to setting up sites across Barbados to ensure ease of access to YES, they were exploring the possibility of having the programme available across the Caribbean by January 2023.
