{"id":7400,"date":"2025-09-25T11:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/?p=7400"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:43:22","slug":"youth-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-in-action-300-junior-enterprises-transferred-to-apme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.minpmeesa.cm\/site\/en\/youth-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-in-action-300-junior-enterprises-transferred-to-apme\/","title":{"rendered":"YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM IN ACTION: 300 Junior Enterprises Transferred to APME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 23, 2025, in Yaound\u00e9, a major ceremony marked the transfer of 300 junior enterprises to the Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (APME), under the joint chairmanship of:\u00a0 \u00a0Achille Bassilekin III, Minister of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA), and \u00a0Mounouna Foutsou, Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0For Minister Achille Bassilekin III, this move is part of the broader agenda to structurally transform the national economy, with a clear objective: supporting the growth and sustainability of youth-led entrepreneurial initiatives, which are key drivers of the import-substitution policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0He emphasized that APME has more than 250 experts, a comprehensive support services catalogue, and a high-performance support system capable of scaling up these young enterprises. A firm commitment to ensuring that this cohort is a total success.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0According to Henri Biheng, National Coordinator of the Support Program for Rural and Urban Youth (PAJER-U), out of the 300 junior enterprises transferred, 242 are led by men and 58 by women, with agriculture accounting for 62% of the women-led projects.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0For his part, Minister Mounouna Foutsou congratulated the young entrepreneurs, highlighting that their projects are the result of personal effort but also of the customized support framework set up by MINJEC, strengthened by Axis 2 of the Special Youth Triennial Plan of the Head of State, H.E. Paul Biya.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cYou are the Indomitable Lions of Entrepreneurship 2025!\u201d he declared, encouraging them to bring their fighting spirit to win their Entrepreneurship Champions League, now under the guidance of APME.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Ultimately, this event marks a strategic milestone in the promotion of youth entrepreneurship in Cameroon. 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