Mentors from the University of Connecticut and several businesses in the state are heading to Kenya next month for two weeks as part of an exchange program with the east African country, The Associated Press reports.
The exchange is the final part of UConn’s Young Entrepreneurs Program, in which Connecticut residents are linked with 14 budding business leaders from Kenya.
Those Kenyan citizens are about 25 to 35 years old.
They have visited Connecticut businesses for workshops, job shadowing and other training from their U.S. mentors to help them start and expand small businesses in Kenya.
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The exchange program is supported by a $373,000 grant by the U.S. State Department.
