The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica
We've spent the last 15 years building Jamaica's economy one entrepreneur at a time.
Since 2006, the YEA has impacted over 3000 entrepreneurs. Empowering them with opportunities to start streamlining and scaling!
MENTORSHIP & COACHING
The YEA facilitates peer-to-peer mentorship opportunities among members of the Association. We also connect entrepreneurs with successful business leaders across the world who provide one one one as well as group coaching and mentorship interventions.
TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIPS
Over the years the YEA has collaborated with several local and international partners to provide scholarships for business, personal and professional development training. Through our partnerships with the local investment ministry as well as international embassies the YEA has faciliated fully funded fellowships in several countries across Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and North America.
INCOME EARNING & FUNDING
The YEA is a business development organization under the Development Bank of Jamaica's voucher for technical assistance programme and a partner to the JMMB Resource Centre. This allows our members access to markets by operating as consultants who provide technical services to entrepreneurs right across Jamaica.
MARKETING, BRANDING & VISIBILITY
Through our events, particularly our national entrepreneurship week, social media and online magazine, the YEA provides several opportunities for members to achieve maximum visibility and target engagement for their brands as well as opportunities to cement themselves as local experts in their respective fields.
ADVISORY BOARD
If there were one word to embody Christopher Williams, that word would be IMPACT. Inspired by the teachings of his grandmother and mother and honed through seven transformative years at the distinguished Jamaica College, Chris has become a man with a singular focus: to create
impact in every endeavour he undertakes.
Chris Williams
Chairman & CEO, different and Co-Founder & Former GCEO, Proven
ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE
Join a group of illustrious partners working together to change jamaica’s economic future by cultivating the next crop of successful business leaders!
There are many ways to support YEA.