Board Upskills 35 Small Business Owners

Thirty-five resource owners and budding business entrepre­neurs from as far as Rotuma participated in the first Re­source Owner Entrepreneur­ship Training last week.

Thursday 12 May 2022 | 10:33

Participants during the Resource Owners Enterprise Training (from left) Robert Mario, Mareta Fasaitu, Lucie Managreve and Alfred Wiliame at the iTaukei Trust Fund Board complex in Draiba, Suva on May, 6, 2022. Photo: Leon Lord

Participants during the Resource Owners Enterprise Training (from left) Robert Mario, Mareta Fasaitu, Lucie Managreve and Alfred Wiliame at the iTaukei Trust Fund Board complex in Draiba, Suva on May, 6, 2022. Photo: Leon Lord

Thirty-five resource owners and budding business entrepre­neurs from as far as Rotuma participated in the first Re­source Owner Entrepreneur­ship Training last week.

The training was hosted by the iTaukei Trust Fund Board.

Led by International Master Trainer Steve Codeiro, the train­ing aimed at upskilling partici­pants to better understand and navigate through the challeng­ing environment of commercial business.

“One of the things that we lack is the discipline to run a busi­ness,” Mr Codeiro said.

Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said: “Through these collaborative training efforts, we hope that some of the fundamental chal­lenges in ensuring the sustaina­ble longevity of resource-owned businesses will be somehow cushioned or alleviated.”