Young Entrepreneurs learn valuable business lessons and build networks in Dubai
The two winning teams from the New Zealand at Expo 2020 and Young Enterprise (YES) Global Kaitiakitanga Project have visited Dubai to promote their businesses at Expo 2020 Dubai and learn more about doing business in the United Arab Emirates and wider Gulf region.
The sustainability-focussed Global Kaitiakitanga Project provided high quality business mentoring and international collaboration opportunities for New Zealand’s young innovators who are shaping the future for a better world.
Abalro Health’s Robert Donohoe, Abby Green and Alex Livingstone joined Max Donaldson from GreenKiwi Supplements for a five-day visit to Dubai and the World Expo, accompanied by Elizabeth Pittman from Young Enterprise.
On the trip, the young business leaders met with senior representatives from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise to understand more about doing business in the region, understanding the natural health products market and for feedback on their business plans.
The teams visited Expo 2020 Dubai, where they toured the New Zealand Pavilion to see how the story of kaitiakitanga or Care for People and Place, was being told to an international audience.
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