U.S. Embassy Nassau has selected Lakeisha Rolle to receive a $20,000 grant to implementImpact 200: Business Skills for Beginners, Youth Entrepreneurship Program. Rolle’s program was selected amongst 17 applications from U.S. Government exchange program alumni.
Rolle, The Financial Academy founder, is a 2022 alumna of the U.S. Embassy Nassau’s YoungLeaders of the Americas (YLAI) Fellowship.
YLAI promotes U.S. business models, increases trade, encourages job creation, and buildslasting and sustainable networks of young entrepreneurs, business and social leaders acrossLatin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States.
Through Rolle’s Impact 200 program, participants will learn the fundamentals of financialliteracy, the benefits of entrepreneurship and how to take a business idea from concept toreality. The program will utilize the U.S. Junior Achievement (JA) Be Entrepreneurialcurriculum.
“Your project supports young entrepreneurs in The Bahamas. This is something the U.S.Embassy fully supports as well and so it gives me great pleasure that you are the winner ofthe Small Grants Competition,” said U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, Usha Pitts in making thesurprise announcement to Rolle on Tuesday, September 26, at the Embassy.
As a financial literacy educator, it is important to Rolle to teach children how to earn moneynot only as a worker but also through entrepreneurial pursuits.
“This program is designed to take those students from business startup to the phase wherethey are able to produce their product and make a profit,” said Rolle.
During the seven-week, after school program participants will evaluate their business ideas,map out a business plan, project revenue and expenses and ultimately, establishphilanthropic projects. Lakeisha plans to launch the program in January 2024.
U.S. Embassy Nassau has selected Lakeisha Rolle to receive a $20,000 grant to implement
Impact 200: Business Skills for Beginners, Youth Entrepreneurship Program. Rolle’s program
was selected amongst 17 applications from U.S. Government exchange program alumni.
Rolle, The Financial Academy founder, is a 2022 alumna of the U.S. Embassy Nassau’s Young
Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) Fellowship.
YLAI promotes U.S. business models, increases trade, encourages job creation, and builds
lasting and sustainable networks of young entrepreneurs, business and social leaders across
Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States.
Through Rolle’s Impact 200 program, participants will learn the fundamentals of financial
literacy, the benefits of entrepreneurship and how to take a business idea from concept to
reality. The program will utilize the U.S. Junior Achievement (JA) Be Entrepreneurial
curriculum.
“Your project supports young entrepreneurs in The Bahamas. This is something the U.S.
Embassy fully supports as well and so it gives me great pleasure that you are the winner of
the Small Grants Competition,” said U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, Usha Pitts in making the
surprise announcement to Rolle on Tuesday, September 26, at the Embassy.
As a financial literacy educator, it is important to Rolle to teach children how to earn money
not only as a worker but also through entrepreneurial pursuits.
“This program is designed to take those students from business startup to the phase where
they are able to produce their product and make a profit,” said Rolle.
During the seven-week, after school program participants will evaluate their business ideas,
map out a business plan, project revenue and expenses and ultimately, establish
philanthropic projects. Lakeisha plans to launch the program in January 2024.
