MONTEGO BAY, St James — Student entrepreneurs in Hanover who were part of the pilot project of the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) Hanover and Infiniti Cooperative Credit Union Youth Entrepreneur Programme, performed so well, with their businesses thriving, that the stakeholders behind the initiative are looking to roll out an islandwide project.

“Hanover is just the beginning. We’re congratulating Team Hanover for really leading this pilot. And because of the success in Hanover we have engaged in discussions with Infiniti and we agree that a programme of this magnitude, with the tremendous success we’ve seen here, is worth expanding into other parishes,” said Social Development Commission (SDC) Executive Director Omar Frith in an interview with the Jamaica Observer following the pilot programme’s closing and awards ceremony held at S Hotel in St James last Thursday.

“We’re advancing our discussions to begin roll-out but, obviously, we have to look at each parish’s various unique realities and then determine how best we can tailor-fit this to the other locations,” added Frith.