Green Thumb Creatives team scheduled to launch new app in October
The Green Thumb Creatives Team (photo courtesy of Nareema Khan)
The Green Thumb Creatives Team (photo courtesy of Nareema Khan)

By Marissa Victoria Foster
THE Green Creatives Team has successfully made it to the final stage of the Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge 2.0 hosted in Guyana by THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This means that the team is officially competing with the other 88 nations around the world who are participating in the competition. During the week of August 20, they completed sample-testing of their app before they had an official launch. The app will be available in the Apple Store and Google Play Store at the end of the sample-testing. Their mentors thus far include names such as: Ms. Lyndell Danzie-Black from Cerulean Inc, Dr. Rosh Khan from SocialRank Media and Dr. Vishnu Doerga from Action Coach.

As more resources become available they will include more mentors as well as many more features to their initiative. They have also successfully completed 60 app-orientation sessions and have heeded all of the recommendations for future development and growth. The team members of this creative trio include: Ms. Khadidja Ba, President/ Research and Communication personnel; Ms. Nareema Khan, Public Relations and Marketing personnel and Mr. Deopaul Somwaru, App and development personnel. The team was tasked with first coming up with a solution to the problem of many youth and small business owners not knowing how to elevate themselves from having an unstructured or informal business to a formal business.

Their solution is the Green Thumb Creatives App that follows the one-stop-shop approach. The app would facilitate business and self-development coaching; provide online marketing/branding training and showcase funding opportunities for them as well. As resources become available, this list will grow exponentially. They have successfully passed the Pitch and Incubation stages and are now well on their way to do their final presentation in New York at the UN headquarters.
The committed team is now fostering relationships with the private and public sectors. The Green Thumb Creatives Team have reached out to varying ministries, including the Ministry of Culture, Youth and sport; the Ministry of Local Government as well as regional development, among others. They are also hoping to meet with the First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali. They would like to do so by the month of October, so as to officially launch the app to all platforms.

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