The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 6 will launch on 28 February 2022 the first batch of Kapatid Mentor ME- Money and Market Encounter (KMME-MME Online) 2022 with 48 mentees from the six provinces of Western Visayas.

This year, DTI Region 6 will be the first of the 17 regional offices across the country to launch its first batch of KMME MME Online: Multi-Sectoral Group. This will be participated by duly screened aspiring mentees who are entrepreneurs coming from various sectors such as agribusiness, processed food, service, cacao industry, coffee, processed fruit and nuts, high value coconut products, wearables and homestyle, and Shared Service Facilities (SSF). The KMME is a 10-module mentorship and coaching program that optimizes weekly interactions between the mentors and the mentees with the key goal of boosting the entrepreneurial capacity of the mentees through improved access to mentorship, money & market (i.e., the 3Ms).

When the pandemic started in 2020, the program organizers, DTI and the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship-Go Negosyo (PCE), adopted the online and blended (face-to-face/online) sessions to continue to deliver the training programs to MSMEs in the region. The mentees will embark their 3-month entrepreneurial learning journey from 28 February to 16 May 2022.

Since 2016 to date, DTI Region 6 has produced a total of 644 mentee graduates (MGs) who are now more ready to face the challenges and the ever-changing entrepreneurial landscape with the business improvement plans they have prepared and presented as the end output of the program. Nationwide, a total of 10,523 entrepreneurs graduated under the KMME. Nothing beats mentorship and organized learning sessions.

Interested to join the free online business mentorship?

You may visit the DTI R6 Facebook page or the nearest Negosyo Centers or DTI Provincial Offices near you. Our Batch 2 will start on 16 May 2022 and there are still available slots. Inquire now! ♦

Date of Release: 14 March 2022