Role of MSMEs, OFWs as growth drivers lauded

GO Negosyo founder Jose Maria “Joey” Concepcion 3rd on Thursday recognized the role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as drivers of the country’s economic growth, ahead of the nonprofit organization’s celebration of its 17th anniversary.

Go Negosyo will mark the event with Kabaya 2022, an entrepreneurship forum and mentoring event specially organized for OFWs and their families, at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

“Over the 17 years that we promoted entrepreneurship in the Philippines, we found that many of the MSMEs we helped grow were the ventures of OFWs who dreamt of a life of financial security for their families back home,” Concepcion said in a statement.

“As we exit the pandemic, we find that these two sectors — MSMEs and OFWs — will be the