YEP Profile: Mergïm Cahani

Mergïm Cahani of Phronesis Technologies went to school in the United States and then returned to Kosovo to work. “There are great opportunities in Kosovo, and they show great potential,” he says. With support from the Young Entrepreneurs Project, Phronesis has developed Gjirafa, a search engine, and Izi Survey, which helps users create online surveys.

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YEP Profile: Arbër Ibrahimi

“With the help of USAID, we started monitoring newspapers, and now we are developing another application to monitor Twitter and Facebook,” says Arbër Ibrahimi of Prime DB, a media monitoring organization supported by the Young Entrepreneurs Program.

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YEP Profile: Taulant Koshi

Established in 2011, Taulant Koshi’s business exports products, such as ketchup, mayonnaise, and jam, throughout the region as well as to Germany and Italy. A grant from the Young Entrepreneurs Project is helping the business increase its capacity and hire more employees. “We are amongst top exporters in Kosovo in the food industry,” he says. “We stimulate as much as we can the local economy.”

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YEP Profile: Muhamet Duka

Applying what he learned through the Young Entrepreneurs Program, Muhamet Duka today runs a successful raspberry-growing business. “When I started alone, I had a different management style.” he says. “But with the help of USAID, which organized gatherings and information exchanges, I learned different methods of how to deal with raspberries in the best possible manner.”

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YEP Profile: Goran Milenković

Goran Milenkovic runs MG Mondial, a fast-growing cleaning business that works with local municipalities, nongovernmental organizations, and construction companies. With help from the Young Entrepreneurs Program, he is expanding his business with a new machine that plows snow in the winter and cuts grass in the summer.

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