GO Negosyo continues to gain ground here and abroad digitally—enough reason for it to celebrate and reach out to more Filipinos to help them realize their entrepreneurial dreams. The nonstock, nonprofit advocacy has attained a social media milestone for officially becoming the No. 1 nongovernment organization (NGO) page in the Philippines. Its Facebook page followers has reached 2,002,909 and earned 1,914,176 likes as of May 17.
Following this are the World Health Organization Philippines (1,792,567) and Philippine Red Cross (1,225,259) being the second and third most popular pages, respectively.
Internationally, Go Negosyo is also among the top 100 in the world and the only NGO that made it from the Philippines.
“As we reach this milestone, I want to show my utmost appreciation to our partners for their untiring support. Without them, none of this would be possible. More importantly, I would like to thank our 2 million followers for believing in our vision of an enterprising Philippines. We have been doing this for 15 years already. And we saw the opportunity to scale up. Go Negosyo will continue to provide Filipinos access to mentorship, money and market through its programs,” said Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion.
To give back to them, the organization has vowed to continue to help them in their businesses by giving away a total of P2 million as additional capital for them. Since May 10, Go Negosyo has extended P5,000 to each 10 lucky entrepreneurs daily.
This ongoing contest, which forms part its “Manalo at Mag-Negosyo” program, keeps rewarding business owners who take a winning selfie in their place of business until July 10. The winners are selected during Mentor Me Online (MMO), which airs live weeknights at 6 pm.
To date, MMO has already produced 600 episodes and featured 2,000 guests/entrepreneurs. A total of P12 million additional capital has been awarded to over 1,500 winners, and around 300 online sellers have been given a free marketing platform for their products.
Concepcion wanted to strengthen its online programs despite the limited on-the-ground presence amid the pandemic. These web-based training sessions include the Kapatid Mentor Micro Entrepreneurs Program (KMME) and Kapatid Agri Mentor Me Program (KAMMP).
KMME has so far produced 8,823 mentee graduates, with more than 1,400 additional mentees set to graduate this year. KAMMP programs have benefited 1,600 plus graduate mentees from over 1,200 associations and cooperatives, benefiting more than 130,000 members nationwide.