Since Monday the GEW website has been flooded with interest in this years Entrepreneur of the Year competition, with people across the world logging on to vote for their favourite to win the People's Choice Award and have their say about the shortlisted entrepreneurs in our forum.

So far there have been over 21,000 visitors to our YBI competition page all keen to find out about this year's finalists. According to today's figures three entrepreneurs in the lead for the People's Choice Award. In third place Mouneer Al-Kojak from Syria with 373 votes, in second place Juan Ramón Nuñez with an enormous 2,168 votes and head of the poll is Ghadah Baaquil with an impressive 8,630 votes to date!

With four days left to go until a winner is announced anything could happen and the poll is changing hourly! Don't forget to make your vote at www.unleashingideas.org/ybi. Click now to find out more about Ghadah, Juan, Mouneer and other competition finalists.

Hailing from a wide range of countries these entrepreneurs embody the spirit of enterprise: demonstrating innovation, creating jobs, and helping to develop their local communities. They highlight why helping young people who want to start up a business but lack the means to do so is critically important for job creation and community development.