Tag: Entrepreneurs
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Volta Fair 2021: Don’t look for money to start businesses, look for customers – Investment Banker to startups
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DCI Microfinance, Mr Selassie Woanya has urged young entrepreneurs not to concentrate on money but to focus on customers to enable their businesses to flourish. He said customers could assist business owners in enhancing the growth of their businesses and offer them opportunities. Mr Woanya, speaking at the Young Entrepreneurs…
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Promoting made-in-Ghana goods: Entrepreneurs share challenges with leading supermarkets
Ghana is one of the top producers of shea butter in the world. Ironically, the nation has not been able to successfully create beauty and cosmetic products out of its shea butter. In June 2019, the research firm Konfidant, released a report that over 90% of products within the Beauty and Cosmetics industry in Ghana’s…
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Textile industry players adopt innovative means to reach customers amid COVID-19
The Ghanaian textile Industry is one of the critical areas in Ghana’s manufacturing sector despite its continuous struggle in recent years. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Ghana hard in March this year, the government put in place a series of measures to contain the spread. One of these measures was the ban on social gatherings.…
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NBSSI urges financial firms to empower SMEs before offerring credit
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Kosi Yankey Ayeh, has urged financial institutions that offer loans to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs, to consider empowering them through skills development before offering them credit. She says this will provide a better guarantee for the capacity of the businesses…
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38 business leaders honored, Nii Kotei Dzani picks top award
The Founder and President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani has been named as the Best Entrepreneur for 2016. It follows his contribution to Ghana’s economy through his business venture comprising thirteen subsidiaries. Mr. Kotei Dzani was among thirty eight business managers honored at this year’s edition of the Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive Awards.…