Ghana: 10,000 entrepreneurs in SME sector to be trained by Biz Development Authority

Around 10,000 entrepreneurs in the small-scale and medium enterprises in Ghana will be trained by the Ministry of Business Development from the beginning of June 2019.

As part of the initiative, 30 leaders of enterprises are attending a one-week training of trainers' workshop to train 2,000 others in the small-scale and medium enterprises (SME) sector. The initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Institute for the Creation and Development Enterprise (a Spanish business consultancy organization) and Ministry of Business Development.

The participants will be trained mainly in digital marketing, accessing financing, business development skills, among other skills. The training workshop follows a MoU signed between the Ministry of Business Development and the Institute for the Creation and Development Enterprise in September last year, to build the capacity of players in the SME sector in line with President Nana Akufo-Addo 's vision to move Ghana beyond aid, as reported by Graphic Online.

Alhaji Hafiz Adam, who opened the training session on behalf of the sector minister, Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, also read his speech. Awal said the programme was tailored to addressing key challenges that players in the SME sector faced.

“As you all know already, our young entrepreneurs are challenged in areas such as independent skills, poor entrepreneurial orientation, a lack of access to finance and limited training. These problems must be addressed if we are to achieve the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda and this programme will certainly equip our entrepreneurs to compete in the global market,” he added.

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