Smart Business Solutions vs. Poverty in Africa

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Summary

5 high-growth, business development programs for African firms to help them maximize operations, train staff, create new jobs, spur innovation, inspire younger generations, and compete globally. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In order to combat poverty, Africa needs to create long-term solutions to solving issues itself, not be dependent upon foreign aid, not be at the mercy of corrupt government officials, and not be at the constant mercy of natural disasters. The solution is in the local private sector - finding established companies that are managed by socially-responsible local leaders; assessing their business' needs, and filling them with mgmt training, short-term consultants, mentors, int'l networking, et al.

Activities

GMA works with local groups to select firms that can transform their societies (e.g. tech-oriented, women-run, industrial, media). We recruit top MBAs & senior level mentors; help find funding, conduct trainings, and pinpoint expansion bottlenecks.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $4,734
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $70,266
Total Funding Goal: $75,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will serve approx. 20 businesses/200 workers in Ghana in the IT/Telecom, Business Media, Pharma, Manuf, and Tourism sectors - to provide staff training, consulting, tech transfer, and employment opportunities that are in high demand.

Project Message

Our experiences with GMA have been great! But having 3 people with great… knowledge come into the team and inject new energy and new perspectives into this sort of environment…is very rewarding.
- Estelle, Beneficiary, Managing Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

William Guyster,
Chairman & CEO
1831 California St, NW
Suite 21
Washington, DC 20009
United States
12023401955
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Good Morning Africa (GMA)
1831 California St, NW
Suite 21
Washington, DC 20009
United States
202-340-1955
http://www.goodmorningafrica.org

Learn more about Good Morning Africa (GMA) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ghana and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Ghana, read the Human Development Report on Ghana or the Wikipedia entry for Ghana.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 08, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 27, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

GMA helps bring new Business Toolkit to Ghana!

By William Guyster - Chairman & CEO, March 31, 2008 09:13 PM

Real results are coming to fruition from the technical seeds our volunteers and MBA consultants planted last year. It was the beginning of 2007 when GMA arrived, brand-new, to Ghana and looked for the businesses it would come to help later in the year. Eventually, GMA helped bring over 100 weeks of consulting to Ghana.

One of the things our people did was to contact the World Bank's IFC division and see if we could get them to sponsor their renown SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) Toolkit in Ghana. A few months later, two of our business clients received an invitation to India to receive initial training on this resource. And now, it's finally official!!! The first link below is from this month (March 2008) and talks a little about our client and the resource we helped them obtain. The second link shows some of the companies we've helped, their take on Ghana, and their take on our work!

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