The Association of African Entrepreneurs in collaboration with the Coady International Institute of Canada, aim to build on the exciting potential of female entrepreneurs in Ghana through focused and supportive business workshops delivered to local female entrepreneurs, teaching them the foundation knowledge to successfully start, build and grow their business, whilst empowering them to independently secure a future for themselves, their family and their communities through business growth.
Ghana represents a fertile environment for the development of entrepreneurs in contributing to social and economic improvement, where over 10% of the country still live below the poverty line. Women are particularly isolated and restricted from development due to a lack of access to education, resource and support with regards to gaining basic business knowledge and skills, where a significant opportunity exists for female-led businesses to produce exponential benefits for their local community
In order to help bridge the existing knowledge gap, educate female entrepreneurs and help to build these business-critical relationships, funding is required to deliver business workshops to carefully targeted areas of Ghana through mobile educator units. Teams of up to two educators will deliver workshops for a period of up to 9 months, where donations from as little as $15 can provide an education session to up to 25 female entrepreneurs in their local community environment.
It is anticipated this knowledge will be shared and spread throughout the communities reached, creating a lasting legacy where the ultimate vision in achieving university accreditation could help to reduce educational isolation whilst simultaneously generating social improvement and poverty reduction through business stimulation.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
