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Project pitching for the Enterprise Support Programme, which aims to encourage youth entrepreneurship and promote innovation throughout the nation, was held by the MTN Ghana Foundation.
This is done to check each candidate who made the short list, evaluate their business modules, and confirm their status.
In the Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Western regions, which are the areas targeted for the first year of this admirable effort, nine pitch competitions and interviews were held.
Businesses run by young people, students, women, and people with disabilities are among those that have been chosen.
56 youth-led, 17 women-led, and 29 entrepreneurs with disabilities made pitches and were interviewed in the Greater Accra area.
Out of this, 31 youth-led, 17 women-led and 20 differently abled businesses were selected.
In the Western region, 24 youth-led, 19 women-led and 18 differently abled entrepreneurs pitched and were interviewed.
After the process, 12 youth-led, 19 women-led and 14 differently abled businesses were selected.
Whiles in the Ashanti region, 16 youth-led, 5 women-led and 24 differently abled entrepreneurs pitched and were interviewed.
After the session, 7 youth-led, 3 women-led and 17 differently abled entrepreneurs were selected.
In all, 140 selected businesses will go through incubation and training on practical business and ideas for implementation.
The MTN Ghana Foundation’s Enterprise Support Program which is in partnership with Innohub Foundation, is part of MTN’s legacy projects aimed at accelerating socio-economic growth through economic empowerment initiatives.
Through this partnership, MTN Enterprise Support Program will support 500 small businesses operated by youth, students, women and persons with disabilities over a five-year period with training, business development support, technical assistance and seed funding.
