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Start-ups need support mechanism to make profit – Sherif Ghali

Coordinator for Ghana Startup Bill Technical Working Committee, Sherif Ghali says startups need a support mechanism to cushion them till they start to make profit. This follows a 2018 survey conducted by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) that revealed that 40 per cent of start-ups in Ghana do not make profit.  According to Mr. Ghali, […]

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Draft Start-up Bill goes through validation

The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) has, through its Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) Project, organised a validation workshop for businesses in the Ashanti Region on the Ghana Start-Up and Innovation Bill.The workshop was to seek the inputs from start-up companies in the region on the proposed bill before submitting it to

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40 percent of start-up businesses in Ghana do not make profit – CEO

Majority of them also lack access to finance, market, infrastructural and innovation support, as well as the skills development required to sustain these entities, he stated. Mr. Ghali, giving a scenario of Ghana’s start-up ecosystem, at a validation workshop at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, advocated proactive measures to improve on

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Young entrepreneurs to be engaged on Ghana’s startup bill

The technical working committee of the Ghana Startup Bill is set to hold a 1 day consultative workshop for startups and young entrepreneurs to solicit their views and inputs into the Bill which seeks to deliver an incentive framework for the creation and development of Startups in Ghana to promote creativity, innovation and the use

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Stakeholder consultation on Ghana startup bill begins.

The technical working committee of the Ghana Startup Bill held a three-day Consultative retreat with key stakeholders to fine-tune the first draft of the most anticipated Ghana Startup Bill. In October this year, the Ministry of Business Development, through its agency, National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Programme (NEIP), launched the formal consultation processes for the development

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