Entry Financial institution Ghana has prolonged its finance and world-class enterprise coaching in addition to mentorship to girls owned companies within the agriculture worth chain as a part of the 2023 Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton competitors. It’s below its flagship programme for girls, the ‘W’ Initiative.
Initially held for all subsidiaries of Entry Financial institution Group, the previous two season, 4 and 5, have been championed in Ghana to allow extra participation from throughout the nation.
The highest 50 girls entrepreneurs have been chosen to take part in a Enterprise Administration Bootcamp (BMB) to equip them with abilities they should handle and scale-up their companies.
Talking on the newest version of the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton competitors, Government Director for Retail and Digital Banking at Entry Financial institution Ghana, Pearl Nkrumah, stated season 5 supplied alternative to girls in Agribusinesses to construct their capability in enterprise administration and obtain monetary assist for his or her companies.
“The coaching can be organised by the GIZ AgriBiz Programme and can cowl necessary subjects, together with strategic planning, digital advertising and marketing, market options and development methods, enterprise planning, monetary administration, costing and pricing.
These are supposed to construct their capability to navigate the enterprise terrain to be worthwhile.”
She additionally make clear the prizes for season 5.
“The highest 3 finallists will every obtain seed capital of GH¢100, 000. Different contributors will obtain comfort prizes, together with free web site improvement, digital commercial, and money prize of GH¢30, 000. All high 50 may even obtain put up enterprise teaching assist from January to March 2024.”
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The Managing Director’s particular award of GH¢20,000 will go to probably the most ecofriendly enterprise within the competitors.
Talking on the orientation ceremony, Zonal Head of Retail Banking, Josephine Eva Arthur, reiterated the financial institution’s assist for girls.
She stated, “The Mastercard Index report on girls entrepreneurs in Africa reveals that Ghana is on the high. Nonetheless, many businesswomen have points with sustaining their companies as many fold up inside three to 4 years of operation.”
She famous that Entry Financial institution has been proactive in supporting girls to alter this narrative.
On his half, Mission Lead for the GIZ AgriBiz Programme, Christoph Pannhausen, stated the aim of the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton competitors aligned with that of GIZ, as they search to assist small, micro, and medium companies, particularly within the Agribusiness sector.
