Ghana Enterprises Agency

16 May

GEA, World Bank Supports Women And Youth-Led Msmes With GH¢90 Million

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The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has launched two new interventions aimed at positioning women and youth-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the forefront of the country’s economic recovery efforts. The interventions – dubbed ‘Women MSME’ and ‘Youth MSME’ – are the result of close collaborations between GEA, the Ministries of Trade and Industry and Finance and the World Bank. The programmes will be implemented under the Ghana Economic Transformation Project (GETP). Over GH¢30million and about GH¢60million have been earmarked for the women and youth MSME programmes respectively. Even though MSMEs account for 92 percent of all registered businesses…
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UNIDO Announces $3.9m Support Project For MSMEs
13 Mar

UNIDO Announces $3.9m Support Project For MSMEs

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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) have launched a $3.9 million programme aimed at scaling up Ghana’s national initiatives on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) promotion. The ‘call for proposal’ under the joint implementation of UNIDO and the GEA is part of activities of the project “Expanding the Kaizen Initiatives by Enhancing Sustainable Agri-Business”, funded by the government of Japan to sustainably and continually improve quality and productivity of businesses in Ghana. Project Manager, Marin Mizuno, noted that acquiring proper enterprise performance management skills is crucial to the sustainability of MSMEs and…
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Success Of SDGs Depends On Women Empowerment – GEA Boss
10 Mar

Success Of SDGs Depends On Women Empowerment – GEA Boss

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The success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)–2030 rests largely on the attention policy-makers pay to women empowerment, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Kosi Yankey Ayeh, has said. Against this backdrop, Mrs. Yankey Ayeh called for strategic measures to promote inclusive societies and the building of effective, accountable and comprehensive institutions at all levels. She said this at an event in Accra to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) and launch the GEA Business Integrity Project – a collaboration between GEA and the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) and funded by the Alliance for Integrity and the…
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GEA Receives 288,800 Applications For Youstart Programme
10 Mar

GEA Receives 288,800 Applications For Youstart Programme

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President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo says the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has begun the processing of 288,800 applications of individuals for support under the government’s Youstart Initiative. During the state of the nation’s address, he said the programme, intended to provide the needed support to young entrepreneurs to gain access to capital, market, training and technical skills among others, had successfully been piloted in 2022 with 70 youth-led businesses supported with GH¢1.98 million. YouStart is a vehicle through which the Government intends to provide funding and technical support to the youth between the ages of 18 and 40 to start and…
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