Kofi Ofosu Nkansah Archives

09 Oct

Government Spends Almost GH¢9k On Each Free SHS Student; Over ¢9k On Each TVET Student – NEIP CEO Reveals

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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has revealed that the government spends approximately GH¢9,000 on each student enrolled under the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. This investment covers the educational needs of students across various public schools, ensuring access to secondary education without financial barriers. According to the NEIP CEO, the substantial expenditure reflects the government’s commitment to providing quality education to all Ghanaian students. In addition to Free SHS students, Mr Nkansah disclosed that the government allocates over GH¢9,000 per Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) student. This…

26 Aug

NEIP Creates Over 100,000 Jobs Since 2017-CEO

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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has proudly announced that the NEIP has created over 100,000 jobs since its inception in 2017. Mr. Nkansah made this statement at the season 5 of The Presidential Pitch, held at Movenpick Hotel in Accra, on Friday, August 23, 2024. The event was graced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and other distinguished guests. In his speech, Mr. Nkansah reflected on the journey of NEIP, emphasising the impact the program has had on the lives of young entrepreneurs across the country. “Since 2017, we have…

21 Mar

‘Alpha Hour Is Stressing Our Women’ – Politician Cries Out

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CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr. Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has expressed worry over how participation in all sorts of midnight prayer sessions, particularly Alpha Hour, is taking a toll on women. Mr. Ofosu Nkansah made these statements while giving a breakdown analysis of how such developments affect women, particularly, those who belong to the working class. In a Facebook post, he lamented about how women who are already exhausted from work duties arrive home to fulfil family duties and later stay awake to pray all night long. Wondering why these prayer meetings are mostly scheduled past…

27 Feb

NEIP To Support 50 Entrepreneurship Hubs With $200,000

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The National Entrepreneurship Innovation Programme has launched the NEIP Hubs Acceleration Grant Programme under the Ghana Economic Transformation Project to support entrepreneurship and innovation hubs with $200,000. According to the Chief Executive of the National Entrepreneurship Innovation Programme, Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, the grant programme is geared towards supporting the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem by building the capacities of entrepreneurship hubs and strengthening their growth model to ensure economic transformation and growth of startups in the country. The NEIP Hubs Acceleration Grant Programme is to provide entrepreneurship hubs with financial and technical support to enhance their services to benefit startups…

23 Aug

The YouStart Program Is A Solution To The Depreciation Of The Cedi- CEO NEIP (VIDEO)

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship Innovation Program(NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has disclosed that the government's YouStart Project which is geared towards creating 1million jobs is a solution to the depreciation of the cedi. "We are running an import driven economy and that is what is crippling many businesses and also the cause of the depreciation of the cedi. The most common food we consume in this country is rice, stew and chicken and many of the ingredients are imported- what we produce isn't enough therefore we import all of these into the country at a cost…