Investment
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Kosmos Innovation Centre opens shop in Tamale to further reach young entrepreneurs.
The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) has inaugurated an incubation hub in Tamale to expand its operations and empower the youth. With support from Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems & Resilience (MSR), a USAID-funded program, KIC has set- up the incubation hub in Tamale to further reach young people and entrepreneurs within 17 districts across
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Ashesi University Faculty releases new tools to help software developers build applications in local languages
Ashesi University’s Computer Science Faculty and volunteer team – spearheaded by Dennis Asamoah Owusu and David Sampah – has published new tools to help software developers build applications in Twi (Asante, Akuapim, Fante) and Ga, two of Ghana’s most dominant languages. This is part of a greater natural language processing research effort at Ashesi, focusing
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RISA Fund and Impact Investing Ghana team up to scale sustainable systems for research and innovation financing
To strengthen Ghana’s sustainable research and innovation ecosystem, the RISA Fund has announced its second partnership phase with Impact Investing Ghana. The project began in January 2023 and aims to scale up the infrastructure established in Phase I and increase funding, skills, and knowledge of key players in Ghana’s research and innovation sector. The project’s
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Samaritan Angels launches a GH¢ 10 million initiative to accelerate the growth of SMEs
Samaritan Angels, an entrepreneurship-focused social enterprise, has launched a GH¢ 10 million initiative dubbed “I AM INVESTIBLE” to support Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) in Ghana. The company aims to accelerate the growth of businesses and create jobs by providing access to funding, business advisory services and technical support. Beneficiaries will have access to up
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Legendary Foods lands new investment from Nairobi Business Angel Network
The foodtech company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from the Nairobi Business Angel Network to address food insecurity. Legendary Foods delivers the nutrition of meat at the price and sustainability of plants using insect agriculture made into delicious products. Led by Shobhita Soor, the company produces palm weevil larva, a local delicacy that
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Richard Quaye Foundation supports 10 entrepreneurs with grant capital of GHS 250,000
As part of his birthday celebration, the Chief Executive Officer of Quick Angels, Richard Nii Armah Quaye, supported ten entrepreneurs with a seed capital of GHS25,000 each to boost the growth of their businesses. The companies were selected from a pool of 1,200 applicants. The finalist comes from various industries, including technology, recycling, fashion, and
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MTN Ghana launches $25m ICT hub project to train 200,000 youth and create 100,000 jobs
MTN Ghana has launched a $25 million project to construct an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hub in Accra, Ghana. The ICT hub, which is part of the Ghana Innovation Hub initiative by MTN, is aimed at providing training for over 200,000 youths in ICT and digital skills and is expected to generate more than