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TechnoServe update: New program in Ghana
March 30, 2006
Posted by Nick Railston-Brown, Ghana Country Director, TechnoServe
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Google Foundation
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We’re pleased to report that
TechnoServe
and the Google Foundation are launching a national business plan competition this week in Ghana, called “
Believe Begin Become
.” It’s designed to help Ghanaian entrepreneurs develop skills, obtain seed or expansion capital and establish the networks that help transform their business ideas into successful enterprises. (Watch the
video
about the program.)
More and more, entrepreneurs are recognizing the value of gaining skills, tools and a strong business network, and we know from our
experience in Latin America
what this kind of competition can mean to entrepreneurs. The program helps establish a crucial business network that will carry on long after the competition ends.
Our Organizing Committee colleague
Ishmael Yamson
puts it this way: “There are many entrepreneurs out there with good ideas — but they need encouragement to translate those ideas into concrete activities. Believe Begin Become can help them to do that.”
Get in touch
if you’d like to get involved.
Update
: added link to Google Video at end of paragraph 1.
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