“NEIP will accelerate job creation and provide entrepreneurial Ghanaian youth with a critical alternative to salaried employment.”
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) exist to enable new businesses to emerge and give them the space to grow, to receive financing and business development services, to secure orders during the critical formative years, and to tap into a wide supply chain and network for their growth years, helping to create jobs at a widely distributed national level.
NEIP is set within the context of Ghana’s long-term strategic vision of consolidating it middle-income status, building an industry-driven economy capable of providing decent jobs that are suitable and sustainable for development.For NEIP to achieve it set objectives, NEIP will run on four (4) Key Implementation modules.
Provision of Subsidized Workspace for Young Entrepreneurs which will be resourced with business development facilities, meeting rooms, conference rooms, shared office space and other related service.
National Early-stage Business Competition through which candidates will be selected for admission into the Incubator Hubs and receive funding on set criteria.
Setting up of Industrial Sub-contracting Exchange to link large industries in the supply chain process. These small Businesses and Start-ups will become the supply chain for goods and service to feed the large industries.
This fund would be a privately managed fund but under the supervision and management of NEIP and the Ministry for Business Development. The capital under this fund would be raised through Government support, grants from International agencies and from the Private sector.
The Chief Executive Officer of National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme has engaged government businessmen and investors in India to take interest in partnering Ghanaian businesses to invest and create jobs in Ghana. Lawyer John Kumah who represented the Minister of Business Development, Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal at The 9th Vibrant Gujarat Trade Show, took…
DetailsPS, A Great Feedback Mechanism for Government The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan-NEIP, Mr.John Kumah has described the National Policy Summit as a great Feedback Mechanism instituted by the Ministry of Information. He indicated that the platform provides state actors the opportunity to render account of their stewardship and also…
DetailsThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), Mr. John Kumah, has expressed concerns over the dwindling number of students now offering Business Studies in Senior High Schools across the country. According to the NEIP CEO, data from the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) shows that very few…
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