Youth Must Take Advantage of Job Initiatives – NEIP

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), John Kumah, is calling on young entrepreneurs in the country, especially women, to take advantage of the many initiatives being rolled out by government.

According to Mr. Kumah, government is keen on creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurship as well as jobs in the country.

Speaking to Citi Business News, Mr. Kumah highlighted the importance of young entrepreneurs taking advantage of schemes like the NEIP’s two year payment program for employees of young entrepreneurs.

“One of the schemes we have that entrepreneurs can take advantage of is the arrangement we have with the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), to post people to start-ups so that they will be on the payroll of government for two (2) years. This is to support start-ups to reduce their cost of labour.”

Mr. Kumah also spoke of the measures being put in place to train young Ghanaians on entrepreneurship.

“We’re doing a collaboration with the National Service Secretariat on entrepreneurship training so that they can send some of their staff to certain start-ups for them to learn and support those businesses on the payroll of government.”

The Chief Executive of NEIP was speaking at the launch of the 2018 McDan Entrepreneurship Challenge.

About the 2018 McDan Entrepreneurship Challenge

The McDan Entrepreneurship Challenge (MEC) is organized by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in partnership with entrepreneurship firm, Today’s Entrepreneurs Network (TEN Ghana).

Funding for the competition is being done by business mogul Daniel McKorley.

So far 600 applicants out of almost 6,000 applications from across Ghana have been shortlisted for the semi-finals of the competition.

The 2018 McDan Entrepreneurship Challenge will see young people between the ages of 16 and 29 compete for up to $100, 000 dollars in a reality TV show over a 13 week period.

Source: Citibusinessnews