On a rainy July 16th we hosted a Microenterprise Conference at a local Takoradi media station in partnership with IT4Teens and the Takoradi YMCA. The Conference was an opportunity for us to recognize the entrepreneurs that we worked with for their participation in our workshops and, more importantly, for the entrepreneurs to meet representatives from local micro finance institutions, media, and other public interest organizations.
Our objective was to provide a forum where the microenterprise representatives would recognize the entrepreneurs' business goals and their basic understanding of business principles. We hoped that entrepreneurs would build relationships with the institutions that could best help them reach their business goals.
We were pleased that each microfinance institution expressed an interest in working with the volunteers. IT4Teens and our friend Marian Wiredu will continue to meet with the entrepreneurs periodically to help facilitate relationship building between the entrepreneurs and the microfinance institions and to monitor their progress implementing concepts that they learned in our workshops. We are looking forward to updates about their progress!
The following are some pictures from the Conference:
The Conference participants were also treated to a presentation by the winning group from the entrepreneurship challenge that we facilitated at Archbishop Porter Girls Secondary School. Here are some pictures from their impressive business pitch for a company that manufactures products using recycled products including used water sachets:
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