Spotlight: European Union/MADE West Africa funded workshop series, 2019

Spotlight: European Union/MADE West Africa Funded Job creation training workshops, 2019

The Future of the Creative Sector seminar and training workshop had 25 attendees and was led by Samuel Mensah-Bonsu, Creative Director here at Future of Ghana. The first part of the seminar was a visual narrative and Q&A session followed by a one-to-one interview with Michael Newlove, a leading creative based in Accra. The attendees were organised into groups to think about how the creative sector can develop more jobs and how Ghana-based creatives and those abroad can collaborate to improve job creation moving forward. Find out more about our Future of the Creative Industry seminar and workshop here.

The Future of Events Management training session was oversubscribed and had 35 attendees on the day. The training was delivered in partnership with The Zoo XYZ Ltd, a company owned by Nadu Placca, a returnee and second-generation BritishGhanaian. The training provided a practical and interactive ten step guide to managing an event. The Event Management training session and the Creative Seminar training workshop both received media attention via an exclusive news feature on Metro TV as shown in the following video.

Find out more about our Future of Events Management training workshop here

“The breakout sessions were very useful, I was able to learn from others.“ “I found the design workshop [breakout session] particularly useful. I learnt about challenges affecting small, growing organisations (SGOs) in Ghana and ways to minimise them.“ “I am hoping this does not end here. More of this will create learning and networking opportunities.“ "Thank you so much for the training organised and the good work being done by the Future of Ghana team."

The Future of Enterprise Forum & Workshop

Had 93 second generation business owners & professionals in attendance. Seth Tandoh delivered a powerful keynote on how leadership affects and can positively influence the growth of startups in Ghana and job creation. Panellists Terry Afram (Business Development Consultant: Bridge consulting group), Linda Ansong, (Co-Founder & Executive Director STEMbees), Emmanuel Edudzie (Founder and Executive Director, Youth Empowerment Synergy: Y.E.S – Ghana), Jemila Abdulai (Creative Director and Founding Editor, Circumspecte) discussed their roles as returnees and the opportunities and challenges of setting up businesses in Ghana. Sessions for attendees included presenting our findings from our 2018 research report on second-generation remittance practices, keynote, panel sessions, Q&A and practical sessions for attendees to design a digital skills platform to support job creation and growth of Small, Growing Organisations (SGOs) in Ghana.

Find out more about our Future of Enterprise Forum in Ghana here.

Our workshop series was funded by MADE WA, ICMC and the European Union.