StartUp Magazine November 2019

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COVER STORY

Frances Ahene-Affoh, SVP DREAMOVAL FOUNDATION

MEET THE GHANAIAN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DRIVING DIGITAL LITERACY Getting Africa’s large and growing youth population ready for active roles in the global digital economy is no small task. But as one innovative social enterprise in Ghana has shown, when public and private sector partners collaborate to solve key societal problems, there is virtually no limit to what can be achieved. Startupmagazine.co.ke November 2019

Our continent is a wealth of innovation and youthful talent, but there is some work to be done to ensure our youth are equipped with access to the knowledge and tools they’ll need to chart their own course in the 21st century digital economy,” says Frances Ahene-Affoh, SVP at DreamOval Foun-

dation. “Recognising the role of public and private sector collaboration and the potential for greater impact when everyone works together to solve key societal challenges, we established the DreamOval Foundation in 2013 to support the spread of digital literacy in Ghana.” Equipping Africa’s large and rapidly growing youth population with the dig-


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