{"id":462852,"date":"2018-02-09T00:41:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/you-dont-always-have-to-look-for-white-collar-jobs-ursula-to-youth\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T00:41:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:41:02","slug":"you-dont-always-have-to-look-for-white-collar-jobs-ursula-to-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/you-dont-always-have-to-look-for-white-collar-jobs-ursula-to-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t always have to look for &#8216;white collar jobs&#8217; &#8211; Ursula to youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  8 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/89314346.295.jpg\" alt=\"URSULA OWUSUECOBANK2018\" title=\"URSULA OWUSUECOBANK2018\" width=\"295\" height=\"163\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518136862_63_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has advised the youth to stop looking only for &#8216;white collar jobs&#8217; as they have the ability to become bosses.<\/p>\n<p>She said it is the focus of the Akufo-Addo led administration to find jobs for the youth using the skills available to them.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of a twelve-week online digital, marketing and entrepreneurship training programme in Accra, Mrs. Owusu Ekuful explained that the programme is a Public Private Partnership and all the graduates will be employed after the training had ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis programme the online digital, marketing and entrepreneurship training programme is a classic example of Public Private Partnership because Ecobank is helping finance this initiative and has promised to employ all the graduates from this programme\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She further advised those who have taken advantage of the initiative to use the internet in a way that will be profitable to them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all the young people who have signed on to this programme, you are determined to acquire skills to enable you to become high net-worth individuals, move yourself from unemployment and poverty into whole new world of exciting opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The online digital, marketing and entrepreneurship training programme is to engage a critical mass of young people who will be equipped with the requisite technology-driven entrepreneurial skills to use the internet, especially social media to market their products and services as well as start virtual offices in a bid to reduce unemployment in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The twelve weeks training programme is targeted at persons between the ages of 15 to 35 with a minimum knowledge in Information and Communication Technology across all ten Regions of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/yn9vbjrG-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 8 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-08 play videoCommunications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has advised the youth to stop looking only for &#8216;white collar jobs&#8217; 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