{"id":654183,"date":"2019-07-11T05:57:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T05:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>The Koforidua Technical University (KTU) in collaboration with the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) and Bizline Consult have trained 120 entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>The training program which was spearhead "},"modified":"2019-07-11T05:57:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T05:57:27","slug":"ktu-neip-train-120-entrepreneurs-in-eastern-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/11\/ktu-neip-train-120-entrepreneurs-in-eastern-region\/","title":{"rendered":"KTU, NEIP train 120 entrepreneurs in Eastern Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Koforidua Technical University (KTU) in collaboration with the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) and Bizline Consult have trained 120 entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>The training program which was spearhead by the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development (CEID) of KTU was selected as one of the entrepreneurship hubs to train entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region in line with the Presidential Business Support Training Program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-531383\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/CEID-program-3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Centre trained over 300 entrepreneurs on behalf of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan aimed at accelerating job creation and providing entrepreneurial Ghanaian youths with critical alternatives to salaried employment.<\/p>\n<p>12 entrepreneurs with solid business ideas at the end of the program will be selected to receive funding from the government of Ghana for their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> on the sidelines of the training program, the head of CEID of KTU, Rev. Dr. Samuel Okine Adjei said the program was aimed at equipping the entrepreneurs with the necessary skills to help them set up and grow their startups and small businesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe program is in collaboration with the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan of the Ministry of Business Development to offer training to entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region. The purpose of the training was to give them an insight to technical training and other areas to entrepreneurship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d NEIP has selected about 12,000 people nationwide and distributed among entrepreneurship hubs in the country and out of that number 120 have been given to us here at KTU to train and give them more skills to be able to start and manage their businesses very well.\u00a0 And at the end of the training 12 of them will be recommended to the secretariat to be given funding for those who are yet to start their own businesses or those who already need financial cushioning to expand their business\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-531381\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/CEID-program-4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A consultant for Bizline Consult and a facilitator at the training program, Godsway Agbodo expressed optimism that the beneficiaries could be creative enough and enter into partnerships after the training.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201d The idea is to have a good business plan, start a business, manage it and grow it and we want participants to be able to sustain their business and this requires being creative enough and entering into partnerships. Bizline Consult has structured this training in a way that it will allow these participants to interact with equal level headed minds who can come together and put skills and resources together to enhance their business\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_source\">\n<span>Source:<\/span><br \/>\nNeil Nii Amatey Kanarku | citinewsroom.com | <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"b7d9dededcd6d9d6c5dcc2f7d0dad6dedb99d4d8da\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> | niiooonii | Ghana\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Koforidua Technical University (KTU) in collaboration with the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) and Bizline Consult have trained 120 entrepreneurs in the Eastern Region. 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