The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre has commenced a series of roadshows dubbed “GCIC Green Business Roadshow” which will take the Centre to all regional capitals in Ghana over the next two months. The GCIC Green Business Roadshow provides a platform for the Centre to engage with a wider range of stakeholders in Ghana’s green economy. The first point of call of the Roadshow is at Sunyani.
A key feature of the roadshows will be the “Climate Innovation Forums” where the GCIC will host an assembly to engage stakeholders and aspiring applicants to the Innovation Centre. During these forums, GCIC will be guiding entrepreneurs involved in climate innovation ventures through the application process to be admitted into the GCIC incubator.
The schedule of dates for the Climate Innovation Forums is as follows:
| Dates | Region | Location | Time |
| 27th July, 2017 | Brong-Ahafo | Eusbett Hotel – Sunyani | 8:30am – 10:30am |
| 3rd August, 2017 | Northern | Rains Event Centre – Tamale | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 8th August, 2017 | Upper East | ICAP Conference Hall – Bolgatanga | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 10th August, 2017 | Upper West | WTU Conference Hall – Wa | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 17th August, 2017 | Ashanti | SSNIT Conference Hall – Kumasi | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 22nd August, 2017 | Volta | Freedom Hotel – Ho | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 31st August, 2017 | Western | Takoradi | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 5th September, 2017 | Central | CTU – Conference, CapeCoast | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| 07th September, 2017 | Greater Accra | GNAT Hall – Accra | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
| TBD | Eastern | KTU (Aba Benti Hall) – Koforidua | 9:00am – 12:00pm |
About GCIC:
The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) is a pioneering business incubator whose objective is to support entrepreneurs and ventures involved in developing profitable and locally-appropriate solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in Ghana. The Centre’s key focus is on businesses operating within the areas of energy efficiency, domestic waste management, solar energy, water supply management and purification, and climate smart agriculture.
The GCIC is part of the World Bank’s Climate Technology Program and its global network of Climate Innovation Centres which include centres in Caribbean, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, and Vietnam. Supported by the governments of Denmark and the Netherlands, the centre is managed by a consortium led by the Ashesi University College and includes Ernst & Young, SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa.
Press Contact:
Ghana Climate Innovation Centre
Abdul-Nasser Alidu
Tel: +233 27 7551463
Email: aalidu@ghanacic.org
