Ghana Climate Innovation Centre Inducts Cohort 7
On the 20th of October 2022, twenty-two (22) entrepreneurs were inducted as the 7th Cohorts of the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC’s), business incubator. The induction ceremony marked the beginning of a new journey for the entrepreneurs, aimed at supporting their businesses and scaling up their efforts towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. The newly inducted […]
5 Women Owned Startups Awarded GHC 495,000 In The Standard Chartered Women In Technology (SCWIT) Cohort 2 Programme
On the 4th October 2022, Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator programme (SC-WIT) Cohort 2 has awarded GHC 90,500 each in seed funding to five women-owned businesses to scale up their business operations. The programme is a business incubator specifically designed to provide business support for women-owned businesses that leverage technology as part of the […]
Incubating Climate Innovation 2022 In Pictures
On 15th June 2022, The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre organised Incubating Climate Innovation, an annual thought leadership symposium which brings to the fore the conversation on inclusive, sustainable economic development, gender, entrepreneurship, and support for Ghana’s Green Economy. Under this year’s theme, “Building the Green Economy in Ghana: The Role of Gender and Entrepreneurship”, the […]
Adopt innovative measures to build business resilience – Ruka Sanusi to Small and Growing Green Businesses
Executive Director of the Ghana Climate Change Innovation Center, Ruka Sanusi, has reiterated the importance of female entrepreneurs developing innovative measures to help build business resilience for small and growing businesses (SGB). She has, therefore, advocated for stringent measures aimed at addressing issues such as gender and cultural biases in entrepreneurship, access to business support, […]
GCIC’s Cohort 6 Women Entrepreneurs Transformation Programme (WETP)
Women’s multiple roles and responsibilities compete for their time and attention, often leading to stress, inner conflict, and guilt. GCIC’s annual Women Entrepreneurs Transformation Programme (WETP) is a series of workshops designed to support its women cohort as they juggle womanhood and entrepreneurship in the Ghanaian context. This year’s workshops began in April and have […]
GCIC Hosts ‘Mompreneurs’ Session for Women Business Leaders
As part of its commitment to support and amplify the voice and agency of women in the business sector, and further build the capacity for women entrepreneurs in the green economy, Ashesi University’s Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) has organized a special session for ‘Mompreneurs’ – female business leaders in its business incubator who are […]
Over 120 Green Businesses attend GCIC’s 2022 National Green Business Roadshow
Ashesi University’s Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) recently held two National Green Business Roadshows in the Western and Ashanti Regions. The roadshows were held under the theme of ‘GreenNovate’, with the notion of inspiring and motivating small and growing businesses to either start climate-smart innovative businesses or to deepen their operations and business strategies to […]
GCIC’s 2022 National Green Business Roadshow Heads for Western and Ashanti Regions
Ashesi University’s Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) is set to organize National Green Business Roadshows to meet and interact with climate-smart businesses in Ghana’s Western and Ashanti regions. The roadshows will offer an opportunity for the GCIC team to engage with private and public sector institutions, business hubs, and entrepreneurs in each of the regions, […]
Standard Chartered Bank Outdoors 20 Entrepreneurs for Women in Tech Programme
Standard Chartered has announced the 20 successful businesses that will participate in Cohort 2 of the Women in Technology Incubator programme at an induction ceremony at the bank’s head office in Accra. The programme is a business incubator specifically designed to provide business support for women-led or women-owned businesses that leverage technology as part of […]
