Ghana Tech Lab, an Ecosystem Hub in the country, has today launched the Ghana Start-up Ecosystem performance ranking 2020 which is an initiative to build a stronger ecosystem across 13 regions in Ghana.
The Ghana Start-up Ecosystem Mapping forms part of the Pathways to Sustainable Employment (PaSE) Project funded by the MasterCard Foundation under the Young Africa Works initiative (YAW). It seeks to create 3 million jobs in Ghana by the year 2030.
The objective of the Ghana Ecosystem Ranking or Entrepreneurship League Table 2020 is to create increase awareness on the level of the regional start-up ecosystem and the opportunities that can be accessed in the Ghana Start-up Ecosystem.
“Over 3000 companies, institutions, and firms were mapped, captured and interacted with during the Ghana Start-up Ecosystem Mapping program conducted by the Ghana Tech Lab team. This is in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation across 13 regional capitals in Ghana between 2020/2021,” the Hub disclosed during a media briefing at Ghana Tech Lab Office in Accra Wednesday.
The Ghana Tech Lab was established on June 4, 2018, as a strategic ecosystem hub to drive digital transformation in Ghana.
It is aimed at accelerating Ghana’s position as Africa’s number one (No.1) centre for the highly-skilled digital workforce or human capital, ideas to the market accelerator and be a fertile platform for innovative and promising start-ups in Africa.
In an interview with Kasapafmonline.com after the event, the Media, Women, and Culture Lead, Emelia Enyonam Kuleke disclosed that the engagement with the media is aimed at presenting to them key findings of the various pillars so far.
“Today we present to you the media the key findings to propel deep conversations on strengthening Ghana’s Start-up Ecosystem by engaging all stakeholders. Especially on policy to shape and develop Ghana’s Start-up Ecosystem for participation in the part of all stakeholder development,” she stated.
Mrs Enyonam Kuleke said the ranking enables the regional start-up ecosystem across the country to discover unique and strategic opportunities.
“Through relevant information and findings to access networking, start-up skills, cultural support, process innovation, risk acceptance, technology absorption, and high growth. Which serves as key elements used in the analysis of the data gathered over the period,” she reiterated.
Source: Ghana/Kasapafmonline.com/ Isaac Dzidzoamenu
