{"id":3547,"date":"2024-06-05T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suamema.gov.gh\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2024-08-26T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:59:38","slug":"mastercard-business-project-for-suame-municipal-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/suamema.gov.gh\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/mastercard-business-project-for-suame-municipal-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"MASTERCARD BUSINESS PROJECT FOR SUAME MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mastercard Business In A Box (BizBox) project is a partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA) that provide the needed support to the youth to start-up their businesses through five (5) main pillars namely;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Youth Skills Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to Market<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to Start-ups kits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youth Social Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institutional Strengthening, Policy and Regulatory Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The project focuses on four (4) components namely;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agricultural and Agriculture To Entrepreneurship (AA2E)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This component provides participants with competency-based training with farm institutes, Agric Colleges, mindset shift and entrepreneurial skills training and start-up kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apprenticeship To Entrepreneurship (A2E)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This component equips participants with technical or vocational training, mindset shift and entrepreneurial skills training and start-up kits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of now, 200 apprentices have been enrolled on this component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MSME Business Acceleration (A2E)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This component aims to fast-track the growth of existing women-owned or women-led businesses through Kaizen training.&nbsp; The training addresses barriers related to access to market and regulatory support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 80 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