Institutional development · Public engagement and economic impact · Ghana
KNUST runs 10-day agrifood business course for 63 people in Sekondi, Ghana
Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has completed a second cohort of its community entrepreneurship course, training 63 people in Sekondi to start and expand agrifood businesses.
Why it matters: The 63 Sekondi participants, in Ghana's Western Region, have completed KNUST's 10-day course on launching and scaling agrifood ventures.
KNUST, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, reported that 63 people in Sekondi, Western Region, took part in its training on building and expanding agrifood enterprises.
The university said the 10-day course formed the second cohort of its Community-Based Entrepreneurship Training (CBET), run by its Nutrition and Sustainable Agri-food Collaborative with the Mastercard Foundation as partner, within the Nkabom Collaborative.
According to KNUST, sessions dealt with both entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and included hands-on work on spotting problems, designing answers to them and converting ideas into ventures that could earn money.
The university said one group, including participant Lilian Efua Quayle, devised Coco Champ, a concept for children's coconut water with no added sugar or preservatives, sold in eco-friendly packs.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
The 63 Sekondi participants have now finished the second CBET cohort, the 10-day course KNUST's agri-food collaborative runs with the Mastercard Foundation, and at least one group left with a developed business concept, Coco Champ.
