Event Type – Breakfast Meeting
Event Theme – State of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Date – Monday, 2nd March 2020
Venue – British Council
Sessions
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Full Program Schedule for Incubating Innovation 2020
SPEAKERS
Executive Director - Ghana Climate Innovation Centre
Director, Programs and Partnerships, British Council
Director, NEIP
CEO Innohub
Entrepreneurship Officer, GCIC
The event will open and start Incubating Innovation 2020, highlight the key initiatives within Ghana’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and recommend ways to make the ecosystem green focused. The GCIC Investor Portal will be launched during the event, a response to one of the solutions to the access to finance challenge within the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Event Type – Lecture
Event Theme – There is a Green Alternative
Date – 5th March 2020
Venue – University of Ghana (Centre for African Westlands)
SPEAKERS
Head, Research & Quality Assurance, Jospong Group
DAS Biogas
CEO, Green Ef
United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources Africa
CEO, Pure and Just Foods
Entrepreneurship Director, GCIC
Executive Director - Ghana Climate Innovation Centre
A 3-part lecture to highlight the green alternatives to our current ways of treating and managing waste, powering our nation, and feeding our people.
Event Type – Tree Planting in partnership with Accra Metropolitan Assembly & Parks & Gardens
Event Name – Green Ghana
Event Theme – Tree planting
Date – 7th March 2020
Tree planting exercise together with schools and the diplomatic community in Accra to mark Ghana’s 63rd Independence Celebration.
Event Type – Seminar
Event Theme – Green Entrepreneurship – The role of women
Date – 9th March 2020 (International Women’s Day 2020)
Venue – Villa Monticello
SPEAKERS
Founder and CEO of Women’s DNA Fund
Founder, Farminista Africa Ltd
Global Bamboo
Chef and Owner, Midunu Ghana
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is Equal for All, and the theme for GCIC’s Incubating Innovation 2020 is Innovation for Our Future. Grasping both themes, this session on Green Entrepreneurship – the Role of Women will bring together and celebrate the work of selected women entrepreneurs who are contributing to Ghana’s sustainable development, and women who are demonstrating a relentless commitment to turn their passion into profit.
Event Type – Workshop
Event Name – Breaking Barriers
Event Theme – Breaking Barriers in Business- Doing it Right
Date – 11th March 2020
Venue – Alisa Hotel
FACILITATORS
Managing Director, Velia Consulting Limited
Project Director - Ashesi/MIT D Lab
General Manager of Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF)
Founder, Mirepa Capital
Entrepreneurship Director, GCIC
A workshop on breaking known barriers in the value chain of operating and scaling a business. GCIC’s Market Analytics reports will also be launched as part of the boot camp activities.
Event Type – Competition
Event Theme – Green Bootcamp and Pitch
Date – 17th March 2020 – Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Venue – World Bank office
Facilitators – Abdul-Nasser Alidu & Dominic Asante Opoku-Manu
FACILITATORS AND JUDGES
Entrepreneurship Director, GCIC
Entrepreneurship Officer, GCIC
A bootcamp on business pitching for 50 pre-selected youth entrepreneurs from tertiary institutions around the country.
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