Students in second-cycle institutions have been asked to go out and create jobs and wealth and help re-write a new moral code of hard work, individual responsibility and achievement for this country rather than depend on others and the state when they leave school.
This advised was given by Mr. Kwadwo Afari, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citizens Network for Democracy and Economic Development (CNDED) a free market think tank in Accra, at an introductory talk on entrepreneurship at the Presbyterian Secondary School, Mampong Akuapem and the Presbyterian Secondary/Technical school, Aburi, recently aimed at capturing the attention of the youth and educating them on the meaning and importance of creating their own businesses to guarantee their economic freedom for the future instead of waiting for non-existing government jobs.
Through a series of training programmes, dubbed “Youth Entrepreneurs, Ghana’, the ENDED is working with students in some selected second-cycle institutions in the Eastern Region to empower them to become a viable army for wealth creation in the country.
Mr Afari told the students that all great economies, especially in the West, rely on the vision and bravery of its entrepreneurs, people who dare to dream and experiment without the fear of failure to develop their nations.
“People who are afraid to fail in their bid to succeed will not prosper and this nation really needs its educated youth to go out there and challenge a whole lot of misconceptions about education, wealth and money. A time has come for us to celebrate the individual achievement of people with entrepreneurial skills who courage and function support the development of nations and people, he stressed.
Mr Afari added that experiences all over the world, in spite of the falsehood, indicate that it is through the creativity of individual entrepreneurs that wealth is created and nations sustain their development. Therefore, the youth of this country should not rely solely on the state for employment and their future well-being.
The CINDED programme, with sponsorship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and CIPe, will give participants a picture of the challenges of starting a business as well as inspiring stories of success and well culminate in the students writing a business proposal for a cash prize of ten thousand Ghana cedis (˘10,000.00).
This advised was given by Mr. Kwadwo Afari, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citizens Network for Democracy and Economic Development (CNDED) a free market think tank in Accra, at an introductory talk on entrepreneurship at the Presbyterian Secondary School, Mampong Akuapem and the Presbyterian Secondary/Technical school, Aburi, recently aimed at capturing the attention of the youth and educating them on the meaning and importance of creating their own businesses to guarantee their economic freedom for the future instead of waiting for non-existing government jobs.
Through a series of training programmes, dubbed “Youth Entrepreneurs, Ghana’, the ENDED is working with students in some selected second-cycle institutions in the Eastern Region to empower them to become a viable army for wealth creation in the country.
Mr Afari told the students that all great economies, especially in the West, rely on the vision and bravery of its entrepreneurs, people who dare to dream and experiment without the fear of failure to develop their nations.
“People who are afraid to fail in their bid to succeed will not prosper and this nation really needs its educated youth to go out there and challenge a whole lot of misconceptions about education, wealth and money. A time has come for us to celebrate the individual achievement of people with entrepreneurial skills who courage and function support the development of nations and people, he stressed.
Mr Afari added that experiences all over the world, in spite of the falsehood, indicate that it is through the creativity of individual entrepreneurs that wealth is created and nations sustain their development. Therefore, the youth of this country should not rely solely on the state for employment and their future well-being.
The CINDED programme, with sponsorship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and CIPe, will give participants a picture of the challenges of starting a business as well as inspiring stories of success and well culminate in the students writing a business proposal for a cash prize of ten thousand Ghana cedis (˘10,000.00).
