Node Eight, partners with Ghana Tech
Lab organized a local consultative stakeholder assemblage on Saturday, 18th
June 2022.
The
event is part of the Pathways to Sustainable Employment Program aimed at
shining light on the potential of e-commerce in the local digital economy and
how it drives youth employment in Ho.
This
meeting was themed “The Role of E-Commerce in Transforming the Local Economy
for Job Creation and Economic Development.”
Stakeholders
from variously identified pillars from our Ecosystem Mapping Exercise (Human
Capital, Support, Market, Media and Culture, Finance, Government, and
Regulations) in the local sector were in attendance and outlined skill gaps,
challenges, opportunities, strategies, and collective policies for transforming
the local economy.
The
attendees also helped inform and identify the current market needs of
industries/companies and skill gaps to help single out interventions to aid
bridge or eliminating the skill gap.
The
experts also helped to formulate local, actionable, and relevant policies and
strategies to further policy advocacy in strategic engagements with regional
policymakers.
This
meeting is to achieve sustainable development through digital skills and
entrepreneurship.
Jeremiah
Kpeli, an Investment and Finance Advisor at Ghana Commercial Bank who was the
keynote speaker for the day entreated entrepreneurs in Ho to build a good
relationship with financial institutions to improve access to loans for
business growth.
He
also urged entrepreneurs to adopt sustainable financial habits for their
business expansion.
Source: Node 8