The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ghana Ron Strikker has said the Netherland is interested in helping young entrepreneurs in Ghana.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, he said there are millions of young entrepreneurs in Ghana who don’t have support to realize their goals.
“One other element that I want to single out, is we really help out with programs to boost young entrepreneurship. Ghana has millions of young entrepreneurs and sometimes they need a bit of support to get into a start-up and get into better business standing, ” he said.
He also said that the embassy will launch a new program known as Orange Corner to focus on entrepreneurs develop in big business by giving them financial support.
“We are going to launch a before the end of the year a new orange corner program, where we really help the young set up in Accra and in Ghana to develop in a bit of a bigger business by giving them access to finance and training,” he said.
Orange Corners is an initiative of the Kingdom of The Netherlands that provides young entrepreneurs across Africa and the Middle East with the necessary training, networks and facilities to start and grow their start-ups.
Orange Corners partner with various stakeholders, including local, Dutch and international companies, universities, governments and other organisations, by using their local expertise, to optimally support and strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Orange Corners currently operates in South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Morocco, Sudan and Nigeria and new programmes are being initiated in various other African and Middle Eastern countries.
Also over than eighty Ghanaian individuals would, this year, benefit from the Dutch Government’s “Orange Knowledge Programme.
The “Orange Knowledge Programme” targets the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supports Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), which most countries are leveraging on to promote their development agenda.