The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme-NEIP, under the Ministry of Business Development, is living up to its mandate of developing the entrepreneurial eco-system by attracting investors to set up businesses in Ghana to boost the local economy and ultimately minimize unemployment.
NEIP is an initiative to help develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem by providing funding to start-ups and supporting existing ones to expand.
The NEIP among other things provides business advisory service to businesses, and has one of the largest greenhouse estates at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region.
NEIP last year trained 7,000 entrepreneurs and funded 1,350 others.
This year, about 12,000 are expected to be trained and several others funded.
Speaking after receiving a delegation of Indian investors to Ghana on behalf the CEO of NEIP, the Director of Communications and ICT at NEIP, Joseph Osei Oppong Brenyah, said the group is in Ghana to look for investment opportunities.
He mentioned ICT, pharmaceutical, transport, health and agric as some of the sectors that are likely to receive investment from the Indian investors.
“All these are as a result of the ingenuity of the Minister of Business Development Alhaji Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, who gave us the opportunity to travel to India to look for investors to invest in Ghana” he noted.
He said as part of the visit to Ghana, the group will be meeting some sector ministers to discuss investment opportunities and processes, and also introduce some innovations in key government agencies to help solve health problems and also tackle issues of unemployment.
The Indian delegation led by Chairman and CEO of the V Worldwide Group of Companies, Mr.Parikh H.A., applauded the Ministry of Business Development and the NEIP for leading the entrepreneurship drive.
He said his group is looking at a lasting relationship with Ghanaian businesses, and will soon establish a Ghana-India business network to enhance the business relationship between the two countries.
Mr. Parikh was very optimistic that the decision to invest in Ghana will yield positive results.