The Brands Communication and Business Development Manager for Quick Angels Limited, Mrs. Veronica Ofosuhemaa Owusu–Ansah, says Ghanaian entrepreneurs are more than ready for equity financing.
She said this during a session with some entrepreneurs at Hopin Academy, Tamale, to climax Quick Angels’ regional tour for the year 2019.
Speaking on equity financing for entrepreneurs, Ofosuhemaa Owusu–Ansah said “I have been on the road for the past five months interacting with entrepreneurs on how best to fund their projects and ideas with equity funding across the country. Having related with them from all angles considering different backgrounds and business focus, I can say authoritatively that Ghana has great intellectuals with great entrepreneurial mindset. Once they are identified, properly nurtured and explored, we will be a country with great people to transform the economy”.
“I have been embarking on a nationwide engagement with entrepreneurs on the need for equity financing for start-ups and businesses at the early stage. It has been fulfilling and ecstatic” she added.
According to her, one of the interesting things that emerged is the fact that entrepreneurs are ready to relinquish part of their business for equity investors as opposed to the speculation that Ghanaian entrepreneurs are not interested in partnerships.
She said some are even ready to be “idea rockers” where they will only rack ideas and give it out as equity to angel investors.
She ended the tour by saying that “It is better to own a small percentage of a thriving business than to own 100% stake that is motionless due to lack of funds.”
Quick Angels’ regional tour started in June 2019 right after the launch of the company on May 8, 2019.
The tour was designed to create awareness of the brand, while educating entrepreneurs on the need for equity financing and how equity funding scheme works.
Quick Angels Limited is the first and formally institutionalized angel investor company in Ghana that seeks to support potential and existing entrepreneurs as well as businesses with equity financing.