HUMANS OF KUBATANA MAGAZINE | OCTOBER 2022
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WHY DOES YOUR HUB EXIST? In the Bono East Region, about 90% of jobs are in the informal economy, associated with low- productivity, low-quality and low-paid jobs. Lack of “decent” employment, along with high unemployment, socio-economic and gender inequalities have contributed to high poverty levels among young people. Agrico Hub is a safe haven for young innovators and entrepreneurs to pursue their entrepreneurial dream. We are committed to providing technical and managerial support services to young people to launch and grow sustainable enterprises that will feed into local economic development. As a business innovation hub, we believe the youth hold the economic future of our continent. WHAT DO YOU DO AND HOW DO YOU DO IT? The hub achieves its mission through training and equipping young entrepreneurs, especially women and young people in agriculture, entrepreneurship, and Agro-based IT innovation within the Bono East Region with training, incubation, networking and funding opportunities needed to boost and help them become leading entrepreneurs in Ghana. We assist startups with longer-term business development (e.g. a minimum viable product, a prototype, and/or a sustainable business model) by
offering incubation and acceleration programmes that target startups from the ideation stage to maturity. WHAT ROLE HAS AFRILABS PLAYED IN YOUR HUB’S JOURNEY? Through the various capacity strengthening programmes by AfriLabs, our hub has restructured our business model to meet the changing trend in the innovation ecosystem. These programmes among others have also enabled our team to build networks among innovation hubs across Africa.
AFRILABS GEORGE ANTWI-BOASIAKO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AGRICO HUB GHANA
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