Seed - Ghana News Express

The Vice President, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has officially launched the Students Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) Programme at the University of Professional Studies, Accra, in a move aimed at equipping students with entrepreneurial skills to address youth unemployment in Ghana. Speaking at the launch, the Vice President said the SEED initiative forms part of government’s broader strategy to empower young people and reduce the growing rate of unemployment among the youth. She noted that the programme reflects the commitment of President John Dramani Mahama to create sustainable opportunities for the country’s young population. According to her, SEED is designed to nurture a new generation of student entrepreneurs by supporting them to transform innovative ideas i...

Staff of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) took to the streets of Spintex, a suburb of Accra, to encourage self-employed individuals and informal sector workers to register for the pension scheme. The initiative forms part of the Self-Employed Enrolment Drive (SEED), launched in May of the previous year to enhance social security protection for informal workers. Since its inception, the number of self-employed subscribers has surged from 13,000 to 120,000. In an interview, Mr. Kofi Osafo-Maafo, Director General of SSNIT, emphasized the increasing significance of the informal sector, noting that it was becoming a vital and expanding component of the SSNIT operations. “We are going to seek continuous growth in the informal sector enrolment. And if you look ...

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VP Launches SEED Programme to Tackle Youth Unemployment

SSNIT takes SEED to Spintex residents