News

Cyber-attack is one of the significant but silent killers of many Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana. A nationwide survey conducted by the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs and its partner, SNV Ghana’s European Union-funded grEEn project, reveals that more SMEs in Ghana are gradually falling prey to cybercriminals.   The survey discloses that about 43% […]

Youth-owned Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) want government to ensure services provided by business support institutions such as the Registrar General Department (RGD), Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority effectively decentralized.  At a just ended nationwide multi-stakeholder dialogue on business registration and certification, they called on the government to ensure the offices or services of these regulatory

Politicians, parliamentarians, young entrepreneurs, and, indeed, taxpayers in Ghana have been debating the proposed introduction of an ‘Electronic Transaction Levy’ or ‘E-levy’ in recent days, following the presentation of the 2022 Budget Statement to Parliament by Minister of Finance Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, on November 17, 2021. The debate on the E-levy’s justification, fairness, and utility

The newly appointed President of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, Mr. Richard E. Addison, has called on government to decentralize all youth entrepreneurship policies initiatives. He said this in his new year message to members of the Chamber and young Ghanaian entrepreneurs. 2022 is a year for young entrepreneurs as the Government roll out

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Programme-NEIP has announced an application for young Ghanaians to apply for the first phase of “YOUTH IN INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURE SUPPORT” under the GHANA CARES “OBAATAN PA” PROGRAMME. The programme seeks to enlist young people between the ages of eighteen (18) to forty (40) Years who are into Agriculture to be

The Ghana Chamber of young entrepreneurs and GIZ AgriBiz project signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to embark on projects that will position the chamber to serve the interest of its members better and improve revenue to efficiently and sustainably manage the affairs of the association. As part of the agreement, there will be capacity

At the just ended Annual General Meeting of the leadership of the Chamber, Mr Richard E Addison was appointed Acting President of the Chamber. Mr Addison, until his appointment, has been an ardent member of the Chamber since 2018 and have contributed immensely to the development and growth of the Chamber extolled as Ghana’s premium

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (GCYE), Sherif Ghali, has welcomed the government’s 2022 budget proposal to allocate GHS1bn yearly towards advancing the interest of youth entrepreneurs in the country, calling for its effective implementation. “That’s one key thing if we want to solve our unemployment issue in Ghana; the government

Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (GCYE) has organized a workshop for young entrepreneurs in the country to identify and explore existing opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The three-day summit was also to educate and encourage participants to play an active role, in the single continental market. This year’s summit was on

The Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, Private Enterprise Federation, National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan, National Youth Authority, Youth Employment Agency, and GIZ Ghana have announced the Young Entrepreneurs Summit & Expo 2021(YES2021) comes off Next month from 18th to 20th November 2018 in Accra. The YES2021 will run with the theme: “Supporting the Implementation of AfCFTA;