Call for Applications: Business Incubation Program - Ghana

The School focuses on five key economic sectors - energy efficiency & renewable energy; solar power; climate smart agriculture; domestic waste management; water management and purification.

In addition, the School also provides designed support to larger SMEs who are rethinking their processes and operations in a bid to be more sustainable.

The incubator is a blend of in-house classes and practical field work aimed at developing and enhancing entrepreneurship professionalism, building insight on the practicalities of private enterprise, as required to ensure entrepreneurs have what it takes to go the long-haul with their business.

The School of Sustainable Entrepreneurship’s expansive program interventions include:

• “High-Value Mini MBA” programs offered and specially curated in partnership with Coursera to develop business acumen.
• Portfolio management
• Market growth and Access Intelligence briefs.
• Financial & technical Grants
• Investor readiness program
• Climate smart technology and product development
• Environmental and social safeguards, Due Diligence and Audits

The School of Sustainable Entrepreneurship through its interventions challenges the mindset of its entrepreneurs, cultivating and strengthening their focus on sustainable commercial success, but also their contribution to long-term implications of their activity on Ghana, Africa, and the world.

Award

• At the end of the incubation, a graduation ceremony is held, and entrepreneurs are awarded a certificate of participation.

Size of Cohort

• GCIC’s School of Sustainable Entrepreneurship is very competitive, and typically accommodates not more than 25 entrepreneurs for each cohort.

Duration

• The incubation is for a period of 9 months.

Minimum Requirements

• Legally registered and operational in Ghana for at least three (3) years.
• Not fewer than three (3) full-time employees.
• Minimum annual gross revenue of GHC 450,000 in the last two fiscal years.
• Must operate in one of the five (5) sectors of GCIC.
• Businesses outside the 5 sectors but with an interest to green their operations can also apply.
• Women led businesses and businesses focused on water management & purification, especially those providing solutions to the water pollution menace of galamsey in Ghana, are particularly encouraged to apply.

For more information, visit GCIC.