Professional Skills

ICS Celebration & Engagement (ICE)

ICS Celebration & Engagement (ICE)

The International Citizens Service (ICS) Celebration & Engagement (ICE) event is a joint effort between Challenges Worldwide, as the coordinating agency, Balloon Ventures, International Service, Lattitude Global Volunteering and Voluntary Service Overseas in Ghana.
Having supported over 30,000 young volunteers on the ICS programme and given the significant number of successful ICS innovation projects, we have gained an opportunity to celebrate our successes, showcase our impact on youth development across the world and share knowledge.

The aim of the ICE is to:

  • Inform decision makers and funders about the impact of youth volunteerism on economic development
  • Equip young participants with employable skills to increase youth employability
  • Encourage entrepreneurship among the youth to address unemployment
  • Engage with alumni of the ICS consortium in Ghana

This event will take place at 2 locations, that is, Tamale and Accra. Please find the details below;

Venue, Date & Time:
Accra: The Balme Library, University of Ghana, Legon | August 11, 2018 | 9:00am – 5:00pm
Tamale: Centre for Pastoral Formation, Dungu, Kumasi Road | August 4, 2018 | 9:00am – 5:00pm

You will have the opportunity to attend the event at either Accra or Tamale. Please note that you are to attend only one of these events, and attend the event CLOSEST to you.
Please note that this event is open to all. We encourage that you get involved in this event as you stand to benefit from the skill sharing and opportunities that accompanies it.

Contact us:
+233 54 470 0712
+233 50 918 9916

Email:
samuel.opoku@challengesworldwide.com
raphael.ibrahim@challengesworldwide.com

womentrepreneur

WomENtrepreneur Conference 2018

It is exciting to announce this year’s edition of the WomENtrepreneur Conference. Join us on the 10th March, 2018 for an exclusive opportunity to engage with our amazing line up of Resource Persons as well as network with intelligent like-minded young people like yourself. The theme of this year’s event, “Women in Business; from Passion to Progress“, is aimed at empowering you and arming you with the arsenals that will enable you embark on this entrepreneurial journey with little or no regrets.

What will I learn?

Uncover the key practical steps & mindset for success in your entrepreneurship endeavours. And in our interactive breakout sessions, you will have the opportunity to improve your knowledge in the essential entrepreneurial skills. Our subject experts will be on hand to break things down for you and answer your burning questions.

Our subject areas will include

  • Branding – building the right business image and brand
  • Networking – positioning your business in the right environment; how to network effectively
  • Pitching – selling your business; how to prepare a pitch
  • Team building – how to build and manage a team
  • Business model canvas – how to put together a business model canvas

Sign Up here

WomENtrepreneur GH

WomENtrepreneur​ ​GH

Want to be your own boss, but don’t know where to start?   Join us on the 6th May for an exclusive opportunity for highly motivated young women to build their entrepreneurship skills. Discover the path to success from our impressive line-up of inspiring women entrepreneurs.

What will I learn?

Uncover the key practical steps & mindset for success in your entrepreneurship endeavours. And in our interactive breakout skill sessions, you will have the opportunity to improve your knowledge in the essential entrepreneurial skills. Our subject experts will be on hand to break things down for you and answer your burning questions.

Practical Step: Identifying the right business idea for you

Do what you know or something new? Find a problem to solve or follow your passion?

Practical Step: Creating your first Business Canvas

Mindset: Feel the Fear…and do it anyway!

How to overcome the barriers of procrastination and self-doubt – and take the first steps into launching your business

Mindset: Overcoming Challenges & dealing with failure

The importance of character, persistence, self-belief and resilience. Personal stories from our entrepreneurs.

Break Out Skill Sessions

Skillset: ‘How can I start a business with no money?’

Hear from our entrepreneurs on how to start a business on a shoestring

Skillset: #SocialMedia

Learn how to embrace and use the most effective online tools (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn)

…and many more topics still to be announced!

Sign up here

Entrepreneurship Networking Seminar

Entrepreneurship Networking Seminar

As unemployment entangles the development of the country and knocks youth into poverty, Challenges Worldwide and Kumasi Hive seeks to provide an exclusive opportunity for highly motivated youth to build their entrepreneurship skills via listening to some of Ghana’s successful entrepreneurs and uprising start-ups with bright outlooks.

The “Entrepreneurship Networking Seminar” will be an evening for business mentors to share their life experiences with young business enthusiasts and to offer a speed networking session between participants and speakers.

Objectives:
▪ Enhance knowledge of SME’s brand and sector.
▪ Build the skills of students in entrepreneurship through practical experiences.
▪ Enhance students’ knowledge of how to set up an SME and the challenges involved.
▪ Connect SME’s with students and potential employers.
▪ Develop a mentorship scheme between entrepreneurs and students.

Theme: Building Successful Entrepreneurs towards Economic Development.

Date: Friday – 21st April 2017.
Time: 5pm – 8pm.
Venue: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. (Agric Hall).

 

Save the date and join us @ KNUST Agric Hall on Friday 21st April. Register now… goo.gl/nu2SMeProduced by Mohshin Mannan

Publié par Challenges Worldwide Ghana sur lundi 17 avril 2017

 

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