[ 2016-10-28 ]

Tradeline consult supports 45 entrepreneurs
A total of 45 entrepreneurs, including 16 women
from the Northern, Upper East and Upper West
regions, have received support from Tradeline
Consult, Ghana.

The donation forms part of Tradeline’s strategic
partnership with Enhancing Growth in New
Enterprises Programme, ENGINE and TechnoServe, to
create and sustainably develop indigenous
businesses in Ghana.

Making the donation of Embracing Your Inner
Courage, the CEO of Tradeline Consult, Ghana
Branch, Mr Sam Zeph Atiemo extolled the importance
of the ENGINE programme in re-defining the scope
of entrepreneurship by bringing it closer to
indigenes.

He said: “ENGINE is the solution to practically
and sustainably develop entrepreneurs in the
country and must be supported by stakeholders to
ensure success.”

Mr Atiemo commended the passion and enthusiasm of
entrepreneurs towards building sustainable
businesses, adding that it required adequate
support for their passions to be scaled-up into
innovative business operations.

The Tradeline CEO was one of the judges during the
business pitch events, which investigated and
determined the viability of the participating
businesses from Accra, Kumasi and Tamale.

He challenged the awardees to be more innovative
in developing robust business models and make
profitability inevitable since this was what most
investors look out for.

Tradeline Consult expressed interest in investing
directly into some of the businesses that won the
awards through its partner company BUFIA
Investment Limited.

It is a venture capital financing company that
provides entrepreneurs with the best possible
resources including investment, training,
networking, enterprise development, and mentorship
– to help turn their innovative ideas into
profitable businesses.

The Acting Country Director of TechnoServe, Mr
Samuel Baba Adongo talked about the challenges
faced by entrepreneurs including poor
record-keeping.

He commended the women entrepreneurs and urged
them to keep improving themselves in spite of the
challenges of limited access to finance and
investment support in addition to limited access
to raw materials.

ENGINE is a multi-year project implemented by
TechnoServe with funding from the UK through the
Department for International Development.

It seeks to equip Micro and Small Enterprises with
the necessary skills and resources to improve
their business plans and internal operations,
while creating a thriving community of
entrepreneurs through increased access to business
development services and financing.

The managing partner of Tradeline Consult, Mr
Forster Gomashie pledged his firm's commitment to
contributing strategically towards developing
entrepreneurship ecosystems to solve some of the
major challenges expressed by the awardees through
establishment of the Savannah Business Factory,
the first of its kind in northern Ghana.

This would house the entrepreneurs and address
their business development and investment needs
through an Integrated and Sustainable Business
Approach.

Tradeline Consult is a limited liability company
based in Accra-Ghana and Lilongwe-Malawi that
offers a variety of business consulting services
and training to SMEs with 70 per cent agricultural
value chain consulting and 30 per cent non-agric
related.

Source - GNA

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