Supporting social entrepreneurs make sustainable, resilient and inclusive gains towards socio-economic recovery

BASICS International is a social enterprise helping community youths out of poverty and achieve social freedom. They have made 2.5 million face masks in Chorkor since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic.

The evolving COVID-19 pandemic from the onset has impacted nearly every known component of Africa’s economies and societies.

In 2020, the World Bank announced that sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth would fall -3.3%, and this would push the region into its first recession in 25 years.

In Ghana, businesses were affected such that the Statistical Service, World Bank and UNDP jointly reported that companies reduced wages for over 770,000 workers, and laid off about 42,000.

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Anthony Ogoe, CEO of Home Mobile Nurse speaks about his start up; how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his business in 2020 and how the Lafiya Innovators program boosted his company.

Home Mobile Nurse brings health-care directly to patients’ homes, while also increasing employment opportunities for nurses.

Lafiya Innovators is a startup incubation program to support and accelerate early to mid-stage startups addressing challenges around health and determinants of health in lower and middle-income countries.

Alexander Quiasie CEO of Verifie speaks about the start up; how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his business in 2020 and how the Lafiya Innovators program helped his company.

Verifie is an Accra-based startup that offers sexual health education, testing, counseling and guidance towards receiving the appropriate methods of prevention and/or treatment through interaction via a confidential and convenient app.

Lafiya Innovators is a startup incubation program to support and accelerate early to mid-stage startups addressing challenges around health and determinants of health in lower and middle-income countries.

Rhoda of Developers in Vogue talks to us about joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how the NGO has benefitted from it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Developers in Vogue made it into the Acceleration phase of NEB.

Developers in Vogue is an online and onsite career development services aimed at bridging the digital/tech gap among women while fostering an environment of belongingness to empower women.

Magdalene Ontoba of Magvision Recycling talks to us about joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how her business has benefitted from it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Magvision Recycling made it into the Acceleration phase of NEB.

Magvision enterprise provides a wide range of plastic solutions for households and raw materials for various packaging companies. They have a recycling collection centre. They don’t only collect plastic waste, they organize programs and educate people on how to manage waste.

Philip Appiah Yamoah of Barah Farms talks to us about his reasons for joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how his venture has benefitted it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Barah Farms made it into the Acceleration phase of the program.

Barah is an enterprise offering hatchery services that provides day-old chicken, guinea fowls and turkey for local farmers at affordable prices while developing breeding stocks.

Kelvin Ashie the Co-founder of Health Direct Global talks to us about his reasons for joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how his venture has benefitted from it. Health Direct Global made it into the Acceleration phase of NEB.

Health Direct Global provides an inclusive suite of digitally-enabled platforms that allow health consumers to connect to an aggregated on-demand network of health professionals, service providers and impact-driven healthcare interventions.

Benedict of LK Foods (Mr. Joli) talks to us about joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how it has benefitted his company during the COVID-19 pandemic. His venture made it into the Acceleration phase of the program.

An agro-food processing company providing, high quality, organic, unadulterated, and well packaged food product produced under a clean and hygienic condition in accordance with FDA standards.

Hope Adzakpa of Nukushare Agro talks to us about joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how it has benefitted his company during the COVID-19 pandemic. His venture made it into the Acceleration phase of the program.

Nukushare Agro Limited is an innovative agricultural technology company working to increase farmers’ access and use of improved seeds and other critically needed farm inputs.

Nukushare Agro champions inclusive digital agriculture. They integrate modern technologies to enable farmers a timely access to quality improved seeds and other farm inputs, accurate agronomic data, and agricultural services aimed at improving farmers’ productivity, resilience to changing climate.

Yakubu Salisu (CFO & Partner) and Raymond Taaku (Co-Founder) of Suma Systems talk to us about joining the New Economy Booster (NEB) program and how Suma has benefitted from it. Suma made it into the Acceleration phase of NEB.

Suma Deliveries is a last mile delivery app that enables users to send packages directly to their recipient’s phone number as easily as they would send texts.

During this COVID 19 pandemic, more people are doing business online/remotely than ever in history. This has created an acute need for goods to be moved around on the go, in the most efficient way.