GCIC Holds Final Women Entrepreneurship Transformation Programme (WETP) Masterclass for Cohort 7 Women Entrepreneurs
International Women’s Month at GCIC came to a close with a final, two day, female entrepreneurship masterclass for cohort 7 female-led enterprises, on Self-leadership and Personal Initiative. The sessions were held as part of the Women Entrepreneurship Transformation Programme (WETP), which has been designed to respond to the specific needs of women in business and […]
GCIC’S Executive Director, Ruka Sanusi, Speaks at Oxford Africa Business Forum 2023
This year’s Oxford Africa Business Forum 2023, on 10th March 2023, will delve into discussions focused on sustainable transition and climate change, and the role of big business. The sessions will focus on identifying sectors which can play a leading role in addressing how to create a sustainable path to prosperity, how to fund this […]
Stakeholders Urge Government to Deepen Its Efforts Of Engaging and Supporting Local Communities to Adapt to Climate Change
The Government of Ghana has been urged to deepen its efforts of engaging, learning from and supporting local communities to adapt to climate change. This recommendation came from participants of a one-day multi-stakeholder workshop organized by APRI -Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI), in collaboration with the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC). The workshop was part […]
Standard Chartered Launches the Standard Chartered Women In Technology Incubator Cohort 3
Having successfully implemented two Cohorts of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech Incubator (SCWIT) Programme, the Bank in collaboration with the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre, an Ashesi University business incubator, this week, announced the third cohort of the Women in Tech Incubator (WIT) Programme Launched in Ghana in 2020, the Women in Tech Incubator programme […]
WETP Masterclass: Self Balance And Work Life
Forbes’ global statistics show that whilst limited funding is a challenge for both male and female entrepreneurs, women face more hurdles in accessing funding. Only about 2.3% of venture capital goes to women entrepreneurs, and only 2% of women owned startups eventually generate a $1million as opposed to men who are 3.5 times more likely to […]
GCIC’s Reflections On COP27 Participation
COP27 at Sharm el-Sheikh, is reported to have brought together over 45,000 participants, with the shared goal of finding ways to ease the catastrophic effects of climate change, by limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C beyond pre-industrial levels. The event provided a forum to review climate ambitions, ventilate ideas, disseminate critical innovations, research, and best […]
GCIC’s Gender Barriers To Financing Masterclass
The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) is committed to supporting female entrepreneurs in its Incubator with training and opportunities that will help them scale up their enterprises and empower them with the tools to grow sustainable eco-friendly businesses. As part of the training offered to female entrepreneurs in the GCIC Incubator, GCIC has held a […]
GCIC’s Cohort 6, Nasam Brand, Signs With Eki Energy Services Limited
Nasam Brand, a Cohort 6 member and a Ghanaian clean stove manufacturer, which designs and manufactures clean wood stoves, gas stoves and charcoal powered cookstoves has recently signed a six-month contract with EKI Energy Services Limited (EKIESL). Based in India, “EKIESL” is a Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) listed company, working in the realm of “climate change, carbon credit and sustainability solutions” […]
Ghana Climate Innovation Centre Cohort 6, Graduate
In February 2022, nineteen (19) entrepreneurs from across Ghana were inducted into Cohort 6 of GCIC’s incubator, and School of Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Nine months later, on the 23rd of November 2022, the Cohort has exited the incubator, at a ceremony to mark the event. The cohorts’ sectors of operation span across domestic waste management, energy efficiency, […]
