UNIQUE Trust Bank (UT) and Enablis Ghana has awarded eight entrepreneurs who emerged winners of this year’s Launchpad competition for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.
The competition, which is aimed at helping create a group of entrepreneurs who are inspired to create or expand their own business, also seeks to encourage participants to embrace innovation and creativity to help turn their ideas into profitable businesses.
Speaking at the awards ceremony in Accra, the Deputy Managing Director of UT bank, Ms Pearl Essua-Mensah, said the changing trends of business in the country called for a dynamic environment to suit the changing needs of the market.
She said “in such a dynamic environment you must learn to be alert and flexible to the changing needs of markets and the ever changing demands of customers” and added that the time had come for businesses to move beyond just satisfying their customers to delighting them in this era of keen market competition.
She also encouraged the award winners to sustain and ensure their vision was realised and thus pledged the bank’s support to help these entrepreneurs. “We at UT Bank are happy and ready to give you all the needed support in terms of training, finance and business advisory services to see you grow to the level that you want to realise,” she said.
The Country Director of Enablis Ghana, Ms Shika Acolatse, encouraged business organisations to incorporate SME development in their Corporate Social Responsibility policies and support them to contribute their quota to the economic growth of Ghana.
“Enablis believes that now is the time to support the growth of enterprises as a means of playing an active role in the economic development of this country” She stressed.
She, however, added that the main objective of Enablis was to impact communities by helping SME entrepreneurs grow and reducing the death rate of young businesses.
The Managing Director of Accra Breweries Limited (ABL), Mr Greg Metcalf, also encouraged entrepreneurs to remain focused on what they hope to achieve and ensure consistency in the quality of services rendered.
The award winners each received a laptop and a 50 per cent discount on any course being offered at IPMC. The first three winners however received cash prizes in addition to the other prizes by all the winners.
Mr Linga Marful of SchoolChopBox.com emerged the winner of the contest with Nii Kpani Addy of I-Quandrant and Mabel Simpson of mSimps placing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The rest included Mr Abednego Darko of Daresh Foods Ltd, Mr Nelson Ahiakonu of Sammoffson Farms Ltd, Mr Bright Elorm Tsikplornu of Prosco Metal Engineering, Ms Freda Adu of Graduate HR Solutions and Mr Senanu Hatse of Horeb Farms also placing 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th respectively.
Enablis Entrepreneurial Network is a non-profit member-based organisation that exists throughout the African continent. It is geared at leveraging and supporting entrepreneurial talent in developing economies.
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