Ecosystem Snapshot

Accra, Ghana

Intervention Type

  • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship (70)

  • Invest Directly (54)

  • Provide financial support to intermediaries (41)

  • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly (40)

  • Conduct research on the sector (30)

  • Invest Through Other Funds or Intermediaries (2)

  • Other (2)

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n=109

Investment Instrument

  • Equity (33)

  • Quasi-Equity (22)

  • Debt (20)

  • Grant (12)

n=50

Nonfinancial Support

  • Leadership development (61)

    69%

  • Access to networks and partners (61)

    69%

  • Business strategy and planning (50)

    57%

  • Investor matchmaking (36)

    41%

  • Financial management (26)

    30%

  • Value / supply chain development (26)

    30%

  • Building HR capacity (12)

    14%

  • Ideation (12)

    14%

  • Legal, accounting, other office services (8)

    9%

  • Other (1)

    1%

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n=88

Nonfinancial Support Delivery Mechanism

  • Classroom / seminar training (34)

  • Mentoring (30)

  • Direct Consulting Services (30)

  • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support (19)

  • Fellowships (13)

  • Co-working space (11)

  • Competitions / prizes (10)

  • Talent Placement (7)

  • Seat on the Board (4)

  • Online / mobile (1)

  • Other (2)

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n=61

Sectors of focus

  • Agriculture & Food (53)

  • Sector agnostic (34)

  • Information and communication technology (31)

  • Financial services (29)

  • Education (21)

  • Energy (17)

  • Environment (16)

  • Health (13)

  • Infrastructure / facilities development (12)

  • Fair trade (10)

  • Water & sanitation (8)

  • Supply chain services (7)

  • Manufacturing (5)

  • Minority/previously excluded population (4)

  • Housing and community development (2)

  • Microfinance (2)

  • Hospitality / travel / tourism (1)

  • Artisanal (1)

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n=99

Stakeholder or business model focus

  • Youth entrepreneurs (39)

  • Science, engineering or invention based businesses (36)

  • Social enterprise (28)

  • Advocacy (28)

  • Accessibility (18)

  • Base of the pyramid (17)

  • Gender inclusion (11)

  • Urban communities (9)

  • Rural communities (8)

  • Resiliency / climate change (8)

  • Citizen empowerment (6)

  • Franchising (5)

  • Women entrepreneurs (3)

  • Business reporting (1)

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n=78

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