Ecosystem Snapshot

Ghana

Intervention Type

  • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship (115)

  • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly (77)

  • Invest Directly (70)

  • Provide financial support to intermediaries (52)

  • Conduct research on the sector (47)

  • Invest into funds (3)

  • Invest Through Other Funds or Intermediaries (2)

  • Other (9)

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n=178

Stakeholder Type

  • Business development service provider (34)

  • Accelerator / incubator (31)

  • Consultant (19)

  • Angel investor (9)

  • Impact investor (8)

  • Enterprise development services (6)

  • Venture capital fund (5)

  • Private equity fund (3)

  • Crowdfunding (3)

  • Funder of accelerators (3)

  • Fund of funds (2)

  • DFI / multilateral (1)

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n=55

Investment Instrument

  • Equity (43)

  • Quasi-Equity (27)

  • Debt (25)

  • Grant (20)

  • Guarantees (3)

n=66

Nonfinancial Support

  • Access to networks and partners (88)

    71%

  • Leadership development (83)

    67%

  • Business strategy and planning (77)

    62%

  • Investor matchmaking (47)

    38%

  • Financial management (40)

    32%

  • Value / supply chain development (36)

    29%

  • Ideation (29)

    23%

  • Building HR capacity (26)

    21%

  • Legal, accounting, other office services (17)

    14%

  • Marketing support or market research (13)

    10%

  • Needs assessment (13)

    10%

  • Technology development or adoption (13)

    10%

  • Investor showcases (10)

    8%

  • Performance management (9)

    7%

  • Governance structure (9)

    7%

  • Due diligence (9)

    7%

  • Sector development (8)

    6%

  • Building M&E capacity (7)

    6%

  • Media exposure (6)

    5%

  • Exit strategies (5)

    4%

  • Product certification (4)

    3%

  • Other (specify below) (1)

    1%

  • Other (1)

    1%

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n=124

Nonfinancial Support Delivery Mechanism

  • Mentoring (64)

  • Classroom / seminar training (64)

  • Direct Consulting Services (50)

  • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support (44)

  • Co-working space (28)

  • Cohort or group support (27)

  • Fellowships (24)

  • Competitions / prizes (20)

  • Talent Placement (16)

  • Seat on the Board (11)

  • Online / mobile (1)

  • Other (3)

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n=111

Sectors of focus

  • Agriculture & Food (94)

  • Information and communication technology (59)

  • Sector agnostic (52)

  • Financial services (49)

  • Education (48)

  • Energy (36)

  • Health (33)

  • Environment (32)

  • Water & sanitation (25)

  • Manufacturing (23)

  • Supply chain services (22)

  • Infrastructure / facilities development (21)

  • Wholesale and retail trade (15)

  • Housing and community development (14)

  • Hospitality / travel / tourism (14)

  • Logistics & distribution (12)

  • Artisanal (12)

  • Transportation (12)

  • Media & entertainment (11)

  • Fair trade (10)

  • Culture (10)

  • Land conservation (7)

  • Forestry (6)

  • Minority/previously excluded population (4)

  • Microfinance (2)

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n=168

Stakeholder or business model focus

  • Youth entrepreneurs (76)

  • Social enterprise (63)

  • Science, engineering or invention based businesses (50)

  • Advocacy (48)

  • Accessibility (36)

  • Base of the pyramid (30)

  • Gender inclusion (28)

  • Women entrepreneurs (26)

  • Rural communities (26)

  • Citizen empowerment (24)

  • Urban communities (19)

  • Resiliency / climate change (17)

  • Franchising (11)

  • Ethical sourcing (8)

  • Minority or previously excluded population (7)

  • Refugees and migration (3)

  • Business reporting (1)

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n=131

Impact objective

  • Capacity building (37)

  • Access to financial services (32)

  • Employment generation (30)

  • Agricultural productivity (21)

  • Income/productivity growth (20)

  • Equality and empowerment (19)

  • Community development (17)

  • Access to information (14)

  • Food security and nutrition (13)

  • Access to education (10)

  • Energy and fuel efficiency (10)

  • Access to clean water and sanitation (10)

  • Affordable housing (8)

  • Health improvement (8)

  • Sustainable energy (8)

  • Access to energy (7)

  • Sustainable land use (6)

  • Pollution prevention and waste management (6)

  • Water resources management (5)

  • Natural resources conservation (4)

  • Generating funds for charitable giving (3)

  • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation (1)

  • Human rights protection or expansion (1)

  • Conflict resolution (1)

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n=59

Verticals

  • AgTech (21)

  • FinTech (13)

  • Software as a service (SaaS) (12)

  • E-commerce (10)

  • CleanTech (9)

  • EdTech (9)

  • Data analytics (8)

  • Hardware (5)

  • Biotech (3)

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n=29

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