Tag: Frontpage news
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67 Young Mothers Trained by InspiNest in Kwatire, Sunyani.
The youth empowerment-focused Not-For-Profit Organization in Sunyani, InspiNest Foundation, has successfully trained 67 young mothers in Kwatire, located approximately 20 minutes’ drive from the Sunyani township. The participating young mothers, comprising the first cohort of the NGO’s transformative project, were beneficiaries from Kwatire and its neighboring communities, Adentia and Adoe. The training for this cohort…
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InspiNest hosts its second Hub Summit in Sunyani.
On 21st February 2025, InspiNest celebrated the successful culmination of our Digital Literacy and IT Entrepreneurship Project, which was run for more than a year in and around Sunyani with our Danish partners, Civil Connections. At the 350-seater auditorium of the Sunyani University of Ghana Distance Learning Center, students from nine senior high and basic…
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InspiNest collaborates with Unleash Hacks Ghana to empower youth in Sunyani
As you may already know, at InspiNest, our motto, “Changing Mindsets Towards Innovation,” drives everything we do. This guiding principle was at the heart of our recent collaboration with UNLEASH Hacks Ghana and other stakeholders to organize the UNLEASH Hacks Event in Sunyani, Bono Region. Themed “Decent Work and Social Protection,” the event, held from…
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InspiNest meets with stakeholders ahead of its YME project
InspiNest hosted the inaugural stakeholders’ engagement for its Young Mothers in Entrepreneurship Project on 25th October 2024. The event took place at the InspiNest Foundation’s office, located on the top floor of the Modern Information Building on Newtown Road in Sunyani. The meeting brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including representatives from CARE International,…
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Young Mothers in Entrepreneurship Project
Should childbirth mark the end of one’s dreams and aspirations? We do not know your answer, but ours is certainly not in the affirmative—it is a big NO! It all began with a simple observation such as young mothers hawking on the streets of Sunyani with their babies tied on their backs under the scorching…
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Community Event in Collaboration with National Youth Authority.
Beyond the many infrastructural challenges militating against efforts to bridge the digital divide in developing countries is the low level of digital literacy among the populace. Ensuring people acquire the required training to leverage modern technologies and disabuse their minds of the demotivating misconceptions are as important as improving digital infrastructure. On Friday, 2nd August…
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Thoughts on Digital Divide: A case of Banu-Nkwanta
Mobile phone signals went off upon arrival at Banu-Nkwanta. Information gathered from the leaders of the host church— Apostolic Church—pointed to a rather unpleasant reality that it is a deprived farming community. Participants thronged in with feature phones or what we popularly refer to in Ghana as “Yam Phones”. We had a task to provide…
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Exploring Copenhagen: A Journey of Culture shock and Exchange
On May 14th 2024, I journeyed from the land of gold, Ghana to the vibrant city of Copenhagen to visit our partners at SDG World and explore Denmark. You might be wondering who I am. My name is Gloria Bribi, Hub Manager at InspiNest. Join me as I take you on a week-long adventure through…
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InspiNest launches one year project on Digital Literacy & IT Entrepreneurship
In an era where technology is shaping every aspect of our lives, the relevance of digital literacy and IT entrepreneurship cannot be emphasized. Recognizing the pressing need to equip individuals with the necessary skills to thrive in the digital age, InspiNest, has taken a major step toward empowering communities by launching its audacious one-year initiative…
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Power of documentaries : Shedding Light on Human Rights Abuses
For the next six months, InspiNest Ghana, THE WHY & NAC will collaborate on a project ( DOCS4YOUTH) to present compelling documentary films that highlight human rights and raise awareness of these issues among young people. Growing up in Ghana as a child, getting educated on human rights requires a lot of effort. In school,…
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Ghana – the country with the most CEOs?
This blog was written by Emil Persson and Gloria Bribi of InspiNest If Instagram was the official business registry of private companies in Ghana, the country would probably be the country in the world with the most CEOs per capita. The entrepreneurial trend over the last 10-15 years in Ghana has lead to almost anyone,…
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InspiNest trains over 2,000 girls
Please read the latest article about or project Bono Changemakers published in Myjoyonline. Bono Changemakers initiative trains over 2,000 girls to be innovative and entrepreneurial-minded See more about the project here
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Notre Dame Girls shall bring change!
This blog was written by Theresah Frimpong. A member of the InspiNest entrepreneurship hub at Notre Dame Girls Senior High School. Creativity is intelligence having fun as Albert Einstein had said. As Notre Dame Girls who want to bring change through innovation, we were super excited to hear that the pioneers from InspiNest were coming…
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Collaboration over competition!
Is collaboration among organizations / stakeholders necessary? Just as in business, where people choose joint ventures to strengthen and join forces with others in order to maximize profits, In the same way that one can bring their strong sides and complement each other where one is weak. Similarly, organizations/stakeholders aiming to change society can use…
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Less talk, more action.
It appears to be a cliché, and it is said everywhere, but the truth is the truth. Rather than just talking about it, we need more action and implementation. Having multiple advocacy meetings with no results. Meeting stakeholders for brunch is not the way to go. When policies are implemented, public education should be improved. …
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Create jobs instead of seeking jobs
Why is entrepreneurship so fascinating? For me, it’s about experiencing the passion of people who want to throw everything they got into an innovative idea with the hope of creating a sustainable livelihood for themselves and subsequently others. That is exactly what I witnessed at UEIC in Accra. Last week I had the honor of…
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Relocating from Accra to Sunyani – alone!
Relocating appears to be a simple task until the time comes to take the plunge. To be clear, I’ve always said in passing that I’d like to leave the hustle and bustle of Accra, but never considered what it would entail to relocate to an unknown location. What necessitated my relocation to Sunyani? It all…
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Join us in visiting our Changemakers
To say it’s a joy to see our changemakers every day would be an understatement. Words cannot express that moment because you play an active role in a project that aims to change lives.As our Project manager, Godfred Darko, would say; “follow InspiNest to know my passion,” so why not follow our journey to learn…
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What they don’t tell you about entrepreneurship!
Entrepreneurship is a ruthless battle. Entrepreneurship can have you up at 3 a.m stressing about finding a solution. Idea generation and idea execution are two distinct processes. Having an idea is one thing, but how we put those ideas into action is what really matters. One common mistake that entrepreneurs make is assuming that having…
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Policy Dialogue – charting Bono region’s entrepreneurial framework
InspiNest has held its first policy dialogue meeting in order to strengthen the region’s entrepreneurial culture as part of the project Bono Changemakers targeting young female entrepreneurship in Bono. The policy dialogue is part of the organisation’s efforts to generate policy recommendations on the challenges that young female entrepreneurs face in the Bono region, entrepreneurship…
