Youth Entrepreneurial Programs

Youth Entrepreneurial Projects

We support active youth, creativity, art, entrepreneurship and culture for employment. The primary purpose is to decrease youth unemployment; which is the proportion of the labour force ages 15-35 who are unemployed and actively pursuing work. In 2021, the juvenile unemployment rate in Ghana was 9.59%, an increase of 0.1% from 2020.

At IMDID Ghana, we work towards supporting underserved young people to turn their ideas into successful businesses, providing training, creating jobs and strengthening communities. The SDG target 4.4 aims to substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment and decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

Vocational Training Projects – for school dropouts living in rural communities and single mothers mostly in the coastal areas of Ghana.
Skill Acquisition Projects – for undergraduates and university leavers who require practical entrepreneurial skills that would enable them to venture into small scale business.
World Youth Skills Day (Campaign)

Other goals that support this objective include the SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, followed by SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Only one per cent of the student population below the age of 25 in Ghana are enrolled in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). Our work as a non-profit organisation in Ghana is to champion the Vocational Education and Training (VET), believing that it provides learners with essential skills enhancing their employability, supporting their personal development and encouraging active citizenship.