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GhanaThink was formed as an NGO in 2004 (registered in Ghana) and then registered in the US in 2005. Since about 2014, we have been operating as a social entreprise . We did this because we wanted a better way to be sustainable and way to grow organically and steadily. We are excited to hep birth more social entreprises in Ghana via #GYSEP2018 after the success of  #GYSEC2017 . Read more below via this release. Introduction: Are you a young person looking to create change in your community and want to make a difference across Ghana? Do you want to make an impactful and sustainable change? The Competition: Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) , in partnership with GhanaThink Foundation , is pleased to announce the the  Ghana Youth Social Entrepreneurship Programme. We are calling out to youth as partners for the implementation of their ideas which are geared towards "Social Innovation that Works for Women" . This application does not restrict innovations to be ...

BarCamp Tema 2018 is a free networking forum bringing people together for a day of learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. It happens on June 9, 2018 at the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority Towers (2nd Floor) in Tema . The theme for this event is, ‘Community of responsible and success driven individuals’. Barcamp Tema is organized primarily by the GhanaThink Foundation , an organization based both in Ghana and the USA, which has successfully organized 82 BarCamps in Ghana as part of its Barcamp Ghana program. Barcamp Tema 2018 is the 7th of its kind and it aims at creating a platform for young people to share ideas on how to identify, clarify and convert opportunities into business ventures by learning to engage and leverage their passions. It also seeks to promote partnerships that are directed towards providing a support base for young entrepreneurs and innovators. What to expect? Mentoring by professionals or entrepreneurs Networking with like-minded individ...

In 2017, the GhanaThink Foundation organized the GYSEC in partnership with Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) . Ghana Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GYSEC) was promoted as #GYSEC2017 . 20 budding social entrepreneurs were chosen out of 154 applications to learn, be trained, and compete. They were and are referred to as trainees. The training began in on January 30 and ended on March 19, 2017. They took an online course on Social Entrepreneurship and Design Thinking run by DOT. Within this period, there were 2 workshop at Impact Hub Accra where the trainees received in-person training. We in this blog post refers to GhanaThink of which I lead :-) In 2018, GYSEC has become a GhanaThink's 4th program. It would be referred to as the Ghana Youth Social Entreneurship Program (GYSEP) . The other 3 are Barcamp Ghana , Junior Camp Ghana , Ghana Volunteer Program . Maarifa Ndekezi, DOT Regional Program Development Manager, supported the DOT teams...

HMD Global , makers of Nokia Smartphones on Android OS have engaged a cross section of the blogging community in Ghana through a blogger hangout session. The engagement, which is the first of several blogger engagements anticipated for the year 2018 by HMD Global had about 15 bloggers in attendance. It was really good to bring these bloggers together since some of them hadn't met each other. Nokia - Connecting People! All the bloggers who were present at the event - including Ato Ulzen-Appiah ( #mightyafrican ) were given brand new Nokia 8 to boost their tech related news platforms as well as enhance the news content on their platforms using the bothie feature which allows tech consumers to take two angled videos simultaneously because it activates both the front and rear cameras to capture photos and videos. Various millenials and other digital natives have seen the Bothie ads on TV and YouTube. Nokia has married old iconic technology and future trends in this...