Entreprenuers urged to seek knowledge

Story: Boahene Asamoah
THE Chief Executive Officer of Empretech Ghana Foundation, Nana Tweneboa-Boateng, has called on Ghanaian entrepreneurs to continuously upgrade their knowledge to stay on top of their businesses.
Speaking at the Greater Accra Chapter of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Accra, Nana Tweneboa-Boateng stated that “mere wishes to establish a copy was not enough to start a business, but rather one must exhibit relative knowledge and capacity to go into business.”
The CEO said many people were doing business without attaining any training programmes to update their knowledge in acquiring the relevant managerial skills, and said that had accounted for the poor entrepreneurial spirit in the country.
Nana Tweneboa-Boateng, therefore, called on members of the chamber to take advantage of the numerous training programmes the foundation and other institutions offered to exhibit skills in management and entrepreneurship.
He said global trends in doing business required that entrepreneurs constantly upgraded their skills and knowledge in order to be on top of their jobs.
He again called on members of the chamber to be proactive in seeking information that would position them to take advantage of the many opportunities that existed in the country.
A senior official of Leaseafric Ghana Limited, a leasing company, Mr Ekow Denise, said leasing offered great opportunities for small-and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
He said leasing offered SMEs the opportunity to lease equipment necessary for expansion of their business, while giving them the opportunity to improve on their cash flow.
Mr Denise said unlike other financial sources, leasing could provide total finance for the purchase of equipment, explaining that that was a simple method of accessing equipment for use.