CMEEE donating free copies of entrepreneurship book to the Ghana Library Authority
Efforts to reposition Ghana as a competitive industrial economy are increasingly shifting toward early-stage education, as Change Maker’s Entrepreneurship Education Enterprise intensifies collaboration with the Ghana Library Authority to strengthen entrepreneurship learning at the grassroots level.
As part of the collaboration, Change Maker’s Entrepreneurship Education Enterprise donated free copies of the entrepreneurship book Nurturing the American Dream to the Ghana Library Authority for nationwide circulation.
The initiative is aimed at exposing Junior High and Senior High School students to entrepreneurial thinking early in their education, with the long-term objective of nurturing job creators rather than job seekers.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the author of the book and Chief Executive Officer of Change Maker’s Entrepreneurship Education Enterprise, Frank P N Adjei Mensah, said the donation forms part of a broader strategy to support Ghana’s industrial transformation through human capital development.
He observed that Africa’s contribution to global trade remains below three percent, largely due to the continent’s continued reliance on raw material exports.
According to him, Ghana’s industrial vision can only be realised if the country deliberately shifts from exporting unprocessed commodities to producing finished and branded goods for both domestic and international markets.
He cited the processing of cocoa into chocolate and the transformation of raw cashew into value-added products as examples of how industrial growth can be driven by locally trained entrepreneurs.
He therefore called on the RNAQ Foundation, benevolent institutions, organisations, and individuals to partner with Change Maker’s Entrepreneurship Education Enterprise to help place the book into the hands of every Junior and Senior High School student across Ghana, regardless of their location.
Guest Speaker at the event, Charles Adom Darkwa, described the initiative as timely, especially at a period when youth unemployment continues to pose a significant national challenge.
He noted that entrepreneurship education equips young people with the skills to identify opportunities, solve problems, and build sustainable enterprises that contribute to economic resilience.
He added that education must move beyond preparing students solely for salaried employment and instead nurture innovation, creativity, and enterprise development as essential tools for national growth.
Also speaking at the ceremony, Francis Kwabena Afedoh, a member of the CMEEE leadership team, reaffirmed the organisation’s long-term commitment to delivering problem-solving entrepreneurship education at the Junior and Senior High School levels.
He said CMEEE envisions a future where students graduate with practical knowledge of production, manufacturing, and value addition.
Dr Afedoh noted that broader collaboration with corporate bodies and development partners would be critical to scaling entrepreneurship education nationwide and accelerating Ghana’s transition into an industrial economy.
The donation of free books to the Ghana Library Authority underscores growing calls for stronger public-private collaboration in education, as stakeholders increasingly view entrepreneurship training as a cornerstone of Ghana’s long-term industrial and economic development.
Source:
www.ghanaweb.com
