Grow Ghana

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4.8

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7

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2023

Years in business

Talents need structure, mentorship and jobs to grow. We work hand in hand with local schools, universities and companies to develop talents and bring them in jobs.

Our story started 5 years ago – we went for a consulting project in Ghana and immediately fell in love with the country. We decided to leave our jobs to build a German-Ghanaian ecosystem, based on the principle of social entrepreneurship. We founded ...

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Our story started 5 years ago – we went for a consulting project in Ghana and immediately fell in love with the country. We decided to leave our jobs to build a German-Ghanaian ecosystem, based on the principle of social entrepreneurship. We founded local start-ups in tech and graphic design to serve German clients with a delivery team from Ghana.

As the companies grew, we realized that training on the job is just a start, but it needs more for a real change. Consequently, the Grow Ghana initiative is targeting young talents at universities and local schools. The program is supported by our start-ups and the next step in our mission to develop talents in Africa.

Our vision is to enable meaningful and sustainable job creation in Africa. And to empower people who are often overlooked: the hidden talents of Africa – e.g. young women in small villages with no access to higher education.

In theory, there are a lot of job opportunities that could be created: International corporates are highly interested to outsource value creation to Africa. And promising local start-ups are rising and strive to create impact.

In practice, they all need a pre-qualified workforce with the right mindset to realize those job potentials sustainably.

Out of our experience as entrepreneurs in Africa, we derived a curriculum based on 5 key skill areas which we found critical for future employees to create value and impact. We target young students in schools who are eager to learn and searching for additional educational input to make a difference. We focus on a playful, gamefication-like approach to make the workshops with the student clearly different from the regular school setup.

We act according to our 6 values:

  1. Grow Ghana is a non-profit initiative and strives to create tangible impact for the society
  2. The initiative aims to impact 2 sides equally:
    1. The pupils and students in the schools
      (job-relevant skills, access to job-market )
    2. Our team incl. our global volunteers
      (personal growth by intercultural exchange & coaching)
  3. We never replace local teachers – our program is an addition to the governmental curriculum
  4. We are not competing with other NGOs or programs, but strive for cooperation & synergies
  5. We are self-critical and want to improve constantly
  6. We always show full respect to our environment, yet challenging the status-quo



Contact Person

Benjamin Schunke

Spoken languages: English

Grow Ghana reviews

Tina Tilgner rating5.0

2019 at Empower Students with vital IT skills

Coaching , consulting and training in the field of Agile Mindset, Scrum, Communication, Teamwork and Leadership in schools, universities, Network Organisations and IT ...
I lived in an idylic beach loadge in Kokrobite 1.5 hours outside of Accra and enjoyed getting in touch with the locals (also at the 'legendary' Reggae beach parties). The local NGO team did a great job of preparing me with intense training sessions for my work at local schools. The team is highly ...
Ben Beuchel rating5.0

2019 at Empower Students with vital IT skills

I helped give soft skills trainings to middle school students. Was taken care of really well by Gifty, got to stay in a real cool lodge close to the beach and even surfed in Krokrobite on my days off. Highly recommend going volunteering with them! ...
Heiko Köbert rating5.0

2019 at Empower Students with vital IT skills

Teach ComputerPendingskills at Junior High School in Ghana The NGO Grow Ghana offers add on lessons in schools to improve soft- and computerskills to pupils in the age of 10 - 14. I introduces new computersystems (raspberry pi) and the pupils love it. It was a very nice expierience to work with ...
I wanted to try out something different and decided to travel to Africa and also do some volunteer work there. I also wanted to improve and practice English. I enjoy very much to work with the team, they are really motivated to bring important skills to the pupils. The place (Kokrobite, a small ...
Bismark Osiakwa rating4.2

2019 at Empower Students with vital IT skills

I had a wonderful experience volunteering with Grow Ghana. I had the opportunity to bring on board my ideas and also exhibit my skills. Grow Ghana is a non-profit Initiative in Ghana, West Africa that targets young talents in the local schools and at Universities. The Program targets Identifying ...

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