Organizers of the prestigious Young Entrepreneur Awards have launched the 2023 edition, under the theme; Nurturing Ghana’s Rising Business Leaders to Inspire Generations.

The Young Entrepreneur Awards aims to recognize and celebrate the innovative and enterprising spirit of young entrepreneurs in Ghana while providing a platform to showcase their achievements, inspire others, and foster connections between entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors.

The objectives of the awards are centered around motivating and supporting these young business leaders in building sustainable brands that positively impact society.

Addressing the Press during the Launch today, Solomon Adjei, team lead of the organizers reiterated the need to recognize and celebrate Young Entrepreneurs, and to create a high-level networking platform to connect them to global opportunities, while building their capacities to capture global markets.

He enlisted some of the key benefits of this year’s awards, including strategic brand elevation opportunities, high-level networking with Investors and global business icons, periodic coaching and mentoring, beautifully designed certificates and plaques, and other juicy packages from sponsors including a possible sponsored business trip.

Sharing his testimony, Eliphas Kwabena Agyemang, the 2022 Young Entrepreneur of the Year explained how winning the awards has boosted his confidence, being part of an Investor readiness workshop organized by the organizers, as well as an Investor-Connect opportunity, and top of it all securing a 5-years United States Visa due to the Young Entrepreneur Awards.

Other participants of previous editions shared their impact stories and expressed utmost gratitude to the organizers.

To be eligible to participate in this award, your business must be registered and situated in Ghana and must show proof of employment, as well as demonstrate innovation and creativity in delivering your products or services to address human needs. Most of all, interested entrepreneurs must not be above 50 years of age.

Business Registration Certificate, Business Profile/Organizational Structure, and Profiles of Key Management Staff are some of the mandatory documents to submit to the committee as part of the nomination processes.

The Young Entrepreneur Awards 2023 will recognize entrepreneurs from various sectors and categories, including Male Agribusiness Entrepreneur of The Year, Female Agribusiness Entrepreneur of The Year, Construction and Real Estates Entrepreneur, Female Fashion Entrepreneur, Male Fashion Entrepreneur, Female Social Entrepreneur, Female Start-Up Entrepreneur, Female Student Entrepreneur, Green Entrepreneur of The Year, PwD (Persons with Disabilities) Entrepreneur of the Year, Male Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Male Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year, Male Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Manufacturing Entrepreneur of the Year. Male Service Provider Entrepreneur of the Year, Female Service Provider Entrepreneur of the Year, and Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.

To promote entrepreneurship and job creation among Ghanaian creatives and celebrities, the Young Entrepreneur Awards have created the Male and Female Celebrity Entrepreneur of the Year to highlight and promote the entrepreneurial ventures of our celebrities – Actors, Musicians, Radio and TV Stars, and Footballers, among others.

The awards will also honor foreigners whose businesses in Ghana are creating employment, in the Non-Ghanaian Young Entrepreneur of the Year category.

This year’s award will also celebrate some key personalities who are spearheading and supporting youth entrepreneurship development in the country.

Solomon also stated special recognition of regional business leaders in a special Regional Young Entrepreneur of the Year category - Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Eastern, Upper East, Western, etc.

The public nominations are expected to end on 20th August, after which a series of activities including shortlisting and public endorsements will be done prior to the awards night on Friday, 29th September, 2023.

The general public is however called upon to nominate deserving entrepreneurs by clicking https://bit.ly/yea2023general, while Entrepreneurs are highly encouraged to nominate themselves by clicking https://bit.ly/yea2023self.

Solomon called on corporate Ghana to partner and sponsor them to be able to honor and celebrate the young entrepreneurs creating jobs for the youth, among others.