KIC and the Mastercard Foundation empower Young Female Entrepreneurs and create Job Opportunities in the Volta Region

Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) is continuing its commitment to empowering young women through entrepreneurship and agribusiness development with the implementation of its Women’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. The recent training took place in selected communities across the Volta Region.

This initiative is part of the implementation of the broader Initiative for Youth in Agricultural Transformation (IYAT), a program of the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Kosmos Innovation Center. The IYAT program trains and equips the next generation of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Ghana’s agriculture sector to drive solutions that unlock growth barriers in key agricultural value chains and create work opportunities for young Ghanaian women and men.

The Women’s Bootcamp training was delivered in the communities of -Dadoboe, Anloga, Sogakope and Kpetoe, in north Tongu, central Tongu and south Tongu districts providing young women with practical skills and knowledge to establish and grow sustainable agribusiness ventures through vegetable farming.

Through the bootcamp, women received hands-on training and inputs for tomato, okro and chili production, equipping them with modern farming techniques, business management skills, and the confidence needed to pursue entrepreneurship as a viable pathway to economic empowerment while strengthening communities and local agricultural value chains.

For this recent training, more than 431 young women received training and inputs.

To date KIC’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp has reached more than 21,712 women with entrepreneurship training across the entire country and resourced more than 18,395. The training combines technical agricultural knowledge with entrepreneurship development for alternative livelihoods. So far, across the country, women have been trained in Gari processing, soap making, baking, pastry making, khebab production, catfish farming, baby weaning food production among others.

Recognizing that access to resources is critical to the success of emerging entrepreneurs, KIC also provides starter kits to participants. These starter kits are designed to support the women as they transition from training to implementation, enabling them to apply their newly acquired skills and establish their agribusiness activities.

The Women’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp reflects KIC’s ongoing mission to empower young people, particularly women, with the tools, resources, and support needed to create sustainable livelihoods. By investing in women entrepreneurs, KIC is helping to foster inclusive economic growth, strengthen food systems, and contribute to the development of resilient communities across Ghana.

As the program continues, KIC remains dedicated to nurturing the next generation of women-led agribusinesses and creating opportunities for young women to thrive as innovators, business leaders, and agents of change within their communities.