Greg Simpe-Asante, a businessman and his business partner, Fadi Hamoui, have indicated that they will soon launch the Fanal Skills Development Center (FSDC) in Accra to address difficulties faced by unemployed youth in Ghana.
This will help them find gainful employment in their fields and explore entrepreneurial opportunities.
Over 71,000 graduates, who come from both private and public tertiary educational institutions enter the labour market in Ghana every year, hence the launch of FSDC.
According to British High Commission’s most recent findings, it is estimated that there are currently over 200,000 unemployed graduates in Ghana.
This frustration and strong intent to address the problems compelled Greg Simpe-Asante to return to Ghana from the United Kingdom.
FSDC is a subsidiary of Fanal Plus Ghana Limited, a business development company with over 30 years of business development experience, both locally and internationally.
The first course offered by FSDC is the Corporate Passport programme, a two-week workshop hosted in the Fanal Skills Development Center and delivered by Greg Simpe-Asante, along with his head of IT Ashok Chandrasekaran and other industry experts.
It aims to enhance the soft and entrepreneurial skills of the candidates, followed by a comprehensive continuity programme.
To kick off the launch, Corporate Passport will be introduced through a dynamic 1-week introductory event from January 29 to February 2, 2018, bringing together industry heads, institutions, partner companies and candidates from across Ghana to gather and create synergies in order to forge new paths for job seeking candidates.
Along with his international partners, who understand the unemployment dilemma plaguing Ghana, the CEO will lead his team to successfully help address the unemployment issue in its own little way.
Corporate Passport will be delivered every quarter.
In the meantime, the FSDC will be running soft skills courses regularly in order to empower the youth.
Corporate Passport plans to expand to other West African countries by end of 2018 with the aim of creating a regional network of Corporate Passport hubs.
The enrollment for the first course, which will start on January 29, 2018, has started.
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