Empowering Young Female Entrepreneurs In Ghana And Elsewhere In Africa

On what is World Youth Day, today, whiles lauding and celebrating the achievements of Africa's brightest and best young leaders, many a committed Pan-Africanist will also be thinking about the plight of those younger generation Africans,  whose lives are being blighted by the brutal conflicts and life-threatening pandemics now raging in parts of the continent.

For the most part better educated than all the other generations of their demographic grouping, since the end of the occupation of Africa by European colonialists, and lucky to be maturing at a time when many nations in the continent are undergoing dramatic social change brought about by sustained economic growth and rapid urbanisation, one cannot help but be optimistic about the future of today's younger generation in Africa.

 It is they who will power Africa's prosperity - and usher in the African Renaissance. If they want to ensure their prosperity, younger generation African entrepreneurs ought to seek and focus on e-commerce opportunities online. It will help increase the continent's export trade - and expand yet further Africa's bourgeoning middle-class: that acts as ballast underpinning the stability of African democracy.

Throughout our history, African women have played an important role in the commercial life of the continent. Today's younger generation of female African entrepreneurs are no different. They are also contributing to Africa's growing prosperity - and are relishing it.

As one's humble contribution to their further empowerment, as the world celebrates World Youth Day,  the Ghanapolitics blog is bringing to the attention of young female entrepreneurs in Ghana,  and elsewhere in Africa, two examples of the many business partnership opportunities available for them online at: www.yente.org and www.finnpartnership.fi.

 And if governnents in Africa want to encourage an entrepreneurial culture to flourish across the continent, they must follow President Mahama's example - and set up youth enterprise funds that young people can access.

For funding opportunities online, they can crowd-source funding from websites such as: www.indiegogo.com; and www.greenvolved.com, as well as seek dedicated  case-by-case funding from: www.finnfund.fi.

 May they all succeed in their business ventures; create wealth for themselves and their loved ones, whiles creating jobs for those who need them across the continent; and also contribute to Ghana's GDP, and that of other sister nations in Africa. And, above all, they can help potential clients around the globe to locate them, by using Mapcode (info@mapcode.com) for easily-remembered and unique address codes of their very own. And long may they prosper!