SLEDP Supports Exchange Visit of Five Tertiary Institutions to Ghana
In a significant step towards enhancing entrepreneurial education in Sierra Leone, the Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP), in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA), supported an Exchange Visit to Ghana involving five tertiary institutions. This initiative, under the SLEDP’s Support to Tertiary Institutions Programme, aims to strengthen entrepreneurship development across higher education institutions in Sierra Leone.
The week-long visit, from August 19th to 23rd, 2024, saw representatives from Limkokwing University, University of Makeni (UNIMAK), Eastern Technical University (ETU), Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), and the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU) visit four key entrepreneurship centers in Ghana. These included Ashesi University, Accra Technical University (ATU), Impact Hub Accra, and Academic City University College.
The Sierra Leone Delegation at the Ashesi Center for Entrepreneurship
During the visit, the delegation explored best practices for developing entrepreneurship hubs at the tertiary level. They visited Ashesi University’s Incubation Hub and Entrepreneurship Center, ATU’s Career Entrepreneurship Center, and the Academic City Technology and Entrepreneurship Center (TEC), and concluded with a stop at the Accra Impact Hub.
This Exchange Visit offered Sierra Leonean institutions an opportunity to engage in knowledge sharing, resource exchange, and partnership building. The program emphasized practical approaches to fostering creativity, innovation, and proactive problem-solving within their respective entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Funded by the World Bank through SLEDP, this initiative is poised to empower students with real-life entrepreneurial skills and enhance the overall entrepreneurship capacity of tertiary institutions in Sierra Leone.
At the Academic City Technology and Entrepreneurship Center (TEC)
Acity TEC
At the Acity Sustainability Lab
L to R: SLEDP SME Development Specialist, Saio Bobson Kuyateh and SMEDA CEO, Sheka Sannor at the University of Ghana Business School Innovation Center
At the UGBS Innovation Hub
At the Accra Impact Hub
