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Ghana apprenticeship programme pledges tools for graduate entrepreneurs

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Ghana’s National Apprenticeship Programme has promised to provide tools to graduates of Ask Media Training School so they can start their own businesses. Its deputy coordinator, Fouad Agbenyadzi, invited them to contact the National Youth Authority to access support schemes, he said at the graduation ceremony in Kumasi.

Ghana’s National Apprenticeship Programme has pledged to provide tools to graduates of Ask Media Training School so they can start their own businesses. The programme’s deputy national coordinator, Fouad Agbenyadzi, urged them to turn their practical skills into sustainable ventures, according to MyJoyOnline.

Fouad Agbenyadzi said graduates could contact the National Youth Authority, the Ghanaian agency under which the programme operates, to find out about the support available. The 2026 graduation ceremony was themed around empowerment through practical excellence and focused on entrepreneurship and skills development.

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