Skills to Profit Initiative (SPI)

Our Skills-to-Profit Initiative is basically targeted at individuals who have completed their vocational and technical skills education in Ghana, often referred to as TVET Graduates. It is an innovative approach facilitating the transitioning of Technical and Vocational Training Graduates from training to employment.

Unemployment is a prevalent phenomenon in Ghana, especially among young professionals, vocational & apprenticeship training graduates. Majority of the Ghanaian youth especially the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates are faced with the problem of lack of jobs and funds to start their own businesses after completion of their training. This has led to high rate of unemployment in our societies today (ISSER, 2017). Research has proven that majority of the graduates wish to establish their own businesses however, they struggle to raise the necessary capital. The time to raise capital takes months to several years, depending on the financial situation of the craftsperson. Many crafts-persons never even achieve opening their own shop, as they are not able to generate the required funds. As a result, craftspersons engage in, for example, working from home or “work and pay” which do not help them in any way and are generally characterized by low-profit margins leading to poverty (ISSER, 2017).

Solutions We Offer

Our holistic solution to the above-described problem is to offer an affordable fully furnished co-working workshop (salon) with state-of-the-art equipment for vocational school graduates to work from. Our idea is to offer these skilled young men and women, starting with hairstylists, barbers, nail & makeup artists an ultra-modern co-working facility with equipment where they can conveniently work from by paying a little monthly fee for sustainability and maintenance purposes. The beneficiaries can work from our outlet by using it as a front office to serve their own respective customers.

Awareness Creation

We organize entrepreneurial crusades in High Schools and Vocational Institutions.

Idea Development

We assist young Startups to finetune their business ideas.

Coaching & Training

We organize career exhibitions and empowerment events for members.

Business Launching

We provide guidance for our beneficiaries to launch thriving businesses.
The solution is intended to absorb more of the technical and vocational school graduates to put their learned skills to use and encourage others to enroll in the technical and vocational training schools in Ghana which seems unattractive.
  • The Project
  • Overall objective

This initiative will improve the income of beneficiaries, give them a strong financial grounding and the capacity to take care of themselves and their dependents since some of them are breadwinners. Nevertheless, becoming a shop owner brings with it social prestige and generally increases one’s standing in society. For many youths, it improves their self-esteem, it is an indicator of success in life, which goes far beyond the mere financial merits.

Overall objective:

  • To provide an innovative approach facilitating smooth transitioning of TVET graduates from skill training to self-employment.
  •  To provide working spaces fully furnished with tools and equipment for different vocations to assist TVET graduates to start their own businesses.
  • To provide continuous capacity-building training on small business management and offer tailor-made business advice to ensure that businesses set up by the beneficiaries survive.
  • To bring together all TVET Stakeholders in designing innovative prototypes for transitioning TVET graduates from training to work and offer career guidance to direct TVET trainees towards new and innovative sectors in less saturated markets.
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The SPi Project..

Tackling Unemployment in Ghana Focussing on Vocational School Graduates. Click on the link below and download a detailed PDF file of the project.
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