NORGAE Launched At Bolgatanga

30-11-2010 The Internal launching of the Northern Ghana Association of Entrepreneurs (NORGAE) has been held at Bolgatanga with a call on business entrepreneurs to be acquainted with prudent financial management and proposal writing know how to solicit funding to expand their businesses. It was on the theme: Championing the Developmental Process of Northern Ghana: the Role of the Enterpreneur”. The Chairman of the Association, Mr. Noble Alagskoma Asakeya who made the call said the growth of a business entity solely depends on how it is managed and resourced. This he noted is vital since most business prospective still find it difficult to survive due to poor financial and managerial skills. Mr Asakeya in an interview with Radio Ghana said the NORGAE which is the brain child of the Ghana Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (GHACED) involves a group of active and upcoming business individuals, striving to promote the growth of businesses in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Region. The overarching goal of the association, he explained is also geared at providing a common platform for interaction among entrepreneurs and to facilitate networking and also support members to take advantage and make good use of government policies instituted for the private sector particularly, the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). In view of this, the association has put in place training programmes to build the capacity of its members in the area of goal setting, financial management, risk management, effective communication process, and proposal writing know how among other training intervention. He said the association with to pull its resources, talents and expertise together to tap the untapped potentials in Northern Ghana and called for effective collaboration, hard work, commitment and mutual support among entrepreneurs from the northern sector. A founding member of GHACED and a patron of NORGAE, Mr. Benjamin Anyana, challenged young and upcoming business entrepreneurs to set goal in their finances through proper planning. He further charged them to take up the challenge of facing crisis and difficulties in business since it cannot be avoided. This he said involves prudent marketing strategies and skills to succeed. He mentioned effective communication with stakeholders and the practice of intra-preneurship as some of the interventions. Mr Anyana urged members to help fulfils the association’s financial obligations by adhering strictly to its rules and regulations. He called for the upgrade of human resource and discipline among members to ensure its sustainability. Mr Anyana stressed the need for entrepreneurs in the north to change their way of thinking to push forward the business sector of the three northern regions. John Osman Salifu who was the chairman for the occasion called on members of NORGAE to contribute meaningfully to the wellbeing of the association. Representatives from the National Board for Small Scale Industry NBSSI and SIC life were there to lend their support
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