IIA & FMO offered Ghanaian companies EY consultants for a heavily subsidised rates of $30 – $60 per day.

Invest in Africa and the Dutch Development Bank FMO funded the Business Accelerator Programme (BAP), that supported over 80 growth-oriented businesses in Ghana.

The programme gave companies the opportunity to access heavily subsidised at more than 90% discount EY (Ernst & Young) senior consultants to sit with business owners to design and implement key systems and structures necessary for greater efficiency and sustainable growth.

Ghanaian companies also accessed EY Management Master Class Workshops to empower executive teams on how to manage their companies towards sustainable profits.

IIA Ghana Manager stated: “this is a great opportunity for companies in Ghana to be able to afford international consultants to sit in their business and provide step-by-step support on how to grow their business from local to global.”

The BAP will slots into IIA’s other business support programmes, including the Business Linkage Programme (business excellence training, mentorship and production capabilities consultancy funded by AfDB’s private sector arm FAPA) and the African Partner Pool, Ghana’s first private-sector online database that connects local business to supply chains of global corporations.

To apply for the BAP applicants must be:

    -  Registered and operating in Ghana for over 1 year in active business

    -  Registered on the African Partner Pool

    -  Employing more than 3 employees

    -  Committed to improving their business

    -  Turning over less than $15m

    -  Willing to contribute 2% of consultancy cost (FMO subsidies 98% of consultancy costs)

Register now to accelerate your business by emailing BLP@investinafrica.com or for further information about IIA’s other programmes contact Angelina Diyuoh, Programme Coordinator – Angelina.Diyuoh@investinafrica.com.