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Over 600 SMEs in Volta sign up to MTN Foundation Support Programme

Ho, July 19, GNA – More than 600 Small to medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the Volta Region signed up for the MTN Ghana Foundation’s SME Support Programme.

These include agribusinesses, manufacturing, Information and Communication Technology, and finance, the majority of which were owned by young entrepreneurs.

The MTN established the initiative as a dedicated support for indigenous SMEs in the country, and the Volta Region is among the three selected for this year’s run.

Three hundred of the applicants have been shortlisted to be screened in a two-day business pitching at the regional office of the MTN, where 120 would be selected to receive financial support of up to GHC 20,000.

The five-year programme is run by business support firm Innohub and began last year in Greater Accra, Kumasi and the Western Region. It is the turn of the Central, Volta and Eastern regions this year.