Project Coordinator of PSDPEP, Emmanuel Fordjour
Twenty Ghanaian students received a total of $28.5 million on Friday, March 28, 2025, to enhance their research and innovation efforts.
Speaking to GhanaWeb on the sidelines of the event, Project Coordinator of Post Covid-19 Skills Development and Productivity Enhancement Project (PSDPEP), Emmanuel Fordjour, said his team was poised to increase the number of beneficiaries to 100 in the next phase of the project.
The funding aims to support the promotion of technical skills and entrepreneurship for job creation among the youth, with a focus on women.
It also seeks to strengthen health-related skills development in higher education at the University of Ghana, ultimately improving Ghana’s healthcare delivery system.
The initiative contributes to Ghana’s sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery in the health sector and supports the restoration of livelihoods, income, and employment opportunities.
“The objective of the programme essentially is to increase the number of beneficiaries in the next phase; our target is 100. We hope to include 60 females and 40 males. For this period, the target was 20, and we have achieved it,” Fordjour said.
The funding also aims to support private sector development.
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