About

An impact initiative of Mr. Richard Abbey Jnr, Founder of Xodus Communications Limited, a social change maker, serial entrepreneur, and private sector advocate The objective is to provide technical and financial support to a select number of budding entrepreneurs in Ghana to help them grow and scale up their businesses into profitable ventures. The proposed grand prize for the ultimate winner is GHc 30,000.  This initiative is necessary to help the many startups and small businesses that have to struggle every day for survival more so in this Covid-19 induced business climate without any clearly defined support system. Overall, this laudable competition will help inform the Ghanaian public about the importance of entrepreneurship as a tool for post-covid-19 economic recovery for development and the winning strategies startups and small businesses need to adapt to overcome barriers to growth and profitability. It will help showcase some of the young entrepreneurs leading the way in Ghana through innovation on new products and services. The Pitch is a 3-month long entrepreneurship competition that will be hosted once a year from October to March. The approach is to identify, screen, select and support the young entrepreneur with a unique value proposition for the Ghanaian market and one that has the highest growth potential among the lot with social impact in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Applicants shall be invited to apply online for one month, followed by a rigorous selection process, leading to live interviews, televised production of pitch by applicants, and finally a jury selection. The competition is open to young entrepreneurs operating ventures in any of the following sectors: