The Graphic Business-Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting, now in its second quarter, with the topic "Tackling Unemployment to Create Wealth – Opportunities for Ghana," is set to serve as a key venue for participants to debate one of the country's biggest concerns — unemployment.
The event, which will bring together academics, corporate leaders, and human resource professionals, will propose methods for the government to speed up its efforts to solve the problem.
Perspectives
The eminent panellists chosen for the event will speak to three different views to ensure that the conversations are aligned to elicit the appropriate replies. The first viewpoint, Sources and Causes of Unemployment, will be discussed by Dr. Adu Owusu Sarkodie, an Economics Lecturer at the University of Ghana.
Existing and New Opportunities will be discussed by Florence Hope-Wudu, Managing Consultant, Purple Almond Consulting Services, while Avenues for Job and Wealth Creation will be discussed by Nana Osei Bonsu, President of the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF).
The event is co-chaired by George Owusu-Ansah, Managing Director of Unilever Ghana, and Ellen Hagan, Chief Executive Officer of L'aine Services, and will be streamed live on Facebook and other Graphic and Stanbic Bank social media channels.
Nana Osei Bonsu is a Ghanaian woman.
Nana earned his first degree in Economics from Saint Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, in 1977, and went on to Fordham University Graduate Arts and Sciences to pursue graduate studies in International Finance.
From 1972 until 2003, he worked in the banking industry in the United States, most notably at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the New York State Banking Department, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. Nana later joined JP Morgan Chase's investment banking branch.
Nana returned to Ghana in 2003 and worked for the Senior Minister's Office as a Technical Assistant to the Economic Management Team. He also served as a Technical Advisor to the Minister of State for Economic Affairs.
Nana was named the first Chief Executive Officer of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) in 2005, where he used the government's endowment of GH22.4 million to partner with private sector investors, including some European equity firms, to establish five Venture Capital Funds, with the private partners contributing an additional GH40.5 million.
Nana was named Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprise Federation in June 2011 and is still in that position.
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