Young Online Marketing Developer Receives 5000 As Winner Of The Maiden Gracefields Apprenticeship Mentorship Reality Program

The maiden Gracefields apprenticeship mentorship reality show spearheaded by the Gracefields Chapel came to a close over the weekend.

The program which aimed to groom and fund budding business ideas was championed by the Gold Club, an offshoot of the Gracefields Chapel which consists of business executives, corporate bodies and achieved entrepreneurs.

It was the climax of months of assessing business plans submitted for vetting and a battle of ideas for the cash price of 5000 cedis and a 1 year mentorship program.

Three finalists, Joyce Adomako, Lord Kwesi Kyei and Amuche Daniel Prosper made it to the grand finale to defend their business plans before a panel of judges drawn from the echelons of business executives.

The overall winner who took the cash price of a five thousand cedis, Lord Kwesi Kyei is on the verge of setting off with an online marketing platform which will be an E – shopping mall for handicrafts of African origin.

Speaking to Ultimate Business Report, he indicated that his innovation, Creative Africa, has begun making some strides in linking African designers and artists to buyers across the world.

“I see more and more people getting into the business of making handicrafts and selling them but I feel they are not doing much to market it to a larger market. There is a big gab between those who produce these products for sale and those who want to buy them and my idea is to bridge that gab,” he explained.

The first runner up, a young fashion designer and instructor received machines worth 2000 cedis for her innovation, Design Deravishing. Joyce Adomako wants to put made in Ghana fashion products at par with international brands.

She told ultimate business she hopes to leverage on “innovation, precision and reliability” to break the Ghanaian preference for foreign fashion products.

Her business model is to use local raw materials for beads, clothes, embroidery, hats, bags and the like with the best of finishing and branding for the youthful and corporate market.

The second runner up, Prosper Daniel Amuche is also developing a niche marketing platform which he has christened “All Phones” where transactions to do with purchasing, repairing and swapping phones can be done.

The President of the Gold Club Isaac Ofori Gyeabuor who was elated about the success of the maiden edition, stressed need for entrepreneurs in the Christian faith, to believe in their ideas and champion them to the benefit of the Kingdom.

He indicated, “This is only season one and the program has made massive impact. We believe that people with great ideas need to be supported because you never can tell when the next Google or facebook will come from.”

Encouraging the church to support the course he advised, “We are financiers who mobilize resources and put it at the disposal of the church for the kingdom. No kingdom can work without money and we believe God gives us money not only for our personal use but also to finance the kingdom.”

The Head pastor of the Gracefields chapel, who also stood in as guest of honor for the event rev Simon Ampofo charged Christians to see need to develop themselves holistically and extend their financial influence to grow the church.

He expressed concerned that, “Most often the church tends to concentrate on the spirit of a person.” But added that “we believe in building up the total man which is the body, the spirit and the soul of a person.”

“The Gold Club is a department of this ministry which has the intent of helping raise up kingdom financiers to support the kingdom agenda and this is one of their flagship programs to raise young entrepreneurs who are Christians who can be supported with finances.

“These young people will one day contribute to the kingdom work and I find it a laudable idea for the church to embark on this. I am thankful to God for this first one which has turned out successful, Rev Ampofo added.

All three will be taken through a year mentorship program with the GMC consult to ensure that their businesses gain the right footing to take off successfully and sustainably.