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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Well, there will be 2 copywriters, 1 editor, 1 blogger, 3 programmers, 1 Project/Product Manager, 1 Business/ Finance, 1 Sales/ Marketing expert. Just like its neighbours, Ghana is a predominantly agricultural country dependant on the cocoa production. What are the most common skills in each category?

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Conceived in my Princeton dorm room, TerraCycle’s original business model of worm poop fertilizer was like a lightbulb going on in my head: we could take the school’s food waste, feed it to worms, get beautiful worm poop, and sell it. Thanks to Reginald Swift, Rubix LS ! #9- 9- People, Planet, and Profit. Photo Credit: Tom Szaky.