Entrepreneur Stories

PerfectFaces is a diaspora based venture inspired by real-life experiences. The venture name PerfectFaces came from the challenges People of Colour face. The name PerfectFaces is an encouragement to that person of Colour who’s self-esteem is low or shaken because of society’s ideologies. The name is a visible stamp of who we are; a protruding forehead, high cheekbones, thick lips, a broad nose, every face shape – we’re perfect. Stephen Duncan PerfectFaces has created a range of cosmetic make-up that …

What does your business in Ghana look like? We are creating access to friendly health care services. Our health center is creating affordable and friendly services, where clients enjoy care without frustrations such as slow care and unfriendliness. What are the assessed needs for your business? We need to train our own staff, and setup our new building with all the equipment. We have a strong partner in the Netherlands stichting Awinbono (you can read more about our partner: www.awinbono.nl) …

What does your dream business in Ghana look like? Working with both local and external partners to deliver quality and affordable Solar power systems for both residential and commercial use, with an ideal rate of 50 installations of varying sizes each year. What are the assessed needs for your business A strategic financial partner is needed to make the product affordable for the customers. With good funding secured, a very reliable post-implementation support to deliver a high customer experience for …

What does your dream business in Ethiopia look like? Many business process (e.g. construction management) in Ethiopia still uses manual, error prone and outdated practices. We, at Next System Solutions, aim at providing custom tailored and home made solutions to improve and automate these outdated business processes. What are the assessed needs for your business We need to hire sales personnel for promoting our MVP, and one extra web developer for adding features to our MVP. Office establishment and other …

What does your dream business in Ethiopia/Ghana look like? I see myself running the most efficient , mechanized self sustaining commercial farm in Ghana, with products that Ghanaian’s can be proud of as their very own, and with responsibility towards the environment and sharing that knowledge with the youth creating a win win for all, qua consumer responsibility and the environment. There is a need for food security and as a businessman and farmer it’s my passion to contribute to …