The UNDP, GIFEC in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications held a one week intensive workshop for some selected Community Information Center Managers at Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiegya District.
The workshop was targeted mainly on the sustainability and management of the centre. The Gifec Technical Manager, Mr. Agyei-Tekyi and two facilitators from UNDP, Truth Lumor and Agyenim-Boateng took us through how to write a good business plan, project management and proposals.
Mr. Philip Prempeh, GIFEC Business Development Manager, took us through how to identify good entrepreneurial skills and identifying our potential clients.
Mr. Fred Ampiah, The UNDP patnership Advisor and Head of ICT had a talk on some general issues CIC managers are facing and its solutions to it. He explained some potential business areas we can target and the benefits the CICs should deliver to its various communities.
The workshop helped us to understand more about the setting up of the CIC and the kind of impact it should have on the various communities it finds itself in.