The Chief Executive Officer of Weave Ghana Limited, Mr. Roni Chacko, has hailed young Ghanaian entrepreneurs who dare to startup their own businesses and employ others in the process.
He believes such individuals are charting the course of Ghana’s entrepreneurial future. Consequently, he is calling for encouragement and support for such businesspersons.
Mr. Chacko said this while speaking on the theme, “The life journey of an Entrepreneur: Weave Ghana Limited in Perspective” at a programme organized by the School of Business-UCC dubbed: ‘Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs’) Engagement Series’.
The series provides a platform where CEOs from various institutions are invited to speak to students and faculty members to motivate and develop their entrepreneurial skills.
Mr. Chacko took the students through the operations of Weave Ghana Limited, producers and marketers of Darling Hair extensions.
Over the years, according to him, Weave Ghana had become one of the pioneers of the hair extension business in Ghana.
In September 2011, he said, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, the mother company of Weave Ghana entered into a partnership with the Darling Group, using the best capabilities within both groups through brand building and distribution to expand its reach.
Mr. Chacko told the students that assuming the right attitude was pre-requisite for employment at Weave Ghana and advised them to live beyond reproach in their endeavours to succeed in life.
To get promotion at Weave Ghana, he said, new employees were obliged to learn the nuts and bolts of the job, saying that academic certificates of new employees were not the conduit to secure enviable positions within the upper echelon of the company.
He mentioned the depreciation of the Cedi as a major challenge facing Weave Ghana Limited.
In his remarks, the Dean of the School of Business, Prof. John Gartchie Gatsi, said the engagement highlighted the requirements of key skills required in the curriculum of the School of Business.
He said leadership of the School was conscious of the need for the 21st century skills development for students to close the skills gap.
Prof. Gatsi, who quoted John Reed who asked Business School academics at an award ceremony in 1999 ‘Do you detach these students the skills that will serve then well in their careers?’, said that question remained critical as the School was doing its best to answer it with innovation and providing the environment to promote skills development for the students.
The Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Francis Eric Amuquandoh, in a brief remark, advised students that humility, good attitude and sacrifices were sine qua non of becoming an industry leader.
He advised students to take advantage of the internship opportunities offered by Weave Ghana Limited.
As part of the programme, the University of Cape Coast signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Weave Ghana Limited to accept one hundred (100) students from the School of Business on internship during long vacation.
Source: Documentation and Information-UCC