The students’ Financial Support Office (StufSO) of University of Cape Coast has organised a symposium on entrepreneurship with a call on students to be innovative and venture into entrepreneurship to create more employment opportunities after school.

An Entrepreneurial Coach, Ms. Irene Naa Korkoi Armah, who made the call, advised start up entrepreneurs to face their fears to enable them to succeed.

According to her, fear was a challenge most people face in the entrepreneurship world and needed to overcome it to achieve their purpose.

Ms. Armah was addressing students who were beneficiaries of scholarships awarded by StufSO.

Speaking on the theme: “Becoming an Entrepreneurial Student”, the Entrepreneurial Coach said to be an entrepreneur was challenging, but one had to be persistent in order to be successful.

Entrepreneurial Coach, Ms. Irene Naa Korkoi Armah, speaking at the symposium

Entrepreneurial Coach, Ms. Irene Naa Korkoi Armah, speaking at the symposium

She observed that young people with entrepreneurial mindsets were leaders of the future and encouraged startup entrepreneurs to make that bold move to live their dreams.

A lecturer and Agribusiness Programme Coordinator with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension-UCC, Dr. Ing. Alexander T.K Nuer, who treated the topic: “Financial Management Tit bits”, called for personal financial management to ensure one’s financial stability.

“The art of financial management is a habit and a lifestyle that is needed to be cultivated and made part of a person’s life” he stated.

He explained that for one to achieve financial stability, it was incumbent on the person to work hard.

An Assistant Registrar at StuFSO, Ms. Grace Mensah, in her presentation on the topic: “Time Management,” advised students to manage their time properly while in school since that would offer them a positive step to excel in life.

She noted that time was a non-renewable resource which needed to be managed efficiently to excel in life, pointing out that failure to do so would have dire consequences for their future aspirations.

Ms. Mensah observed that most students wasted too much of their time on frivolities and matured without achieving their goals.

Pro VC-UCC, Prof. Rosemond Boohene

Pro VC-UCC, Prof. Rosemond Boohene

In her welcome address, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rosemond Boohene, lauded StuFSO for the scholarship scheme and advised the beneficiaries to concentrate on their studies and be good ambassadors.

She emphasized that education remained the greatest legacy, hence, the need to support brilliant but needy students in UCC to achieve high academic laurels.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC