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MASO Ghana MASO is a five year programme, focused on creating employment opportunities for the youth (aged 18-25) in Ghana’s cocoa communities.

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From a school teacher to a cocoa farmer – Elizabeth Kufuor’s story

Wednesday, 20 December 2017 by
“The beginning of every journey is not easy but if you have the can do spirit, you will succeed”  –  Elizabeth Kufuor. Elizabeth is 22 years old and part of the first cohort of MASO youth trained in cocoa agronomy in Kasapin, a cocoa-growing community in the Brong Ahafo region. She was a pupil teacher in
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My MASO journey so far

Thursday, 14 December 2017 by
  My name is Samuel Ocran from Assin Mankata , Central Region .I joined MASO in 2016 and i will like to tell you my story so far. I was an auto electrician in Accra for 4 years. Then I learned that my father was not feeling well so I had to come back to
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Supporting young entrepreneurs in cocoa growing communities through mentorship

Thursday, 07 December 2017 by
Rosaline Ashigbui to the right in a blue and Fafape Foe to the left in African print
The MASO Programme works with experienced entrepreneurs and business/ management consultants  as  volunteers to  mentor  young entrepreneurs in cocoa producing communities through its Business Academy. The MASO Business Academy (business incubator) is training and supporting youth interested in starting businesses along the cocoa production chain or businesses that will enhance the life and general well-being
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From subsistence farming to a cocoa farmer – Judita Adagbledu’s story

Thursday, 09 November 2017 by
Judita, now proudly owns an acre of newly planted cocoa farm in Liate Wote. Judita Adagbledu is a high school graduate who grows maize, cassava, yam, plantains and vegetables mainly for consumption at home. He also supported his parents on their cocoa farm but never considered himself becoming a cocoa farmer. Cocoa farming is not
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MASO Youth Network elect national officers

Thursday, 26 October 2017 by
The pioneering national executives of the MASO Youth Network were recently elected in Kumasi to provide stewardship for the network.  The National Executive is the highest governing body of the MASO youth network. The MASO Youth Network is made up of alumni from both the MASO Agro Academy and MASO Business Academy. The network provides
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MASO showcased at 2017 WCF Partnership Meeting

Wednesday, 25 October 2017 by
The lessons from the MASO programme on creating employment opportunities for youth in cocoa producing communities has been shared at the ongoing 2017 World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting in Washington DC. The International Cocoa Programme Coordinator of Solidaridad and Country Representative for Ghana, Suzan-Hermina Yemidi presented the MASO story during a session dubbed “Inclusive Growth
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From a teenage single mother to a cocoa farmer: Linda’s story

Tuesday, 26 September 2017 by
At 16, she was pregnant and dropped out of middle school. At 17, she became a single mother of twins and had no income, living with her extended family. Today, at 22, Linda Afedzi is a cocoa farmer with ambitions to save enough money to return to school to study medicine. Linda’s life has really
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‘More economic opportunities should be created for the youth’ – Y-SEG chairperson

Monday, 18 September 2017 by
Mrs Comfort Ocran, the Chairperson of the Youth Sector Engagement Group (Y-SEG), a policy advocacy group, said Ghana needed to expand economic opportunities for its young people to ensure sustainable and equitable growth. She said it was very critical to building the necessary bridges that would enable young people to develop their capacities and skills
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Cocoa sector – an answer to growing unemployment?…..

Thursday, 24 August 2017 by
The Programme Manager of MASO,  Mr Fred Frimpong, has observed that the high unemployment rate in the country could be reduced if the youth could capitalise on job opportunities in the cocoa industry. He said myriads of job opportunities currently existed in the sector but were yet to be filled due to the perception about
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There are many opportunities for the youth in the cocoa sector – says Fred Frimpong

Tuesday, 22 August 2017 by
The high unemployment rate among Ghanaian youth could be drastically reduced if the younger generation is encouraged to take up the numerous job opportunities the cocoa industry offers, according to Fred Frimpong, MASO Programme Manager at Solidaridad, an international civil society organization which facilitates the development of socially responsible, ecologically profitable supply chains. “The cocoa
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