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Meet Andrew Fosu – a budding agripreneur from Kasapin

Friday, 22 November 2019 by
Andrews Fosu lives in Kasapin, a farming community in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. Andrew is the proud owner of an agro-input store in his community. An activity that enables him to make significant contribution to agriculture in his community. Andrew started out as a young farmer in his community. Being the eldest of 6
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MASO Youth developing careers in the cocoa sector – the data so far

Tuesday, 05 November 2019 by
Since 2016, the MASO Programme has focused on training rural youth in cocoa-producing communities in cocoa agronomy and entrepreneurship. This is intended to create employment opportunities for them within the cocoa sector. To date, almost 12,000 young people have enrolled in the programme with some transitioning into various areas of engagements. The following posters provide
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Thanks to MASO I am now a business owner – Senameh Godwin

Friday, 01 November 2019 by
In 2016, I was out of school, unemployed and desperate in Accra for an opportunity. After struggling unsuccessfully to find a job, I made the decision to go into farming. This is my story My name is Godwin Senameh,i am 25 years old and originally from Ada Foah but now a resident of Satrokofi in
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We aim to empower youth in cocoa – MASO Youth Network

Thursday, 24 October 2019 by
A speech read recently at the MASO Youth in Cocoa Conference by the MASO Network President , Peter Nsiah I wish you a warm welcome to the 2nd annual youth in cocoa conference. Indeed this has become an event that we the MASO youth look forward to every year. The MASO youth network came into
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11,000 youth trained in cocoa farming by MASO

Sunday, 29 September 2019 by
MASO ,a programme under the Youth Forward initiative led by Mastercard Foundation, is currently transforming the lives of over 11,000 out-of-school young people across Ghana in the agriculture sector. MASO is a five-year programme focused on creating employment opportunities for young people between the ages of 15 and 25, mostly in cocoa-farming communities in Ghana,
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MASO professionalising cocoa farming, trains 12,000 youth

Sunday, 29 September 2019 by
Mr Bossman Owusu, Head of Communications, Solidaridad West Africa has said the Next Generation Youth in Cocoa Programme, also known as MASO, was leading the transformation of the cocoa sector in the country by professionalising the farming of the crop. He said the current generation of youth had become “sophisticated”, and that more pragmatic and
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Set GHc1bn aside as ‘Youth Agricultural Fund’ – Prof. Adei to gov’t

Sunday, 29 September 2019 by
The Board chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Prof Stephen Adei has encouraged the government to make funding available for young people, especially those who want to go into agriculture professionally. Prof. Adei who was addressing a Solidaridad and MasterCard funded ‘Maso Youth in Cocoa Conference’ in Ho in the Volta Region said considering the
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Second MASO Youth in Cocoa Conference to take place in Ho

Thursday, 19 September 2019 by
Almost 200 young men and women will on September 25, 2019 converge in Ho to participate in the second edition of the MASO Youth in Cocoa Conference. The participants are drawn from six  cocoa producing regions of Ghana including the Ashanti, Ahafo,  Central , Western North, Volta  and Oti Regions. The annual MASO youth in
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RESILIENT YOUTH BUILD A FUTURE WITH COCOA IN GHANA

Friday, 16 August 2019 by
Ghana is the second-largest producer of cocoa beans globally, however many of the beans are grown by farmers over 50-years-old, on ageing farms. This has the potential to negatively impact future cocoa production. Yet, there are thousands of young people who are willing and able to contribute to cocoa production, given the right skills and
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BLOG: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MASO COCOA ACADEMY STUDENTS IN GHANA

Tuesday, 13 August 2019 by
Solidaridad’s MASO Cocoa Academy is a training programme for young Ghanaian women and men to become skilled, business-savvy cocoa farmers. In this blog, our colleague Lauren Konopacz shares her experience from joining the current MASO students on their typical study day at the Cocoa Academy. In the village of Assin Nkukuasa, about a 5 hour
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