Take opportunities in Entrepreneurship Programs: Dr. Kyeremateng tells Ghanaian Youth

The National Secretary for the National Projects Advocacy Group of the Ministry of Information, Dr Micheal Kyeremateng, has urged the youth to persist in their entrepreneurial dreams.

According to him, the rising rate of unemployment in the country is a cause of worry owing to the fact that “90% of our youth depend on employment by state and private institutions for survival rather than being self employed”.

He believes that the phenomenon though is helpful in the short term, would in the long term negatively impact the economy. Thus the need for the youth to be innovative and persist in their business pursuits to drive the economy forward.

Dr Kyeremateng made this observation when he addressed some National Service Personnel during their end of service dinner in the Central Region under the theme “Entrepreneurship The Key to Sustainable Development”.

Citing his personal experience as a way of encouraging the youth, the Secretary who doubles as the President of the C4C Group of Companies Global, said

"Mr Chairman, as a young man growing up with an effort to becoming an entrepreneur after my last job with the 99 China Construction Ltd-as one of their Managers in Kwame Nkrumah Circle-from my little salaries, I saved small and gradually got for myself an office at the Korle Butro-tro Station to set up an I.T company, employed designers and marketers where I send the marketers off to search for companies who want website development or to have their website to be maintained by us at an affordable cost.

"I could not succeed after 2 years and went forfurther studies and training which landed me in the business of micro-finance over the years after which I continued my studies to Indian Institute of Homeopathy where I went to study Medical Homeopathy to become a Medical Doctor with a speciality in Chronic and Acute Diseases for my Doctorate and with my final education in the College of Practical Homeopathy where I obtained my PgDH in specialisation.

"Mr chairman C4C Homeopathic Hospital started with Ghc2450 as my last money in my bank account in the year 2015 at the Aggrey Memorial Secondary School using their chaplaincy office as my first consulting room after a 3 day campus crusade led by my very self as an Evangelist of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana -C4C which stands for Campus for Christ and gave birth to the businesses I have today all to the Glory of God's Wisdom.

"Mr Chairman, from the one room chaplaincy office,I was able to grow up my little capital and purchased the current 11 bedroom onestorey building where I work from now in the Cape Coast branch of the C4C Homeopathic Hospital, then gradually expanded a second branch to Takoradi and to Kumasi and to Accra with the opening of more than 11 branches allover Ghana.

He thus urged the youth to take cues from his experience to become successful in oder to drive economic development.