Vivian Mensah-Dogbatse

Young Expert at MDF Training & Consultancy B.V. - Ghana
YEP period 2021 - 2023, batch 24

YEP Role

Venture builder/In-house business consultant.

As a young expert at MDFWA my role is to give training, and coaching to companies, in-house advisory, the business building of our own ideas, plus linking the companies or our projects to local networks and knowledge (eg. FDA, RGD, GRA, SSNIT)and set up a fund for growing businesses in Ghana.

Skills

I am skilled in planning, organizing, and executing project tasks. I am passionate, goal-oriented, able to multi-task, analyze issues, a good team builder and player with good Microsoft office application, Business support, leadership, strong communication, and able to come up with new ideas when working with a team.

Background

• Nationality: Ghanaian
• Education: Bachelors  Degree in Commerce, Higher National Diploma in Accounting.

Experience before YEP

Trainer and Business Coach

• Orange Corners is funded by the Dutch Embassy, A 6month Acceleration program to offer business development support to an existing business that wants to scale up.
• UNICEF Business development training for selected sanitation artisans and MSMEs in Cape Coast (CCMA) and Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA).
• The National Acceleration Program funded by the World Bank, Ministry of communication and Mastercard foundation (Young Africa Works) is a high-quality acceleration program that seeks to address the demand for quality Business support (with a priority on female-led businesses) towards the provision of high-quality Business Development Services (BDS) to existing businesses. 
• SNV Hortifresh Cohort 2 Acceleration training and coaching program for 15 female-led businesses in fruits and vegetables with the aim of audited accounts and investment readiness.  

2020 - Trainer and Business Coach

• SNV Hortifresh Acceleration training and coaching program for 16 female-led businesses in fruits and vegetables with the aim of audited accounts and investment readiness.
• Innov8GH funded by the World Bank, A 3month entrepreneurship incubation program to support entrepreneurs at the idea stage to establish and start their business. 
• Orange Corners is funded by the Dutch Embassy, A 6month Acceleration program to support existing business that wants to scale up.
• OYE, An online Entrepreneurship program for green businesses. 
• NBSSI in partnership with Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works Program.Bootcamp, Incubation and acceleration training in Innovation Creativity and Entrepreneurship, a program that is to equip 25000 unemployed youth to start and operate successful businesses.  

March 2019 to march 2020 -  Trainer/ Coach 

• Innov8GH funded by the World Bank, A 3-month entrepreneurship incubation program for early stages businesses.
• Orange Corners, A 6month Acceleration program for an existing business that wants to scale up.
• A 6months Entrepreneurship incubation and acceleration coaching and training for over 70 Social Enterprise Entrepreneurs in Accra organised by the British Council