{"id":132482,"date":"2025-09-04T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/132482\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:58:08","slug":"telecel-ghana-launches-sme-month-2025-to-champion-youth-led-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/132482\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecel Ghana launches SME month 2025 to champion youth-led businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zuu <\/a>Zuu Gbedemah is the Co-founder of Stay by Plan Media<\/p>\n

Telecel Ghana has launched the 8th edition of its annual flagship Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Month, reinforcing its commitment to supporting the growth and sustainability of small and medium enterprises across the country.<\/p>\n

Under the theme, \u2018Connecting the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs,\u2019 the telco is dedicating the month of September to equipping youth-led businesses with the right tools, networks, and opportunities to grow.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Telecel, we believe the future of Ghana\u2019s economy lies in the hands of young business leaders who are harnessing technology, fresh ideas, and innovative models to solve real challenges. SME Month 2025 is designed to provide platforms, networks, and the opportunities that enable them to scale,\u201d said Tawa Bolarin, Director of Enterprise Business and Wholesale at Telecel Ghana.<\/p>\n

Since its inception in 2017, Telecel Ghana\u2019s SME Month has provided a dedicated platform for capacity-building, networking, market visibility for SMEs, and knowledge sharing, to enable entrepreneurs leverage connectivity and digital solutions to grow and remain competitive.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s edition will spotlight innovative, youth-led enterprises and technology-driven businesses run by young Ghanaians who are breaking barriers and reimagining the future of businesses.<\/p>\n

At the launch, Telecel Ghana announced three specially designed products introduced to equip SMEs with practical tools for business growth:<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Boss Plan: An all-in-one mobile package for young entrepreneurs and small business owners, combining affordable data, social media bundles, voice, and a self-service SMS marketing portal.<\/p>\n

\u2022 One Business Mobile: A complete communication and productivity solution for small teams, offering competitive mobile data, voice, and SMS bundles, plus essential digital tools including a website and customized business emails.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Your Business Online Reloaded: Tailored and upgraded website packages with your own domain name, unlimited webpages, and a business email address.<\/p>\n

Beyond product innovations, the Telecel SME Month 2025 will also deliver an exciting line-up of events and engagements to empower and connect young entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Telecel Business Runway: A hands-on and game-changing conference to equip entrepreneurs with tools and support to stand out and scale up.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Connecting Hustles Podcast 2.0: A special podcast series where young entrepreneurs share strategies for overcoming real business challenges.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Business Spotlight: Live showcases at pop-up activations, free sponsored ads for selected SMEs, and opportunities to exhibit at the Telecel Business Runway.

\n\u2022 Red Mixer: A first-of-its-kind networking event bringing together Ghana\u2019s young influential business leaders to connect, collaborate, and grow.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Telecel x AI Training: A curated 3-day workshop to help young businesses unlock digital skills and harness the power of AI tools.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Customer Visits \u2013 Direct engagements with budding SMEs within Telecel Ghana\u2019s enterprise base.<\/p>\n

Speaking at this year\u2019s SME Month 2025 launch, young media entrepreneur and co-founder of Stay by Plan Media, Zuu Gbedemah said the SME products and engagements will help young entrepreneurs significantly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy running a business in Ghana so I\u2019m glad that Telecel has created packages to ease our burden. As a digital media entrepreneur, internet is the bedrock of our business so having affordable connectivity packages is extremely helpful,\u201d Zuu said.<\/p>\n

Now in its 8th year, SME Month has become a national platform for SME visibility and growth. With this youth-focused edition, Telecel Ghana continues to champion entrepreneurship as a key driver of Ghana\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zuu Gbedemah is the Co-founder of Stay by Plan Media Telecel Ghana has launched the 8th edition of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-132482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}