To boost the digitalization agenda being pursued by the Government to enhance the economic development of the country, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in line with its mandate has partnered with BlueSPACE Innovations Hub, to recruit, train and deploy some Two Thousand (2,000) young talents into the digital financial services sector under the BlueSPACE’s Finsoft Fellowship Initiative.

The partnership was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding M.O.U between the YEA and BlueSPACE Innovations Hub on Wednesday 7th June 2023 at the YEA Head office in Accra.

Under the Agreement, the YEA will do the recruitment of the 2000 people while the partner BlueSPACE Innovations will train and deploy the young people in the digital financial services to create jobs for them and as well promote access to financing for young entrepreneurs in the digital economy.

The Chief Executive Officer of Youth Employment Agency, Mr Kofi Baah Agyepong stated that this is a good time for the youth of Ghana and for those who envision to get into the space of Fintech.
He emphasized that the Agency is vigorously embarking on Public Private partnerships, provision of conducive environment for the private sector youth- oriented programs to thrive and a support for private businesses and entrepreneurs who had the potential to create jobs for the youth of Ghana.

The representatives of BlueSPACE innovations hinted that they planned to cover the entire country with their innovations but were currently concentrating on Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi and hoping to extend to the Northern sector having found the YEA a useful partner in that pursuit.

The Chief Executive Office of the YEA, Mr. Kofi Baah Agyepong signed for the Agency while Mr. Sam Amanor, Founder and CEO of BlueSPACE Innovations Hub, signed on behalf of the BlueSPACE. The YEA Director of Legal Services, Mr. Henry Asante witnessed the signing of the Agreement.

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