{"id":114549,"date":"2015-05-07T16:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T16:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=114549"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T16:59:37","slug":"microsoft-ghana-to-focus-on-youth-employability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/microsoft-ghana-to-focus-on-youth-employability\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Ghana to focus on youth employability"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the World Bank reporting that 65% of Ghanaian youth are unemployed, newly appointed Country Manager for Microsoft in Ghana, Derek Appiah, says the company will focus on developing the employability skills of youth in the country.<\/p>\n
Mr Appiah says he sees significant potential in Ghana\u2019s young population and is excited that Microsoft has a presence in the country to help unlock this potential.<\/p>\n
The country manager who spent his formative years in Ghana after moving to the UK with his father as a child, holds an engineering degree and an MBA.<\/p>\n
After gaining 20 years\u2019 experience in research, technology, product development, marketing, sales and general management in the UK, he felt an urgency contribute to the growing economic development in Africa and emerging markets in particular.<\/p>\n
He spent time working in the UAE and Nigeria, where he worked as an Executive Director at MTN, before moving back to Ghana in 2011 to work at Vodafone Ghana, Logiciel Ghana and finally Microsoft.<\/p>\n