Youth Must Embrace Entrepreneurship- Musah Mohammed, GM Discovery Int.Group of Companies

The General Manager of Discovery Group of Companies, Musah Mohammed has urged the youth to embrace entrepreneurship and discard the notion that working in a multinational company will make them more successful.

He said most graduates in Ghana are over desirous of working in a multinational company which they deem will make them more successful. He added that entrepreneurship was equally a rewarding venture if taken more seriously.

“Most giant economies in the world are built on individual contributions to the state especially the youth. It is time Ghanaian youths recondition themselves to bring innovative ideas and expertise for sustainable national development” he said.

He made this known at a press launch of Discovery Forum organised by the Discovery International Group of Companies, a multinational company with several subsidiaries like Discovery Energy & Minerals Ltd, Discovery Investments Ltd, Discovery Tourism Bang Ltd, Discovery Multimedia, Discovery Hotels and Discovery Micro Finance Ltd.

According to him, the Discovery Forum is the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility which seeks to address the needs and complexities of job creation to currently augment government’s efforts in creating more jobs for the youth for sustainable national development.

“This programme in a period of two years seek to empower the youth in Ghana and enable them be their own masters as well as to help create employment for thousands of youth through their own efforts”

Mr. Musah explained that the company will assist individuals and organisations to access resource and technical support for their private enterprises. This he said will open opportunities for the beneficiaries and how those opportunities can be explored for their career development and private development.

He noted that his outfit will provide 100,000 jobs for the youth in a space of two years with special areas in Agriculture and the Oil and Gas Industry. “Two years from now the forum will create not more than 100,000 jobs for the youth.

This same initiative has been replicated in countries in the sub-region which used to be war and conflict shackled and has helped their economies immensely” he said.

Speaking briefly on the Discovery Beauty Pageant, the Producer of the programme, Edem Srem indicated that the beauty pageant is unique and different from others as it cuts across age, height, language, and academic qualification. He said the pageant is aimed at searching for beauty with creative talents which can be good for investment for human and national development. He added that the pageant will start at the regional levels and the winners of the various regions will compete for an overall national winner.

“The Discovery Pageant comes with attractive packages for various winners”