Wednesday, March 17, 2010
an excerpt from the Next BIG thing Magazine
The BE BOLD Project.
It all started in Canada June 2009 when the CEO’s (Sterre Mkatini & Christal Jeanne) of INEN Organized met up in Canada to begin their dream of developing Africa through INEN Organized. INEN Careers, a subdivision of INEN Organized was created to initiate the BE BOLD Project. The BE BOLD project aims to mobilize African students abroad and encourage them to be actively involved in the development of Africa as a whole. We strive to inspire, to encourage and to become a support system for all those who have been educated abroad and locally to stay in Africa to help develop our nation together. Most importantly INEN Organized wants the BE BOLD initiative to assist in Bringing Education and Building Opportunities for Leadership and Development (which is the acronym of BE BOLD) all over Africa.
To begin this INEN Careers launched its first networking and showcase event called the BE BOLD Project to bring together employers of companies in Ghana and also to give a chance for young entrepreneurs to meet up and discuss potential business opportunities in Ghana. The first BE BOLD event was launched at Citizen Kofi on the 2nd of January 2010 by the Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Ghana Betty Mould-Iddrissu. “I wish to urge you to come back and inculcate the discipline of work you went through in the UK and other places into the working environment back home”. She urges Ghanaian youths who have had the opportunity to study abroad to return home with the skills acquired to help build the country. The event continued with a showcase of Ghanaian talents in singing, designing, acting and many more.
INEN Careers hopes to launch its website www.inencareers.com as a support system for all Africans living abroad. This website will highlight the success of Africans, post job openings from companies in Ghana and give an opportunity for young entrepreneurs to create professional portfolios for further networking.
How INEN worked on the BE BOLD Project
They always say practice what you preach! INEN Organized through BE BOLD preaches the return of students to Africa. With both partners being Africans from Ghana and South Africa living away from their homes, it was definitely a challenge for them to understand the meaning of what BE BOLD really meant. Therefore while one partner, Sterre Mkatini, did her Masters on youth entrepreneurs in developing countries at the University of Amsterdam the other, Christal Jeanne, re-located to Ghana to live the BE BOLD project in order to experience firsthand the problems in re-establishing and working in Africa.
This is when the action plan of the BE BOLD Project began! Sterre and Christal worked long hours after school and work with the INEN Organized teams based in Ghana, Amsterdam, England, Canada and USA. The two months following were about getting sponsorships, rehearsing the show, interviewing individuals who were based in Ghana, organization and working on the INEN careers website.
INEN Organized in 2010
We have many plans for the year of 2010 mostly associated with the BE BOLD project. Our website www.inencareers.com is one of our biggest projects for this year along with the BE BOLD talk show which will be aired on one of Ghana’s top TV Stations. We hope to continue to inspire, encourage and support all young Africans all over the world to return to help develop Africa together.
Websites
www.inenorganized.com
www.inencareers.com
Contact
Inenorganized@gmail.com
Thank you!
A special THANK YOU for attending the BE BOLD project.
Hello! This is a long overdue special thank you for attending the BE BOLD project on the 2nd of January 2010. We had a wonderful time organizing the event and were so happy to have seen so many of you supporting the event and just being BOLD in so many different ways!! We have been seriously working on the website www.inencareers .com to release all the pictures which have not been put on the INEN Organized fan page on facebook.
We would like to recognizing a couple of Key Players in making this event a success:
Hon. Betty Mould Idrissu - Attorney General & Minister of Justice of Ghana - For Launching the BE BOLD Project
Dr. Dennis Larking - Superintendent of Lincoln Community School
Mr. Ashong- Ghana Investment and Promotions Center
Young Entrepreneurs
Silvia Dake – Event Organizer -Sponsorship and Company Recruitment
Lydia Elim Andrews – Company Recruitment
Vanessa Bannerman – Event Organizer – Coordinator of Showcase
Rochelle Thompson – Event Organizer – Coordinator of Showcase & Everything Else
Wesley Owusu – Content on Website Development
Kukua- Event Organizer who handled everything there was to handle.
Martin Beeko – Event Organizer - Sponsorship, Website, Editor
Jacqueline Traboulsi – Event Organizer
Kojo Ampofo – Mc for BE BOLD forum
Yvette Nsiah – (AKA Fanci Godiva) – MC for BE BOLD Showcase
Melissa Nsiah – Dressing up MC & Inviting Stars to Attend
Nana Ama Barterls – Advertising Internationally
Nancy Khalinda – Interview Questions for Designers
Anuli Azih – Advisor & Content Editor
Kweku – K.Boateng Academy of Performing Arts who was a key player in making the event a success with his brilliant plays.
Renee Q – Make up for Models
Christie Brown – Dressing up Main Organizer
Designers – Allan Davids, Renee Q, Aya Morrison, Diva Delicious, Bello, Knaf Couture, Duaba Serwa
IAN Jazzy – Poetry & Rapping
Contemporary Dancers
Dk Osei – Poetry
Wanlov The Kubulor- The best STAR in Ghana right now!
Luxe- Coretta- Ushers
Contant Boti Trio & Sax
TONY –Stage Design
iCREATE Advertising –Tallal, Raeed, Francis, Skid, JP- All Graphic Designing, Website Designing and conceptualization, Sound, Lighting for BE BOLD.
My Chale Group – Duke Ofori, Maxwell, Herbert - Website Designers, creators & conceptualization
ALL OUR PRIVATE Sponsors
Sponsors: Koala, Lincoln Community School, Global Media Alliance, eTV, iCREATE advertising, Renee Q, INEN Organized
Thank you all so much for helping to make the BE BOLD project a success! We really could not have done it without you.
Aside from that I do intend on getting back into my usual blogging routine which I know I’m horrible at. Luckily I have been creating an update of my experiences every once in a while so I am well prepared.
Hope you have a wonderful day!