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The Ghana Tech Show is an educative, engaging, intriguing, sensational and mind-blowing event to hit Ghana.
The Ghana Tech Show: The Action Time is here!
THE GHANA TECH SHOW
INTRODUCTION
Scientistsbelieve that ‘Matter is neither created nor destroyed”. However, what is known is that, matter can be discovered. This assertion summed up the importance of Ghana’s Technology Show dubbed “TheGhana Tech Show.”
The Ghana Tech show is an innovative product fromKotlers Management Services with the primary aim of bridging the gap between Academia and industry. It attempts to bring to the fore the use of firsthand technology to improve the way we solve problems in the local milieu.
Brimming with energy and enthusiasm from organizing the 3rd Banking and Insurance Fair at the National Theatre, KotlersManagement Services presents the first national technology show, which will create the platform for participants to showcase the relevance of technological breakthroughs, research, inventions and mysteries of science from Ghanaian senses today and also how they may change the lives of the citizenry tomorrow.
The rationale behind the Ghana Tech Show is to empower every Tom, Dick and Harry in Ghana to find a way of coming out with innovative ideas of solving the myriad of problems confronting us as a people; from sanitation, through water purification, the generation of electricity and alternative sources of power to the production of tooth picks. Indeed, this show has come at the right time to help Ghanaians eschew the dependency mentality, invoke competition through research and critical thinking and inculcate the ‘can do spirit’ into the people, with the view of pushing the populace to invent simple tools like stone crushers, water filters, sort out the drainage system to make biogas or manufacture made in Ghana airplanes, to mention but a few examples.When all these had been showcased and demonstrated, industry players and entrepreneurs will team up with the inventors and take the prototypes; assembled and turn them into profitable business ventures in the districts, regions, towns and cities.
Consequently, the main aim of the Ghana Tech Show is to lead the way for the configuration of Ghana’s industrialization drive, particularly the siting of industries and factories across the length and breadth of the country.
OBJECTIVES
The organizers of the Ghana Tech Show believe that the show will achieve the following purpose:
1. Create local solutions for local problems.
2. Inspire entrepreneurship among the youth and the public in general by inculcatingthe spirit of practicality into them.
3. Create employment avenues across every corner of the country.
4. Discover new technologies and ideas.
5. Attract both foreign and local investment.
6. Place Ghana on the global map of leading technological countries.
7. Awake curiosity and interest in science and technology as a discipline of study.
8. Encourage competition among the youth.
9. Unearth scientific talents from the grassroots.
BENEFITS OF THE SHOW
Apart from the above-mentioned objectives, the show will also benefit the country in so many ways, notable amongst them are:
1. It will help students and the public to be proactive and develop problem solving skills in our communities.
2. It will also help them to be accountable by substantiating the motives behind their projects and its economics.
3. It will help schools and industries to market and attract the best brains into their fields of specialty.
4. Academia will be supported and sponsored by industries
5. Participants will be creating better future for themselves and their next generations.
6. Inspire the youth to brainstorm and form peer study groups, thereby encouraging team work and human centred skills.
SCOPE OF THE SHOW AND PARTICIPANTS
The scope of the novella the Ghana Tech show will encompass disciplines such as Information Communication Technology, Modern Engineering, Mathematics, Pure and Applied Science and Economics.
The target participants will be people who have attained the age of fifteen (15) years and above and are attending Junior High School, Senior High School, any tertiary school or are doing apprenticeship or working full time and are residing in any part of Ghana.
Eligible participants
- Anyone with the age of 15 years can apply individually.
- Junior High Schools can collectively apply.
- Senior High Schools can collectively apply
- Universities and Colleges
- Special technical Industries
- Others (Artisans fromSuame magazine in Kumasi, Kokompe in Accra, KristoAsafoor Kantanka industries and the likes)
- Members in any participating group should not exceed five (5).
THE GHANA TECH SHOW PROCESS
The show is categorized into two (2) parts. The first part will consist of staging mini Regional Tech Shows across all the ten regions of Ghana. Even though the show is open to all qualified individuals or groups residing in Ghana, it will be held when schools are in session, so that the students in senior high schools, universities and colleges, who formed the largest groupings, will participate fully.
The venue for the Regional Shows will be held at the open space of the campuses of one of the Universities or Technical Universities in the Regional capitals or at a very central location accessible by all stakeholders. These mini regional shows will take place after intensive research has been done at the district levels within the regions to scout for potential entrants and contestants. The best innovations and creations will be selected from the districts to contest for the regional diadem.
The second part will be held in the national capital, Accra; where the winner and runners-up from the regional Tech Shows will assemble to compete for the overall prize.
In doing these, the organizers will be very mindful of the choice of the venues, so that they will reflect the purpose of the Tech Show. Again, they will negotiate various contracts and make travel and hotel arrangements for participants, while at the same time identifying the participants from the districts and regions through research and comprehensive marketing plan to make the show successful.
STAGES IN THE COMPETITION
The first step to enter into the competition is when an individual or group of people realized that they have a scientific product or service or an innovative technology to showcase. The individual or group of people will then proceed to download an Application Form online ( hardcopies will also be available and displayed at Education Offices and District Assemblies.
The forms will then be filled accurately and forwarded to the organizers mail address with receipt of payment or it can be presented at a desk to be created at the Ministry of Education offices or GRATIS FOUNDATION offices or the District Assemblies offices throughout the whole country.
The District selection process will then begin in earnest by a team of eminent Ghanaians in the Districts and Regions to select qualifying technologiesfor entry. They will be assembled at a date to be fixed for the Regional competition and selection. The process will continue throughout the country until the Grand Tech Show scheduled to take place in Accra. The Grand show in Accra will be contested by the regional winners and their runners-up. This means that thirty (30) participants will compete for the overall prize.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE BEST IDEAS
In trying to select the best ideas, care and due diligent will be taken to choose outstanding piece of scientific achievements capable of meeting certain acceptable standards. Contestants will be given the opportunity to pitch their work to provide an in-depth understanding to the selection committee.The following criteria will guide the judges in their selection process.
1. Economics of the project.
2. What issues has the technology solved locally or nationally?
3. How can the technological ideas help the community and beyond?
4. How is the technology environmentally friendly?
SELECTION OF WINNERS (THE SELECTION COMMITTEES)
The selection committee will constitute members from these areas:
1. Paramount Chiefs in Regions and Districts.
2. Three (3) highly qualified academicians (technocrats)
3. Two members from the Organizers.
4. Sponsors representative
The regional Minister at the time will be invited to chair and or grace the occasion, when the Tech show is being held.
AWARDS AND PRIZES TO WINNERS
The awards and prizes are categorized into two parts.
The first part will be given to Winners, 1st, 2nd Runner-up and 3rd runner-up in the regions although 5 winners will emerge from the regional competition, only the first three (3) will proceed to the National, while the second part will be given to the overall winner and two runners-up 1st, 2nd, 3rd at the grand tech show. The fourth prize will be given to the most promising idea or exhibitor as a sign of encouragement.
REGIONAL PRIZES
- Winner-----Certificate of participation, Cash incentive, Local Scholarship for further training, chance to contest for the national prize.
- 1st Runner-up—Certificate of Participation, Cash incentiveand opportunity to contest for the national prize.
- 2nd Runner-up----Certificate of Participation, Cash Incentive.
- 4th Runner-up- Certificate of participation and Souvenirs.
5. 5th Runner- up- Certificate of participation and souvenirs
6. All the other participants will receive certificate of participation.
NATIONAL PRIZES
- Winner---Cash incentive, sponsorship/scholarship for further training abroad, Souvenirs, certificate, contract from industry to manufacture the product or service, ready invertors for idea expansion and work patented according to the guidelines by the organizers.
- 1st Runner-up----Cash incentive, Sponsorship/contract from Industry to produce the product or service, Souvenirs and a certificate.
- 2nd Runner-up----Cash incentive, Souvenirs and a certificate.
- 3rd Runner-up—Cash Incentive and a certificate
- All other participants receive some form of cash to help mitigate costs.
GUILDLINES
- The price of forms is GHC50.00 per individual and GHC150.00 per group payable through mobile money or Kotlers bank account. The form comes with a T-shirt and a guideline for the event.
- Time-table for the event;
a. The mini-show (regional) in January latter part of each year
b. The Grand-show (national) in April each year
- Ideas which compete and don’t win can reapply through subsequent editions
- Cash incentives at the grand show; At least all participants at the grand show will be rewarded GHc2000. Notwithstanding, the three main winners.
- Patent rights of ideas and work shall be the sole right for the individual or group contestants; commercial interest though stands as follows:
a. Individuals will take 90%, Kotlers will take 10%
b. For group participants, the group will take 60%, if they are from an organization, the institution will take 30% and Kotlers with 10%
c. Sponsors will share with participants based on their agreed terms.
BUDGET
- Designing and Printing of forms-
- Transportation to all local assemblies-
- Hotel accommodation for selection committee members-
- Incentives for selection committee members-
- Prices and certificates for competition winners-
- Advertisement-
- T-shirts for participants-
- Venue for competition-
- Decoration-
- Refreshment for participants, dignitaries and selection committee members-
- International arrangements for further training and scholarship-
- Salaries and wages of the organizing company ( Kotlers Management)
PROFILE OF THE ORGANISING TEAM
Mr. Samuel OgyiriSackey- Managing Director of Kotlers Management Services
(Event Coordinator)
Mr. Samuel OgyiriSackey holds a bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou- Zhejiang province (China) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA- General) from University of Central Lancashire (UK& Cyprus certified) He also holds a certificate in Public Relations from Ghana Institute of Journalism and also holds a professional Selling and Sales Management Certificate from London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examination. Again, he holds a professional certificate in Marketing and Advertising from Ghana Institute of Journalism, and Advance Communication certificate from Ghana Institute of Journalism. Mr.Sackey read many courses like CIM-UK, MAMSA and many other courses.
EXPEREINCE
Coordinator/lead consultant for Banking and Insurance Fair (2007, 2011 and 2017).
Consultant for Sea joy restaurants and foods- Cyprus 2015-2016
Executive Director - Media and Films Ghana Limited (2003- 2007)
Members of the National Planning Committee for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, A.U department (A.U Day 43rd& 44thanniversaries)
Teacher at Dr Pan School, Yiwu- Zhejiang, China (2012-2013).
International Trade Officer at Qianwe Company Limited, Hangzhou- China (2014).
Legal Clerk, Naoferg Chambers, Adeeku, Obiri and Associate and NiiOsah Mills and Associate, 1997- 2003.
SEMINARS ATTENDED
Membership training-Rotary International training program, Ghana- 2017.
Leadership training – Rotary International program: Togo- Lome
Leadership Training- Rotary International District training program : Burkina Faso- Ougadoume
Economics Seminar on Chinese Economic Outlook- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou- China.
Managing Complex People, European University, Nicosia- Cyprus, just to mention a few.
Notable Awards
Provential Scholar- Zhejiang Province, ZSTU China-2012
Government Scholarship recipient for outstanding student, ZSTU China-2013
Social Organization
Member- Rotary International- Accra North.
Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi- Team Communicator
Emmanuel Ansah-Antwi was one of the Presidential Candidates who contested and placed fifth in a pool of eight aspirants in the 2008 Ghana Presidential elections. He is a Writer, Lecturer, Filmmaker, International Business Strategist and Marketing Communications Consultant.
A Friedrich ErbertStiftung scholar at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) in Accra between 1990 and 1993, where he was adjudged and honoured as the Best Documentary Film Director at the School’s annual “Aniwa” Film Festival held in Accra in 1993. He was a staunch student activist and National Film and Television Institute’s representative at the National Union of Ghana Students’ (NUGS) congressbetween 1992/1993.
Ansah-Antwi did his internship at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and second National Service at the Environmental Protection Agency in 1994. In 1998 he went to European University in Montreaux, Switzerland to pursue an MBA degree but left the course after obtaining a Postgraduate diploma to England, where he enrolled and earned a Master of Arts degree in International Business from the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) in 2000. He was the first Alumni President of the Ghana branch of London Metropolitan University between 2003/2004 of which he helped a lot of Ghanaians to be enrolled at the University.
He enrolled in advanced research training course leading to the award of PhD on the “impact of new media on the development of Integrated Marketing Communications” at De Montfort University, Leicester in the United Kingdom between 2005 and 2006 under the tutelage of Prof. Dave Pickton. He left the course after a year.
He first worked as a writer-director at Tropical Vision Storm Limited before joining Ghana Advertising and Marketing Limited as a copywriter and rose to the position of Managing Director in 2001. He had a brief stint as the Marketing Manager for TV Africa Limited in 2007.
As a versatile scholar, Emmanuel lectures Business Communication, Business Management, Marketing Communications and Marketing. He is the Dean of School of Journalism and Communication in a private University College in Accra.
He has worked abroad in companies such as Mecca Bingo in RoseHill and Abgene Limited in Epsom all in London.
He has written and published two fictions and one non-fiction book on Business Management. He is working on a sequel to “In his Journey to Fame”. He has also published a research paper on the Effects of Marketing Communications on the sale of domestic Water Filters in Ghana with the “Journal of Management Training and Industries”, Japan.
Mr. Ellis QuashigahEsq(Legal Advisor and Chair of Selection Committee)
Mr. Ellis Quashigah is a Barrister at Law.
Education: - He had his LLB from the University of Ghana and later proceeded to the Ghana school of Law. He is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and Head of Chambers (Quashigah and Co.)
Mr. Kofi Yankah (Prizes and Sponsorships)
Mr. Kofi Yankah is currently a Managing Partner for Kotlers Management Services and has over twenty – five years of Postgraduate experience in Social Research, Marketing, Public Relations and Business Management. After graduating from the University of Ghana, he worked shortly at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning before leaving to United States of America to pursue his studies.
After having two Postgraduate Diplomas in Strategic Communications, Marketing and Business Management from the San Jose State University in California, Mr. Kofi Yankah started working with Bank of America as a Credit and Corporate Officer from 1982 to 1986.
He also worked with Thrifty Corporation as Assistant Client Relations Manager from 1986 to 1992 before returning to Ghana to set up Dateline Marketing Limited, a Research and Marketing Firm.
Between 1993 and 2000, as the Chief Executive Officer and in collaboration with Q & Q Associates, he introduced Executive Corporate Training Seminars which included “Effective Communications Strategies”, “Creating a Positive Image”, “Effective Sales and Marketing Strategies”, “Managing for Productivity (Productivity Appreciation)”, Advanced Marketing and Public Relations Strategies”, “Project Management and Evaluation”.
These training seminars brought together corporate bodies from the Government Ministries, Departments and private institutions like Ministry of Tourism, SSNIT, Ghana Commercial Bank, Department of Urban Roads and other institutions.
Mr. Kofi Yankah has served as a Research and Marketing Consultant for both government and private institutions over years and among the research projects include but limited to the following: