Creative Arts Agency in collaboration with Global Entrepreneurship Network-Ghana (GEN-Ghana) last Friday held the Creative Arts Entrepreneurship Town Hall Meeting that brought together established entrepreneurs from various creative industries.

The meeting which was to inspire, educate and inform people on entrepreneurial opportunities in the creative sector was one of the activities to commemorate the 13th Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) celebrated from November 8 -14, in over 150 countries including Ghana.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Creative Arts Agency, Gyankroma Akufo-Addo in her address at the event held at the Conference Room of the Agency, said the Creative Arts Agency was established in 2014 to be a conduit between government and industry.

She added that the focus of the agency was to develop the industry by professionalising it to enable players compete globally.

According to her, an industry without a professional body to draw ideas from, would struggle in the dark, and the meetng will help bridge the gap between the creative industry and entrepreneurial opportunities available.

The panel made up of Joel Nettey, World President & Chairman International Advertising Association, Sadiq Abdulai , Chief Executive Officer of 3 Media Network, Theresa Ayoade, Chief Executive Officer, CharterHouse Productions West Africa and Mantse Aryeequaye, Director, Chale Wote Street Art Festival, shared their entrepreneurial journey and experiences on how they started, the mistakes they made, challenges they faced, how they dealt with those challenges and how creative arts as an industry could be viable.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme