Driving Innovation through Sector Challenges in Ghana

31 October 2025

As part of the Academic Success ELEVATE Program, the Academic Success Foundation (TAS Foundation), an ACN Affiliate in Ghana, designed and delivered three Sector Innovation Challenges â€” the Agri-Co-Create Challenge, Health Co-Create Challenge, and the Work-from-Anywhere Challenge in partnership with AmaliTech.

Between June and August 2025, a total of 124 participants took part, working in teams to design practical solutions that addressed community issues in health and agriculture, as well as organizational challenges in professional services. These challenges produced 10 youth-led projects now being implemented, and distributed a shared prize pool of USD 6,000 to winning teams.

A group of women in colorful clothing stand in a circle around a large pile of green plants and agricultural materials on a farm, listening to a person in blue overalls under a partly cloudy sky.

A group of people, including men and women in colorful clothing, sit and stand outdoors in a village setting, attentively listening to a person speaking in front of them. Trees and simple buildings are visible in the background.

Seven people stand smiling behind a table with medical supplies, in front of a yellow wall. One person wears a CardioMed Outreach t-shirt; others are dressed in business casual and traditional attire.

Beyond competition, the challenges also served as internship equivalents, providing young innovators with hands-on experience, mentorship, and direct employer engagement. This model has demonstrated that when young Africans are trusted to innovate, they deliver creative, practical, and scalable solutions while gaining professional skills to thrive in the workplace.

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