BDS (Business Development Services)
Ongoing IDEAS projects
Support from SPEED Ghana to projects under the IDEAS scheme takes normally between half a year and 2 years. The projects here below are ongoing.ICT sector
Project Title | Development of profiles of BDS providers |
Partner Organisation | SBS - Small Business Services Network |
Project Summary | The aim of the project is to create a web-based portal which will help MSMEs to find the most appropriate service provider with the requisite professional background in the relevant field to support them find the right solution for improving their businesses. |
Project Title | Software customisation, implementation 7 support capacity |
Partner Organisation | APMLG - Association of Private Medical Laboratories Ghana |
Project Summary | APMLG is made up of appr. 200 privately owned and managed laboratories and diagnostic facilities all over Ghana. The service being developed is the customization and capacity development for the implementation and support of laboratory management software for its members, to address the laboratories operational and reporting needs. |
Project Title | Healthcare service provider software and wide area net |
Partner Organisation | Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners |
Project Summary | The proponent is a society with appr. 260 doctors who own and operate private clinics or hospitals. The society intends to develop and run a Private Mutual Health Insurance Scheme for its members, and for this reason they want to establish a wide area network with access to a central database, where its members can access tariffs, but also send health claims for later reimbursement from the NHIL. |
Project Title | Kente Resource Centres |
Partner Organisation | ATAG – Aid to Artisans Ghana |
Project Summary | ATAG has, with the support of SPEED, developed software that can be used to digitize existing kente and adinkra designs, but also develop new designs. This project establishes three centres in the kente weaving areas, which will be used as a “link” between the traditional weavers and the possibilities that the electronic media can give. The centres will also be used as a visitors centre and place where designers can link up with the weavers to develop new designs. |