Episode 32: Meet YCI’s HerStart partner, Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU)

HerStory Podcast Series

HerStory Podcast Series
Episode 32: Meet YCI’s HerStart partner, Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU)
May 21, 2024
Youth Challenge International

In this episode, Katherine Prior, HerStart Communications and Social Entrepreneurship Fellow, speaks with Professor Daniel Ayoung of Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) one of YCI’s HerStart partners in Ghana.  

Professor Ayoung discusses the university's efforts to address gender issues on campus and the impact of entrepreneurship training programs on women at BTU and in the surrounding community. The conversation highlights BTU's focus on ecological agriculture, the transformative power of financial empowerment, and the positive cultural shifts facilitated by support from YCI’s HerStart program.