Table 1. Incubators, accelerators, and... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1.

Incubators, accelerators, and workspace in Ghana.

Institutions	Type	Location	Social enterprise-related activities
Growth Mosaic	Incubator and accelerator	Accra	Helps start-up businesses in Ghana to get their businesses off the ground and to achieve scale. Growth Mosaic's role is significant to start-up social enterprises, especially from the initial mentoring to leveraging appropriate investment funds for growth.
Impact Hub Accra	Incubator, workspace	Accra	Helps start-ups in Ghana to get their businesses off the ground to a scalable position. It also rents out workspace for entrepreneurs. Impact Hub Accra has been supporting the activities of start-ups over some time in the capital city. It is also involved with transformative social impact ideas.
iSpace	Working space	Accra	Rents out workspace to entrepreneurs who develop ideas into marketable opportunities. Builds the capacity of start-ups in a range of ways.
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology	Incubator and accelerator	Accra	Best known for assisting entrepreneurs within the technology space to transform ideas into commercial opportunities.
Reach for Change	Incubator and funder	Global	Founded by the Kinnevik Group, Reach for Change supports children and youth by improving their quality of life. Reach for Change is a critical player in the social enterprise sphere, helping to scale up ideas to support children through its hybrid funding module.

Institutions	Type	Location	Social enterprise-related activities
Growth Mosaic	Incubator and accelerator	Accra	Helps start-up businesses in Ghana to get their businesses off the ground and to achieve scale. Growth Mosaic's role is significant to start-up social enterprises, especially from the initial mentoring to leveraging appropriate investment funds for growth.
Impact Hub Accra	Incubator, workspace	Accra	Helps start-ups in Ghana to get their businesses off the ground to a scalable position. It also rents out workspace for entrepreneurs. Impact Hub Accra has been supporting the activities of start-ups over some time in the capital city. It is also involved with transformative social impact ideas.
iSpace	Working space	Accra	Rents out workspace to entrepreneurs who develop ideas into marketable opportunities. Builds the capacity of start-ups in a range of ways.
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology	Incubator and accelerator	Accra	Best known for assisting entrepreneurs within the technology space to transform ideas into commercial opportunities.
Reach for Change	Incubator and funder	Global	Founded by the Kinnevik Group, Reach for Change supports children and youth by improving their quality of life. Reach for Change is a critical player in the social enterprise sphere, helping to scale up ideas to support children through its hybrid funding module.

Note. Adapted from: The state of SE in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, and Pakistan (British Council, 2016, p. 7)