“The NABCO program is often underrated and even ridiculed but as an entrepreneur, the NABCO program has been a life saver to my business.
I arrived in Ghana in 2019 to restart Incas Diagnostics after failed attempts in 2016 and 2018. Thé FDA after an initial inspection had made recommendations including staffing needs and I needed to employ a minimum number of people.
Honestly I did not have the funds to employ the kind of high qualify staff required at the time and so the alternative was to try and raise funds but that was quite impractical and unsustainable
I spoke to a few friends about my predicament and they suggested that I should write to NABCO requesting for trainees.
I was a bit skeptical but I did. The process was surprisingly very smooth and an initial 12 trainees were posted to Incas. We screened them and ended up selecting 8 of them.
Two years later, these 8 are all employed full time by the company and have taken up management positions in the company.
Whilst our numbers have grown exponentially since then, the history of Incas Diagnostics can never be written without highlighting the roles played by the NABCO 8 who ensured that we built the foundation to a good and viable business. And so for me as struggling Entrepreneur, the NABCO program was a life saver.”