Future Founders is a co-curricular educational program for students to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and sustainability. As part of the interactive and digital learning journey, the students also develop their creativity, team-working skills, strategic thinking abilities and planning capacities. Future Founders was implemented in 2024 as a pilot project in five selected schools in Kumasi, Ghana. All participants developed their own business ideas:

• For example, student Nkansah developed the idea for a company that collects paper waste and recycles it into paper bags or lanterns. She wants to target companies, households, and schools, set up collection systems there, and raise awareness of the importance of recycling paper waste through educational programs.
• Student Millicent wants to use her social enterprise to support Kayayei (female porters) in northern Ghana in particular. She plans to offer training in the production and sale of liquid soap and shower gel, as well as in basic business skills, in order to open up new sources of income for the women.

SOCEO designed the educational material and provides the digital learning platform. SOCEO also conducted the baseline study and advised the local team on implementation.