Franklin Owusu-Karikari is a TEEP1000 PAN African Entrepreneur, Business Coach, Author, Speaker, certified trainer in Entrepreneurship Development and Certified Expert SME Finance. Franklin is currently the Director of Business Support for the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan under the Office of the President in Ghana, the Executive Director of Eunifrank Consult (An Accounting and Management Consulting Firm), A co-founder of a couple of companies in Ghana. Franklin is a former Managing Director of a 21 branch Financial Institution and A former General Manager of a private Television company in Ghana. Franklin is an IBA Accelerator and a mentor. He currently trains thousands of young professionals in Ghana and across Africa to Build sustainable businesses to compete on the global stage. Franklin enjoys training start-ups and SME’s on how to build businesses from scratch, developing blueprints for start-ups, fundraising for start-ups and SME’s, Business Management skills and building strong corporate governance systems. He is a top-class SME Consultant and sits on many Business Panel pitches Across Ghana and Africa. He is currently part of the Negotiation Team on the Ghana Economic Transformation programme with the World Bank.