STAR Ghana Foundation Holds Private Sector Engagement

STAR Ghana Foundation has held an introduction forum to explore areas of shared interest with the private sector to achieve sustainable development in Ghana. Formerly known as STAR-Ghana, the STAR Ghana Foundation builds on the successful STAR-Ghana programme, a multi-donor civil society initiative established in 2010.

Transitioning from STAR-Ghana to STAR Ghana Foundation, the Programmes Director of STAR Ghana Foundation, Amidu Ibrahim Tank, explained that: “Initially we were STAR Ghana as a programme. So the programmes are set up by our donors to implement some projects on ther behalf. Now we’re a foundation because we are no longer a programme owned by our donors. We are now a legally registered entity led and owned by Ghanaians.”

He said the focus of strengthening transparency accountability and responsiveness of the programme however remains the same for the foundation. “Because we are building on the work that has already been done that is why we maintained the name STAR-Ghana. The focus is still the same. STAR-Ghana stands for Strengthening, Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness in Ghana,”