Pitch Day

Inspired by the American television show “Shark Tank,” CorpsAfrica created Pitch Day as an annual event to bring together business leaders, donors, development partners, CorpsAfrica alumni, and others to locally fund the Volunteers’ small-scale, high-impact community-led projects.

During each Pitch Day event, several CorpsAfrica Volunteers and their community counterparts present their projects to a panel of business and NGO leaders. The pair respond to the panel’s questions and elaborate on the identification and implementation process. The audience is then invited to contribute to and sponsor the project. 

Pitch Day events provide an opportunity for Volunteers to further develop and showcase their professional skills, for the public to support a culture of philanthropy in Africa, and for CorpsAfrica to showcase the breadth of work its Volunteers and communities undertake. 

Innovate

Support bold ideas that begin with a Volunteer and ignite change from the ground up.

Empower

Invest in local leaders who are building solutions with their communities.

transform

See how your support turns grassroots projects into lasting impact.

To get a sense of the projects you might see pitched at a Pitch Day event near you, check out the videos below: 

Ethiopia Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

The Gambia Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Ghana Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Kenya Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Ghana Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Ghana Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Ghana Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Ghana Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

Ghana Pitch Day

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 12–2:45PM
Location: British Council, Accra

Contact the Ghana Office

Email Address: [email protected]

Country Director: Jessica Musey

Ghana Pitch Day projects 2025

Mechanized Borehole

Volunteer: Bellama Gado

Project Description: A mechanized borehole will provide consistent, affordable water to address the community’s severe water crisis and poor sanitation. It will supply households and the public toilet, reducing costs, infections, and open defecation. Revenue from water sales will support maintenance and future projects.

Fundraising Target: GHS 62,050; $4,000.65

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 70,150 ($4,555.84)

Aboboyaa Transport Business in Efutu Kokoado

Volunteer: Mildred Adeaba

Project Description: Due to the poor, muddy road conditions, residents lack reliable transportation to move goods and farm produce to markets. The proposed solution is to purchase an “aboboyaa” to serve as a transport service for the community. This will improve market access, increase farmers’ income, and create a job for a local driver.

Fundraising Target: GHS 63,500; $4,097.07

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 47,588.64 ($3,090.61)

Renovation of Pagazaa Kindergarten School Block

Volunteer: Cyprian Awiah

Project Description: The community identified two key challenges—seasonal water scarcity and a dilapidated Kindergarten Block—and, after using participatory tools to assess options, chose to renovate the Kindergarten Block as the most urgent and achievable priority. The project will improve early childhood education by creating a safer, more vibrant learning environment with structural repairs, better ventilation, and child-friendly resources.

Fundraising Target: GHS 76,170; $4,935.37

Amount Raised (updated post-event):
GHS 77,670 ($5,044.23)

Community Tilapia Fish Farm – Kpeve Tornu, Ghana

Volunteer: Benjamin Lugu

Project Description: The Kpeve Tornu Tilapia Fish Farm is a community-led initiative developed with CorpsAfrica/Ghana to combat food insecurity, youth unemployment, and declining fish stocks caused by overfishing and climate change. With two cages stocked with 20,000 fingerlings and strong community investment, the project harnesses local knowledge and resources to build food and economic resilience.

Fundraising Target: GHS 66,270; $4,273

Amount Raised (updated post-event): GHS 15,680 ($1,018.33)

Stream Dredging for Irrigation

Volunteer: Mudasir Abubakari

Project Description: To address insufficient water for irrigation during the dry season, the community proposed a simple yet impactful solution: stream dredging. This community-led project will improve water retention, enabling year-round farming, increasing crop yield and diversity, reducing seasonal unemployment, and boosting household incomes.

Fundraising Target: GHS 58,150 ($3,775.97)

Amount Raised (update post-event): GHS 9,000 ($584.50)

Ghana Pitch Day Media Mentions

• The Business and Financial Times, Ghanaian Newspaper, Link

• Citi News Room, Ghanaian Media, Link 

•My Joy Online (Joy News), Ghanaian News Media, Link

•Daily Graphic, (Ghana’s leading Newspaper), Link

Ghana Pitch Day GALLERy

2024 Spotlights

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The Point: CorpsAfrica/Gambia Hosts It’s First Pitch Day

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Frequently Asked Questions

Pitch Days typically occur between February and June, depending on the country and progress of Volunteers and communities in the project identification process. 

Stay updated by signing up for our newsletter to find out about upcoming events and keep an eye on each country’s social channels. Registration for the events usually opens a month before. 

All Pitch Day events include the opportunity to donate to or sponsor a project on the spot, and it’s encouraged! In some cases, attendees take the information back to their organizations to organize a larger pledge of support or gather friends to jointly support a project. 

At least 25% of all community projects facilitated by CorpsAfrica Volunteers are funded by the community itself. No less than 10% of the total project cost is provided in cash and the remainder can be provided by in-kind donation (materials and labor). 

Volunteers work with Development Partners to leverage funding for the remainder of the community project cost. CorpsAfrica maintains a fund to support community project funding gaps. 

CorpsAfrica accepts donations and sponsorships for all of our projects. If you are interested in sponsoring a project that was not presented, please reach out to the country office directly for more information or donate directly on our Donate page.

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CorpsAfrica addresses two of Africa’s most difficult challenges: creating opportunities for youth and helping rural communities overcome extreme poverty and build resilience. We recruit motivated volunteers to live and work in remote, low-income areas in their own countries. They collaborate with the community to design and implement small-scale projects that address their top priorities and by doing so gain the skills and experience that lay the foundation for personal and professional success.

CorpsAfrica trusts youth and rural communities to help each other.