The University of Cape Coast Business Incubator (UCCBI) is an initiative of the Centre for
Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development (CESED), School of Business, University
of Cape Coast, Ghana. The fundamental goal of UCCBI is to encourage creativity and innovation
among the youth, nurture the growth of existing businesses and promote the establishment of
new businesses within the Cape Coast Municipality and beyond. This shall be pursued by
providing logistical support such as floor space for offices and business development services
such as coaching, training, offer of networking opportunities (that enhance access to finance,
suppliers and markets), secretarial, research and other related support. Consequently, business
start-up is expected to be more attractive and less daunting with lesser hurdles for novice
entrepreneurs to handle. UCCBI was established with support from Internally Generated Funds
(IGF) from the School of Business with Technical support from Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of
Applied Sciences, Germany. It was inaugurated on 25th of October, 2013 and it has gone through
tremendous changes.
Vision:To be an acclaimed incubation centre of excellence for graduate and youth entrepreneurship.
Mission:To promote the development of sustainable enterprises through quality and focused incubation
services by pooling together expertise and resources from stakeholders in the national and
international entrepreneurship eco-system.