A young university graduate in Ghana by the name of Philip Amissah has been able to set up a paintingbusinessthat has employed 30 people and has 15 trainees.
The 24-year-old who spoke in an interview withGhanaweb TVmentioned that he finished national service and wanted to get a job but was shocked by the unemployment situation in the country.
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Going into painting
Philip Amissah, at that moment, found the need to paint his room but could not afford a painter, which made him do it himself and thereby, discovering that he was talented in the art.
The young man who was unemployed at the time decided to replicate what he did in his room at different places that his friends stayed and got his first contract from there.
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Philip has turned what is perceived by many as a blue-collar job into a business venture that is earning him a decent income.
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Philip Amissah is the CEO of Colourful Vision Artisans which painted GCB bank opposite the SSNIT parking lot in Accra, a VRA office, and now, one of the newly built dormitories of Ashesi University.
Nurse turns painter
Similarly,Ababio Prince, a Ghanaian degree nurse popularly known as Proff Ababio has found a passion in painting although he spent four years pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
Speaking toBriefly News, Ababio who graduated from the University of Health and Allied Sciences in 2018 revealed that he has postponed his posting for focus on the painting.
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According to him, his long-term goal is to actually be fully established as a painter that he would not need to go back for nursing any longer.
Source: Briefly News
