A youth group within the Eastern region – “Action Movement Youth” (AMY), is calling on His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo to give Yilo Krobo and its environs a mango processing factory. Yilo Krobo is one of the few leading mango farming districts in Ghana which makes it a hub …
Read More »Komenda Sugar Factory cannot restart operations in April – Minority
Minority in Parliament have said it is highly unlikely for the Komenda Sugar Factory to be operationalized in April this year. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo disclosed that the factory was going to start operations in April this year. While addressing delegates from the Komenda Traditional Area, the President …
Read More »Komenda group welcomes new date for operationalisation of sugar factory
A pressure group calling itself, Fix Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central Region has welcomed the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to operationalize the dormant sugar-producing factory after six years. The pressure group over the years has been pushing for the operationalization of the multi-million-dollar sugar factory built …
Read More »Two multi-million projects abandoned at Asueyi gas production plant
A 120 kilowatts (KW) capacity gas production plant and a seven tonnage-per-day mechanized gari processing factory completed in 2017, have been abandoned at Asueyi near Techiman in the Bono East Region. Mr Ernest Adakwa Yiadom, the Techiman North District Planning Officer, disclosed that the factory was not in operation after …
Read More »Akufo-Addo commissions 16 million-Dollar Tomato processing factory in Domfete
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoTuesday commissioned the $16 million Weddi Africa Tomato Processing Factory at Domfete, in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region. The Government, through Ghana Exim Bank and ADB Bank Ghana, facilitated the acquisition of the loan facility to support the establishment and operations of the …
Read More »Kumasi to get new cement factory with US$100 million investment
Ad Ghacem, the nation’s leading cement manufacturer, will in the coming weeks, cut sod for the construction of a 1.5-million-ton capacity cement production plant in Kumasi to serve the Ashanti Region and its surrounding areas. Speaking in an interview with the media, Managing Director of GHACEM, Stefano Gallini, said the …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire rips through Durban textile factory
A fire broke out at a factory in Durban on Monday. Emer-G-Med Firefighters are battling a blaze that started at a factory in Durban on Monday morning. “Firefightes and emergency services are currently at a scene of a fire at Brickfield Road where there is a factory on fire. It …
Read More »Komenda Sugar Factory takes center stage in KEEA parliamentary debate
The Komenda Sugar factory took a centre stage at a parliamentary debate organised for aspiring Paramilitary Candidates (PC) to share their vision to the constituents of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) constituency. The aspirants expressed their disappointment about the malfunctioning of the sugar factory since its commissioning in 2016, which would have …
Read More »Gov’t to establish Rice Processing Factory at Adugyama
Government is to establish a rice processing factory to be sited at Adugyama the district capital of Ahafo Ano South East in the Ashanti Region before the end of the year in order to boost rice production in the area for both local consumption and export. The District Chief Executive …
Read More »Mahama promises Gomoa Nyanyano a salt factory
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has announced that his government will establish a salt factory at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central Region. According to the former president, the establishment of the factory will boost the local economy and give employment to the youth of the …
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