Tag Archives: manufacturing

Military seizes 20,000 explosives at illegal manufacturing hub in Western Region, 13 foreigners arrested

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have uncovered an illegal explosives manufacturing hub in Tarkwa, Western Region, resulting in the arrest of 13 foreign nationals. The syndicate, comprising eight Chinese, three Togolese, an Ivorian, and a Nigerian, were found to be producing over 20,000 pieces of illegal explosives, including around 10,000kg …

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Genevieve Sackey named as new MD of Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated a new Managing Director for the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited. In a letter sighted by GhanaWeb, President Akufo-Addo submitted that madam Genevieve Sackey be made the new MD of the GCML. “The president has nominated Madam Genevieve Sackey for appointment as the Managing …

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Fire guts rubber manufacturing factory and church building at Kronom

Fire has razed down four houses including a rubber manufacturing factory at Kronom-Kyerease in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region. One of the houses destroyed by the inferno is a church building which was near the factory. The house where the fire reportedly begun, according to report was an …

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Manufacturing electric vehicles in Ghana

Recent news items about Electric-Vehicles (EVs) being brought into Ghana is reassuring for EV enthusiasts in the country. In the first instance, the Chief Executive Officer of Mana Mobility, a private company, has revealed plans to produce electric vehicles in Ghana. Speaking in an interview with the Graphic Business at …

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Real estate, manufacturing lead in Rwanda’s post-Covid recovery – Board

Investments in construction, real estate, and manufacturing sectors are leading the path to economic recovery in Rwanda as the country seeks to reverse the negative effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The country recorded investments worth $3.7 billion in 2021 up from $1.3 billion in 2020. The three sectors contributed up …

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Nigerian immigrant begins manufacturing first-ever Black-owned fleet of self-driving pods

A black-owned tech firm based in Miami, Florida, has begun manufacturing self-driving vehicles called JéGO Pods. The firm will start releasing the pods in late 2022 and will be used to mobilize healthcare services. JéGO Technologies Inc is founded by Frederick Akphoghene, a Nigerian immigrant, who started his career in …

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Two 70-year-olds arrested for manufacturing weapons for criminals

The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested two septuagenarians believed to be involved in the manufacture and sale of locally made pistols to criminals. The two, Richard Kwame Asare, 76, and Kojo Tetteh, 74, are both professional blacksmiths and residents of Pakro near Adawso in the Akuapem North Municipality …

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