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Leaving her job with a Canadian mining firm, she moved to Ghana 11 years ago to start her own company. Being intentional about African development, Tenemba Anna Samake, the Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Business Clinic (MBC) Africa of Malian nationality is transforming the agricultural landscape in Ghana. MBC Africa since its establishment has been supporting startups in agribusiness with coaching, mentoring, financial support, and innovation to help change the narrative about the sector. Speaking in an interview with The Ghanaian Farmer’s Enyonam Manye, Madam Samake reiterated her company’s commitment to supporting young people in agribusiness to create jobs, improve…
President John Dramani Mahama has in his latest list of ministerial appointments, nominated Mr. Eric Opoku, the member of parliament for Asunafo South as the minister designate for food and agriculture, pending parliamentary vetting and approval. Mr. Eric Opoku, who has been representing the people of Asunafo South for the past one and half decade, has also been the parliamentary Ranking Member on the Food and Agric Committee, and the Privileges Committee & Appointments Committee. Born on June 5, 1970, Mr. Opoku hails from a town called Sankore in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. He had his Bachelor of…
What started as backyard farming on a small plot of land has now evolved into arguably one of the leading agricultural food brands in the country. In 2016, a young man with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, who was also a Teaching Assistant at the University of Cape Coast, took a leap of faith and ventured into farming in his quest to solve issues of unemployment and other social vices in his community. This is the story of Vokia Farms. With a burning desire to make a positive impact in his community, he abandoned his white-collar job to begin…
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), has officially launched the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network (SBN) in Ghana on December 12th, 2024 in Accra. The private-sector platform aims to address malnutrition by empowering businesses to act, invest, and innovate in alignment with Ghana’s nutrition priorities. Speaking at the launch, Hon. David Quaye Annang, Vice Chair of NDPC, emphasized the importance of private sector involvement in transforming Ghana’s food systems. “The establishment of the SUN Business Network reflects our understanding that sustainable nutrition solutions require active engagement of the private sector. Businesses…
The CEO of Count on Crops Enyonam Manye has advised individuals looking to venture into Agribusiness to visit their local District Agriculture Office as their first step before investing in any arable land. Speaking during the introductory episode of the JoyBusiness Masterclass Agribusiness Series yesterday August 8, 2024, Manye emphasised the importance of this precautionary measure to protect investments and avoid future legal disputes. “The District Agric Office in the community knows the farmers, they know the families, they know the lands with litigation issues so don’t just follow anyone to buy land and lose your investment,” she cautioned. Manye…
Up to 100,000 smallholder farmers across the country will benefit from an agribusiness project which aims to address persistent high post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector. Dubbed “Agribusiness for Youth Employment Project (AgYE)”, the project seeks to improve the livelihoods and incomes of the 100,000 beneficiary farmers by addressing high post-harvest losses in rice, maize, soybean, tomato, onion and pepper in 11 out of the 16 regions of the country. With the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Mastercard Foundation as the main implementers, the project will allow local farmers to access affordable post-harvest equipment via entrepreneurial youth operating as…
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As part of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s vision to Transform Ghana into an export-based Economy, he has laid emphasis on the role of Agriculture in attaining that goal. Ghana’s Agricultural sector is largely based on the production of raw materials for export. But the age-old method of production is back-bending, tedious, and unrewarding. The farms are smallholding, the tools used are outdated, and production levels are low. It is this poor state of affairs that has been centuries old that Alan wants to change and turn Ghana into a modern agricultural-producing country with the capability of feeling the rest of the…
The cost of seasonal fruit and vegetables is expected to drop in the coming weeks, according to growers and retailers. The weather remains a wild card for food price inflation, with adverse weather events hitting New Zealand growers over the summer. Food prices have risen at their fastest annual rate in 32 years, with fruit and vegetables increasing by 23 percent year-on-year. Countdown supermarket commercial director Pieter De Wet said growers were now delivering more seasonal products. “We’ve got over 100 direct relationships with growers and they actually want to bring prices down as well because they want to move…
To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. As you’re tapping, scrolling, and swiping on your phone, you probably don’t give much thought to the fact that your apps are consuming electricity -…