Ghanaian business processes up to 100 kg of soya beans a day
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Agra
In Ghana, Issah Tolhatu’s Grainwell now processes 80 to 100 kg of soya beans a day, up from 9 kg when it started, and employs four full-time staff and five casual workers. Six women farmers supply the business, which has received support from AGRA and the Kosmos Innovation Center, Agra reports.
Issah Tolhatu founded Grainwell Enterprise, a Ghanaian company that processes up to 100 kg of soya beans a day into nutritious food products, Agra reports. When she started, as a food science student, she processed only nine kilograms a day in her university room.
Originally from northern Ghana, Tolhatu launched the business after seeing the lack of economic opportunities and the unemployment facing young people in her community. Her project also aims to create work opportunities for women, some of whom leave the region to find work elsewhere, according to Agra.
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