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Company News of Monday, July 15, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-07-15
Gari directed by Ehi women exposed at the media launch of Ehi Nutome Galiza 2019
Women entrepreneurs have been hailed for the role they play in innovation in the agri-food sector to end hunger in the country.
"Women's innovation in the agri-food industry is impacting our homes, our society and our economy as a whole.
"The importance of women in the value chain of gari production can not be underestimated.
The women who make up the majority of our population, particularly in our rural economy, are turning to this agri-food industry, "he said.
Dr. Seth Adjei-Baah, chairman of the board of the Microfiance and Small Loans Center (MASFOC), said at the launch of this year's Ehi Nutome Galiza in Accra.
Ehi Nutome Galiza, gari festival, is celebrated by the chiefs and residents of the traditional Ehi District of Ketu North District, in the Volta region.
Gari festival
The festival is scheduled to take place in Ehi on September 28, 2019.
The festival, founded by Torgbui Dzeble Adukpo IV and his people in 2016, seeks to promote unity and serves as a way to rally the people of Ehi and its environs to development.
This year's celebration focuses on the role of women in the agri-food sector as the festival will be used to raise funds to support self-help projects in the community and to support the promotion of the agri-food sector. local women in the production of gari.
Under the theme "Strengthening the power of women through agriculture and entrepreneurship", the festival seeks to recognize the fact that the role of women is essential in the agri-food sector, in particular In a rural area.
Ms. Adjei-Baah, also Nkawkaw MP, acknowledged the difficulties faced by women in accessing the funds and urged them to set up cooperatives to receive financial support.
MASLOC support
He challenged Ehi women, who work in gari production, to take advantage of MASLOC's facilities to expand their business and feed local and international markets.
"As the chair of the MASLOC board of directors, which is a government organization, I want to say that the women of Ehi can open their doors and that any necessary support will be provided to develop their activities.
"MASLOC is here to support start-ups and growing businesses. MASLOC is there so that all Ghanaians can apply and once you apply, you will receive this support.
"MASLOC's facilities are very affordable. You just write and you will get support with an attractive interest rate of only 12% per annum. No bank will give you that, "said Dr. Adjei-Baah at the rally under a thunderous applause.
He was convinced that with such support from MASLOC, women could develop their gari business.
He praised them for their innovative skills and urged them to use their innovations to create jobs in the region and make the city a model of economic pole.
entrepreneurship
He reminded women that as entrepreneurs, they could not escape the risks "because a contractor is a risk taker and a person who can challenge a situation that is offered to him to get something out of it. .
Dr. Adjei-Baah therefore advised women in Ehi not to become discouraged because of business risks, but to take advantage of the opportunities available.
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