“We go around Ghana once a year. Then, for about two months every year, we have a road show where we train two to three hundred people on basic training, servicing, and how to look after the equipment. We also demonstrate how to use the equipment.”
“The Feed the Future in Ghana program and the creation of jobs for the people are the most important issues. There is a large gap in the agriculture business. The approach of the new government is quite prominent.”
“Ramel has grown tremendously over the last couple of years. It was actually formed by my late mother about twenty-five years ago. I took over about six years ago when she passed away.”
“All our developments are real gems. But the Mankata Apartments on Mankata Avenue in Airport Residential Area is definitive. It’s been our most expensive and challenging project to date.”
“We came to the realization that job opportunities abound in the agribusiness sector yet graduates from agricultural related programmes are unemployed and/or mostly rely on government for employment instead of doing something on their own to employ themselves.”
“Government should introduce more programs to encourage youth to get into agriculture. That is where we come in as a centre. Our target sector is mainly the youth. Each year about 3,500 students come out from agriculture related programs, but where do they go? How many jobs are being created?”
“The renewables is a great area for us now and we would really like to do it through a private partnership arrangement. So far, those that we have in the pipeline, we have been lucky enough to have funding for from KFW which is the funding arm of the German government.”
“As far as the power crisis is concerned, it started in 2012 when we had difficulties with the gas supply from Nigeria. That was the genesis of the power difficulties that we had and it went on for a while until the then government intervened in 2014, 2015, and 2016. They brought in some emergency solutions with what we call emergency power plants.”
“La Villa Boutique started in 2011. This premises used to be the former Russian Embassy and the promoters of this business took it up. They are people who have travelled extensively. They took the building and turned it around. We started with about 10 rooms in 2011 and gradually we have expanded.”
“The hotel as a company has won these awards but personally I have won an award too, about two months ago I was listed among Africa’s 100 most influential people in tourism, not just in Ghana, but in Africa!”
