“We are looking at expanding again; we want to add about 12 rooms. We have had requests from people who want us to replicate this in their areas. We have had requests from Takoradi, Tema, Kumasi, and even from outside of Ghana in Liberia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast etc.”
“We need to localise our tourism products. There are lot of Ghanaians who don’t know their country, which is the product that we are selling at the end of the day, so that makes it very difficult to sell it to a foreigner. The government needs to invest more in domestic tourism as that would help the Ghanaians to know their own country.”
“The tourism industry in Ghana has evolved around business tourism and also conferences and events. A lot of companies, organisations and institutions are bringing events and conferences to Ghana because when you look at West Africa, Ghana seems to be the most stable and peaceful country.”
“I wouldn’t say that Wilkins has changed its main focus, but we have focused a lot more on PV projects. Because of the introduction of the net metering code, we are able to provide grid-connected systems for commercial users.”
“The current government I must say has a drive for renewables, I have heard comments made by people in power about increasing solar energy, starting by having the government buildings powered by solar energy.”
“It is interesting; it takes one to be bold and to take it on. I always say that where there is negative there is always positive. You have to take the positive side of things and run with it.”
“Ghana is the place to do business now, in terms of the economy it is quite stable, we have peace and stability and it is a growth economy.”
“Our focus at Nyaho has always been on the patient, but we realise it is not enough to talk about the patient; we also have to look at their families, and that is where in terms of our methodology we are doing a lot of design thinking, reviewing all our services again from the perspective of the patient and the family.”
“We have done a lot of infrastructural changes and planning a lot of expansion projects and I am very pleased to say that we will be opening our first satellite clinic in about 2 months.”
“Our vision really is to be Africa’s most trusted name in healthcare, which is extremely ambitious but we believe that it is possible as trust is really about the human connection and the ability to meet the need at the time.”
