Industry

Beau Nicholls talks about the recent developments between Sahara Natural Resources and China, and discusses diversification from mining and exploration. He also shares his vision for the company for 2020, mentioning his will to engage in some very large engineering, EPCM project works.

François Gazania gives an overview of the ghanaian beverage industry and presents Voltic Ghana Limited, a company established in 1995 to produce and distribute Voltic Natural Mineral Water, which has now become one of the first in the bottled water business in Ghana. He also talks about challenges and shares his vision for the future of the company.

Ashok Mohinani shares his assessment of the manufacturing and packaging sector in Ghana, and presents the activities of Mohinani Group, a leading 2nd generation family business group of Indian descent, employing over 3000 people in its multi-sector operations across various industries. Its activities range from manufacturing of packaging and plastics, to trade and distribution in chemicals, polymers and consumer durables, amongst others.

Fares Akl shares his assessment of the plastic products sector in Ghana and the subregion and presents Qualiplast, a company established and incorporated in 1973 in Accra, and which has now become a leader in the manufacture of high quality industrial plastic packaging products.

Mahesh Shah shares his assessment of the food industry in Ghana and presents Multipro. The company’s rapid and successful global expansion was facilitated by instant noodles business in 1996 in Nigeria, followed by Ghana in 2006. In addition to that, Multipro is playing in the snack category, the refined oil category, milk, and ready to eat breakfast cereals. The vision of the entire company is to be the biggest FMCG company in Ghana.

Gopal Vasu presents M&G Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading manufacturers and importers of pharmaceutical products in Ghana. The company was established in 1989 when its current owners bought production facilities from Kingsway Chemists Ghana Limited, a division of United African Company Limited (UAC), now known as Unilever (Ghana) Limited. The company was restructured in July 1993 with foreign equity under the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act.

Richard Adjei, Managing Director of Kasapreko, presents the company, its main products, and shares his strategy and vision for the future. Kasapreko was founded in 1989 in Nungua by Dr. Kwabena Adjei, and is now one of the leading and successful alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage producing companies in Ghana.