UNIDO, MOTI Partner To Promote Ghana’s MSMEs Initiative
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) have agreed to expand Ghana’s national initiatives to promote Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Since 2012, Ghana has supported Kaizen methods, a Japanese concept and methodology for enhancing the quality and productivity of companies in a sustainable manner. Numerous Ghanaian businesses have successfully improved their quality and production by introducing and implementing Kaizen principles.
Ghana will scale up this project to further improve the competitiveness of MSMEs in the nation and to increase the developmental impact at the industry and national levels.
UNIDO started the project “Expanding the Kaizen initiative by promoting sustainable agribusiness” in an effort to assist Ghana in achieving this objective.
The project will introduce the “Smart and Sustainable Agri-Business (SSAB)” UNIDO digital dashboard system, allowing Ghanaian MSMEs to see and, as a result, better manage their business performance using a smart and digital platform. In addition to addressing productivity difficulties, SSAB will increase resource efficiency, food safety compliance, and the social performance of MSMEs by gathering key performance indicators from the production site.
The 3-year project will be implemented by UNIDO in coordination with the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), with funding from the government of Japan.
The launching ceremony was hosted by the Minister of Trade and Industry Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, and attended by the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Hisanobu Mochizuki, UNIDO Representative to Ghana and Liberia, Fakhruddin Azizi, CEO of GEA, Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, Directors of MoTI and GEA, and other stakeholders
Source: tvcnews.tv
