Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah plans to establish a solar manufacturing company in his native country.
Appiah and his business partners Appiah -Karim Company Ltd and Palmer Group Company have announced plans to establish a solar manufacturing company in Ashaiman Municipality to produce solar panels on commercial quantities to boost.
The 14.5 Million Euros solar facility, which is being supported by German Government when established, is expected to provide immediate jobs to about 500 youth in Ashaiman.
Officials of the Appiah-Karim Company Ltd and Palmer Group Company Ltd, which are both Ghanaian owned businesses based in USA and Germany disclose this after they concluded discussions on the project with the Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive Albert Boakye Okyere and some staff of the Assembly.
Speaking to Oman FM, the President of Palmer Group Company, George Palmer explained that the objective of factory is to produce solar panels for both domestic and industrial use adding that “we are also going to set up a whole training facility to train the youth in solar panel fabrication as well as putting up marketing and service centre to offer 24 hour services.”
Asked why the group decided to invest in Ashaiman and not elsewhere, he said, the group realized that Ashaiman is the fastest growing town in the country, but because of lack of jobs the youth are getting themselves involved in criminal activities, thus increasing social vices in the municipality.