Ghana 2019 Brigade
"I came into this association without any expectation about what this year would turn out to be, but I believed in the concept and values that GBB proposed.
I am often asked what does GBB do. My answer before our brigade was that we raise money and organize various workshops during the year in order to fund and prepare for our brigade in April. I was met most of the time by sceptic faces. Personally, I wasn’t sure of how much we would be able to help these entrepreneurs who expected so much from us in a week of engagement. Once I completed my first brigade, my answer to that same question is that through GB I experienced the most enriching and emotion packed week of my life.
After months of work and preparation I was on the plane from Linate with 12 other Team Members I hardly knew outside workshops and events with whom I was going to spend a week in a foreign country, on a continent I had never stepped on. My doubts and fears faded away at that moment when I realized that all was going to be ok as we all had one goal which was to do good in a foreign community in need of assistance. In Ghana I found people who had little to nothing, who gave us everything and more. During that week I also realized how important and crucial is the work that GB is doing for this community. All in all, I worked with GBB Milan for the past 7 months, through the highs of gratitude received and lows of challenges faced, I experienced some of the most impactful moments of my life and If I have the chance I would do it all over again."
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-Kassim Abdul Malak
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2019 GHANA BUSINESS PROJECTS
EKOW AMPPIAH CASSAVA PROCESSING ​
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After a processing need in the community, this entrepreneur strategically created cassava processing services. He currently owns two large pans for frying gari and works with his wife and two sons. His competitive advantage is his particularly neat environment and strong customer service.
DK YOUNG LTD.​
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Mr. Young is a palm oil processor who entered the business after realizing the market for palm fruit itself was limited. He produces his own high quality palm oil and rents out his processing space to other community members for a fee. Mr. Young hopes to expand his business with increased capital to meet the high demand for palm oil in the region.
DWEN WO DAAKYE KENTE WEAVING​
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Business owner is a kente weaver who learnt how to weave kente from his elder brother as a hobby. After facing financial challenges in college, he decided to pursue kente weaving as a career. His business is the only kente weaving shop in the area and he hopes to train the region's youth in kente weaving.
2018 GHANA BUSINESS PROJECTS
MBIR & SONS ENTERPRISES​
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Business owner is a farmer who grew cassava for many years and processed it into gari using traditional methods. Upon discovering the potential for starting commercial production of gari through a visit to processor in 2014, he sponsored two sons to this processor to learn the trade. Business has been able to innovate new gari product with soya bean and margarine.
MIGPACS​
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Migpacs is an entreprise that makes creative and quality leather products such as backpacks, files, waist bags, guitar cases, laptop bags etc. The business is located at Essuehyia but most of its products are sold in the Mankessim Market and Kasoa. What differentiates the business's products from others on the market is the use of quality products and unique designs.
THINK POSITIVE​
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Think Positive is the umbrealla organisation for businesses in oil palm processing, real estate and rental services. The owner went into palm oil processing two years ago when he realised the need for a processing facility for his 11 acre oil palm plantation.