FLASHBACK: 5 Ghanaian factories that could have transformed the economy

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Quame 1 year ago

Really really sad. I cant even think of the number of Presidents that have come after Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and not a single one of the has been able to revive these iconic factories. Democracy is not helping Ghana and Africa as ...
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Really really sad. I cant even think of the number of Presidents that have come after Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and not a single one of the has been able to revive these iconic factories. Democracy is not helping Ghana and Africa as a whole. Ghana needs the rebirth of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to liberate us.
No Mercy 1 year ago

Quame What is Democracy to do with Transformation the Economy.Ghana leaders detecting from the American and European.Still depending on Foreign aids.That is Why Akufo Addo is borrowing Huge Amount of Money.All our Minerals Re ...
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Quame What is Democracy to do with Transformation the Economy.Ghana leaders detecting from the American and European.Still depending on Foreign aids.That is Why Akufo Addo is borrowing Huge Amount of Money.All our Minerals Resources are in the hands of Foreigners, Sold.Ghanaians can't Produce anything.Upon all our Minerals Resources,We can not Transform anything.Universities are all Useless.Primitive leaders Thieves Criminals, Old People are Running the Country Ghana
PLANNED EPIDERMIC 1 year ago

democracy is the problem. look very close.

democracy is the problem. look very close.
Ghana! 1 year ago

Quame, The Osagyefo did all he did during a democracy so come again.
Democracy has done nothing wrong. It is about our leaders we choose. We do not have leaders passionate enough to see Ghana succeed.

Quame, The Osagyefo did all he did during a democracy so come again.
Democracy has done nothing wrong. It is about our leaders we choose. We do not have leaders passionate enough to see Ghana succeed.
Kobo 1 year ago

Sure

Sure
Nawaa gh 1 year ago

All across Africa and Eastern Europe thousands of state enterprises collapsed. Only those that were successfully privatised survived. Why would you think Ghana would have been different. They were already failing even under N ...
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All across Africa and Eastern Europe thousands of state enterprises collapsed. Only those that were successfully privatised survived. Why would you think Ghana would have been different. They were already failing even under Nkrumah, as the economy's capacity borrow to finance them begun to fail in Ghana and across the continent. Amazing that emotional nostalgia is fooling us.
Quame 1 year ago

Really really sad. I cant even think of the number of Presidents that have come after Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and not a single one of them has been able to revive these iconic factories. Democracy is not helping Ghana and Africa as ...
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Really really sad. I cant even think of the number of Presidents that have come after Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and not a single one of them has been able to revive these iconic factories. Democracy is not helping Ghana and Africa as a whole. Ghana needs the rebirth of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to liberate us.
Ghana! 1 year ago

Kennedy Agyapong is the rebirth of The Osagyefo. Unfortunately, those selfish and greedy delegates voted for their stomach!

Kennedy Agyapong is the rebirth of The Osagyefo. Unfortunately, those selfish and greedy delegates voted for their stomach!
Woyoo woyo 1 year ago

You are not serious. How many factories has Kennedy Agyapong put up? Where are his so called business located? Apuutor!

You are not serious. How many factories has Kennedy Agyapong put up? Where are his so called business located? Apuutor!
LAMPS 1 year ago

You are naive....come to Tema Fishing Harbour. Go to Oman FM...google his companies. Idiot. He is even building the biggest hospital in Ghana.

You are naive....come to Tema Fishing Harbour. Go to Oman FM...google his companies. Idiot. He is even building the biggest hospital in Ghana.

1 1 year ago

Managing is a knowladge

Managing is a knowladge
Blc 1 year ago

The truth is most of the factories collapsed on their own ghana went through many economic crisis around those periods and hence their collapse the fact that they weren’t operating for that long is proof that they weren’t ...
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The truth is most of the factories collapsed on their own ghana went through many economic crisis around those periods and hence their collapse the fact that they weren’t operating for that long is proof that they weren’t sustainable
Fool 1 year ago

It's pple that manage businesses. Today nothing stops us from reviving them ..we have the resources raw material..only if we can invest amd patronise our own..

It's pple that manage businesses. Today nothing stops us from reviving them ..we have the resources raw material..only if we can invest amd patronise our own..
Blc 1 year ago

Is not as straightforward as you think it’s not just about the resources it’s about good economic environment,demand etc however today we have dozens of private owned glass factories nationwide

Is not as straightforward as you think it’s not just about the resources it’s about good economic environment,demand etc however today we have dozens of private owned glass factories nationwide
Joeboy 1 year ago

Can they meet the local demand?

Can they meet the local demand?
Asrifi Bonsu Attafuah Akyem Oda timber market 1 year ago

Very good companies by Dr Nkrumah,but the 1d1f is also one of the areas that need strategic attention.

Very good companies by Dr Nkrumah,but the 1d1f is also one of the areas that need strategic attention.
Observer 1 year ago

Sorry all the factories mentioned are agric dependent and without raw materials can’t function
As fo glass factory it is gone because the use of glass has reduced and modern machine and tech makes that factory redundant
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Sorry all the factories mentioned are agric dependent and without raw materials can’t function
As fo glass factory it is gone because the use of glass has reduced and modern machine and tech makes that factory redundant
We should just not get up and talk about factories for names alone depicts nothing
It is the people running it and their mindset
Bonds factory has its workers stealing the Tyre’s and selling them at very low prices there were a lot of pilfering both sales and purchases
M?br?wa 1 year ago

Indeed, no matter what changes occur in the business world, the Nestles and Unilevers will continue as long as we humans continue to eat. Most of the companies collapsed not because of technological changes or market conditio ...
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Indeed, no matter what changes occur in the business world, the Nestles and Unilevers will continue as long as we humans continue to eat. Most of the companies collapsed not because of technological changes or market conditions. Why for instance should the state hotels collapse when private hotels have survived? Why has OSA collapsed but GPRTU, in particular VIP, is thriving? Why did Ghana Airways collapse while other African national carriers are still flying? The more we seek answers, the more we'll come to appreciate the cause of the problem: the thieving Ghana stands naked as the culprit. If we stop stealing from public businesses and prevent others who are doing so by reporting and insisting that they be punished accordingly, we shall all contribute to creating a society where stealing and cheating in the public space becomes a thing of the past.
If we start this culture today our children tomorrow will take over from us what they saw us doing today, which is what they'll pass on to their children and children's children. What we see in advanced societies did not start in a day. People made conscious effort to stand up for the proper thing and with time, even the crooked in society realised that they'd failed and were compelled to do the right thing. It's a total war against indiscipline. If we decide to wage that war today, we CAN WIN, by God's grace.
Let me give you the example established by the Chief of Kushia in the central region. He wanted to stop the plastic pollution destroying our land. He provided wast bins at vantage points in the village for residents to put in their trash. Before long, people were stealing the bins for their personal use. Some simply ignored the instructions. So he goes to the manufacturer's and gets them to punch holes in the bottom of the baskets (trash bins). Now, there's no immediate use for the bin. Next, there's some "penalty" for those who refuse to drop their waste in the bins. After over a decade now, go to Kushia, and you can't find one plastic waste in the whole community. The new generation knows just one thing: 'wɔnnyɛ fi wɔ ha', meaning, 'we don't litter the place'. And the children will tenaciously insist that their peers or no-one for that matter does that, local or stranger. In two generations littering will constitute a taboo, and people will find it difficult to explain why.
So Ghana's problem is so easy to resolve if we first admit that we are all part of it. Second we must all decide to stop what we know is wrong. Next we must all insist that the proper thing be done.
God bless our homeland Ghana.
Pie 1 year ago

I agree with you

I agree with you
Ghana! 1 year ago

Who has the power to control those workers? If the president was firm enough to fire those he put in charge, discipline would've trickled down.
We blame politicians because they have the power to control, and the president ...
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Who has the power to control those workers? If the president was firm enough to fire those he put in charge, discipline would've trickled down.
We blame politicians because they have the power to control, and the president takes a chunk of the blame because he has the power to hire and fire.

Charles Obiri 1 year ago

Well said big brother..Keep it up..

Well said big brother..Keep it up..
M?br?wa 1 year ago

As usual, everyone is pointing fingers in the only direction we think we know: politicians! What direct role did they play in the day-to-day management of these companies? It's ordinary Ghanaians who ran these institutions do ...
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As usual, everyone is pointing fingers in the only direction we think we know: politicians! What direct role did they play in the day-to-day management of these companies? It's ordinary Ghanaians who ran these institutions down. I was told a story about a middle level manager whose student son was on payroll! Will you blame a politician for that?
For Ghana to develop, let's ALL CEASEFIRE as far as our mindset and attitude and conduct go. And Ghana shall be great again.
Social Moral 1 year ago

The collapse of these industries was the second best president according to western commentators because they manipulated Rawlings to sell all industries and businesses both state and private to render Ghanaians jobless and l ...
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The collapse of these industries was the second best president according to western commentators because they manipulated Rawlings to sell all industries and businesses both state and private to render Ghanaians jobless and lock those that did not sell to rot and people support this evil political party.
The Spear 1 year ago

"They" didn't manipulate Rawlings into selling them. Both managements and workers of almost all the industries were stealing everything including cash! I was a student them and did vacation jobs in Tema and was witness to the ...
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"They" didn't manipulate Rawlings into selling them. Both managements and workers of almost all the industries were stealing everything including cash! I was a student them and did vacation jobs in Tema and was witness to the pillage around most of them. It was systematic. People stole everything they could lay hands on, calling it "playing smart".

Rawlings lamented the companies were draining the economy when he had to pump into them the scarce foreign resources required for other purposes of the economy (including hospitals) in a desperate need to revitalize them. But no, the stealing just never stopped till today!

That drew a huge difference between weeks of his first military rule and his presidency later on.
Social Moral 1 year ago

So you were among those stealing.Now you are vomit your own crimes.

So you were among those stealing.Now you are vomit your own crimes.
Ghana! 1 year ago

How sad!
All these industries were collapsed by the clueless ndc party!

How sad!
All these industries were collapsed by the clueless ndc party!
Woyoo woyo 1 year ago

Blame the management of these factories for mismanagement. Scholars thieves who don't have the nation at heart.

Blame the management of these factories for mismanagement. Scholars thieves who don't have the nation at heart.
As3m b3ba dabi.... 1 year ago

We black people are simply evil, wicked, visionless and economic Saboteurs. Because the politicians and their bandit of thieves want to import everything from toothpicks to sweeping brooms, they will sabotage every effort to ...
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We black people are simply evil, wicked, visionless and economic Saboteurs. Because the politicians and their bandit of thieves want to import everything from toothpicks to sweeping brooms, they will sabotage every effort to stimulate the local industries. How stupid can we be? We.have to import toothpicks of all things from China. Shame on us. Shame on these filthy useless thieving politicians. We need another Kwame Nkrumah or another visionary,.not these current group of thieves and selfish motherfuckers masquerading as politicians. Nkwaseafuor nne agyimifuor . We can't wait for the day when these fools will be chased out of town, arrested and held accountable for their crimes. Time will tell. It's only a matter of Time.
Prince yoggi 1 year ago

Lazy Ghanaian politicians. Yet the Chinese are now producing for us to use .shame on Ghana politicians

Lazy Ghanaian politicians. Yet the Chinese are now producing for us to use .shame on Ghana politicians
Kobo 1 year ago

Ghana economy is in the hands of Chinese, libanines, and indians

Ghana economy is in the hands of Chinese, libanines, and indians

Concern Agent 1 year ago

This is what takes place when a country with leaders who have no Foresight,Vision, good purpose and sense of direction. Selfishness, evil and corruption has been all what matters to our leaders. They have all fall short and t ...
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This is what takes place when a country with leaders who have no Foresight,Vision, good purpose and sense of direction. Selfishness, evil and corruption has been all what matters to our leaders. They have all fall short and taken a sip from the devils cup. Some of them won't even like to go to bed until they have done evil. With this inhuman wickedness life style, a country with all the God's given Natural Resources like Ghana will never progress. And if we don't stop this ME First attitude nothing will change. My car my house my ship my jet and my ladies in the expense of the the Country's purse and this is typical black mentality. Poor Ghana.
Assempa( Thanks yo Afrifa ) 1 year ago

For had it not been Afrifa and his bunch of army thugs these factories would be operational today. Let them rot in hell.

For had it not been Afrifa and his bunch of army thugs these factories would be operational today. Let them rot in hell.
Nawaa gh 1 year ago

Stop the nonsense of emotional patriotism. The fact is that the investment model failed. You cannot finance socialism with other people's money. And for the private sector to capitalise and invest in them very substantially ( ...
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Stop the nonsense of emotional patriotism. The fact is that the investment model failed. You cannot finance socialism with other people's money. And for the private sector to capitalise and invest in them very substantially (new technology, buildings, raw material development, skilled labour) we have to give them away for pepper corn value, say 1 dollar. But over politicised ghanaman will never agree. So patient capital will ever come.never come.

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