Ekumfi Fruits & Juices Limited

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Ekumfi Fruit & Juices Limited
Industry Fruit Juice
Headquarters,
Area served
Ghana
ProductsEkumfi Pure Juices
Website www.ekumfijuice.com

Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Limited is a Ghanaian fruit juice company which specializes in the manufacturing of locally made fruit juices (such as mango, passion fruit, citrus, pineapple and ginger) from the Ekumfi Abor district in the Central Region of Ghana. [1] [2] The organisation was born as part of the government's flagship programme One district, one factory (1D1F) initiative in 2019. [3]

Contents

The factory has created about 5,000 direct jobs in an attempt to alleviate poverty within the community and its neighboring districts and regions. [4]

Developments

The company under the Ghana Export and Import (EXIM) funding institution, receives diverse business proposals from different entities and individuals worldwide. [5]

The facility is known to be the biggest  processing factory for fruits in West Africa. Producing approximately 10 tons of fruits per hour. [5]

Products

Ekumfi Juice products sold under the Ekumfi Pure Juice brand name include:

Ingredients

Packaging

The Ekumfi fruit juice products are predominantly coloured yellow and green.

Funding

The factory received GH¢74.7million from the Ghana Export and Import (EXIM) /Exim Bank Ghana Limited to support agricultural industrial intervention with an aim of increasing entrepreneurship for Ghanaians. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ekumfi juice factory begins test production". www.ghanaweb.com. 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. "Ekumfi Fruits & Juices Ltd". www.ekumfijuice.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. "Ekumfi juice factory to accrue GH¢530 million annually". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. 1 2 "Ekumfi Fruits & Juices Company receives GH¢7.7m financing". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  5. 1 2 "Packaged fruit juice from Ekumfi factory to hit market by mid-December". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-08-04.