ACCRA, Nov. 15 – President John Dramani Mahama is expected to commission a cashew processing factory in Techiman, in the Bono East Region, on Monday, in a move aimed at processing more of Ghana’s raw cashew nuts locally before export.
The plant, owned by Nadkansco Processing Limited and financed by the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Ghana EXIM), is scheduled to begin operations by mid-November 2026, 3News reported.
100 tonnes a day, 450 direct jobs
The factory has the capacity to process 100 tonnes of raw cashew nuts a day, or about 30,000 tonnes a year, and will employ about 450 workers directly across three shifts.
Total employment linked to the plant, including its supply chain, is projected at about 1,500 jobs. Ghana EXIM describes the factory as strategically placed to draw raw nuts from the surrounding farming areas.
The bank’s Deputy Chief Executive for Banking, Moses Klu Mensah, inspected the facility in September as it prepared to start work.
Why it matters
Ghana produces large volumes of cashew but ships most of it out raw rather than processing it at home, and local processors have long pressed government to support the value chain.
The project fits into government’s $200 million push to expand tree-crop production, including the cashew sector. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has also signed an agreement with B5 Plus for a major cashew processing plant under the Feed Ghana Programme.
Processing more cashew locally is expected to keep a bigger share of the crop’s earnings in Ghana and create jobs for young people in the cashew-growing belt of the Bono, Bono East and northern regions.
Source: 3News; Ghana EXIM Bank.
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