A 45,000-capacity ultramodern factory that processes guinea fowls and other live birds has been established in the Tamale Metropolis by a private investor.
It is aimed at helping government to implement the ‘one district, one factory’ initiative.
The facility, which is the first of its kind in the Northern Region, is also aimed at providing jobs to over 50,000 residents, including guinea fowl farmers.
According to managers of the facility located at the industrial hub of Tamale, the factory can process a minimum of 1,500 birds every 8 hours.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Geese Fresh Point Limited, Kofi Gyamfi, in an interview with BUSINESS GUIDE, said he established the factory in the North to make the product readily available for consumers.
“Upon my return from the US, I paid a visit to a friend in the North and realized that there were a lot of guinea fowls but no ready market. I also observed that residents south of the country were craving for guinea fowl meat but how to get it fresh and hygienic was the problem. I therefore decided to set up here and started preparing the guinea fowls on a small-scale for sale to customers in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and other areas. I think it is now time to extend our tentacles,” he revealed.
The factory, according to him, has a rendering plant that converts the feathers, blood and intestines into protein meal for pigs and poultry.
“This facility is also fitted with cutting machine/portioning machines, blast freezer that freezes the product within the shortest possible time in average of minus 30 degrees. There are refrigeration trucks to transport birds under a controlled temperature to the market centres,” he declared.
Source: Daily Guide
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Pls do you have farms across the region and beyond? If no, I suggests you do so in oder to have raw materials for production throughout your production season. I'm at Takpo in Nandowli/ Kaleo district producing some in a small scale. Contact me on 0247281587
Guinea Fowl meat is quite nutritive and healthy and this initiative must be encouraged to expand this factory.The three Northern regions will benefit a lot economically.Hope they will not fly over this time.
This is how man should think. thank you Mr. Gyamfi for sitting the factory in the North. my question is, do you enough farmers to feed the plant? as am interested to become one. my no. 0204532707.
GH is indeed working again
Good initiative I think the UDS also has a meat processing facility. Please collaborate and supply all the tourist facilities in the country with your product. I have eaten guinea fowl of Air Portugal flight before.
A great stride but let's not associate it with politics. I believe the idea was conceived not now and the foundation laid sometime before this government. Associating it with the government policy of one district one factory will give this wonderful project a bleak future. More grease to your elbows
good one.the political class from that part of the country have done nothing for the north.when given the opportunity to serve ,they rather choose to steal instead of to serve.
God bless you....so none of the politicians I the north thought of doing this!
Thanks so much . the big men from the north never thought of this . especially the politicians from the north. 317
Thank you for the foresight.