Boosting Industrialization in Ghana’s Up Country, Creating Jobs.

…..As Mahama Officially Inaugurates Northshore Factory

 Report: Mohammed A. Abu

 Ghana’s President Mahama has inaugurated his country’s Northern sector’s first sustainable and regenerative Northshore Apparel manufacturing hub, that uses zero-waste and renewable energy technologies.

During the ribbon cutting ceremony in Savulgu, Friday, President Mahama while appreciating Alhaj Mohammed Nurudeen, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Northshore Apparel Ghana Ltd and partners, for their efforts and as well as, His Royal Highness, Yoo Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani, the Paramount Chief of the Savulgu Traditional Area for donating land for the project, also expressed optimism that the facility would be able to generate at least about 30,000 jobs upon attaining full capacity.

President Mahama underscored the relevance and importance of the project in addressing the decades long drifting of virile youth from the Northern sector to the Southern sector as a result of lack of job opportunities in their own backyard and thus, creating population imbalance.

He also noted that, the establishment of the Northshore Apparel Ltd shows the 24 Hour Economy could deliver on its mandate while also adding that the turning point of the nation’s economy was designed to achieve the creation of jobs and accelerated exports and Northshore satisfy’s both because it has already created about 2000 jobs.

Present at the opening were the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare; the German Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Frederik Landshöft; Presidential Advisor on the 24-Hour Economy Initiative, Goosie Tanoh and the Chief Executive of the Ghana Export-Import Bank, Hon. Sylvester Adinam Mensah.

The Northshore Apparel Hub operations model aligns with government’s broader efforts to promote industrialization alongside environmental sustainability.

Located in the Savelugu Municipality, Northern Region, Northshore Apparel employs fabric optimization using digital tools like, Coats Digital’s GSDCost, FastReactPlan, and FastReactFabric solutions to enable precise costing, efficient production planning that reduces material waste.

Renewable Energy: The facility uses on-site solar power generation to reduce reliance on the national grid while in terms of water and waste management, the facility features water recycling systems and anaerobic biodigesters to maintain a zero-waste operating model.

Digital and Operational Infrastructure

Precision Planning: The plant utilizes GSDCost and FastReactPlan for efficient manufacturing workflows and projects up to 10,000 sustainable jobs when fully operational.

Social and Welfare Support

The facility provides free daily meals, on-site medical care, and a crèche for nursing mothers and training programs that target thousands of young workers in Northern Ghana to build employable skills

The Savelugu hub transforms reclaimed land into a state-of-the-art, zero-waste facility specializing in T-shirts, polos, fleece hoodies, children’s wear, sportswear, underwear, leggings, and trousers.