The Ekumfi Pineapple Processing Factory has come out with what appears to be one of the many pineapple juice brands it will be producing.
Dubbed: Eku Juice, the product comes as the company moves to fulfill its pledge of commencing full scale operations before Christmas this year.
The Ekumfi Pineapple Processing Factory is one of the very first projects for which President Akufo-Addo cut sod under government’s flagship ‘One District, One Factory (1D1F)’ programme in August 2017.
In all, about 181 companies have benefited from the One District One Factory initiative.
In October this year, the Director of the Ekumfi Pineapple Processing Factory, Frederick Kobbynah Acquah, in an interaction with a delegation from the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), led by its Board Chairman, Kwadwo Boateng Genfi, announced that management of the factory had given itself up to six weeks to start full production so that by Christmas, Ghanaians would enjoy fresh pineapple juice from the factory.
“We are also looking at pineapple and its mixes, such as pineapple with ginger, passion fruit, watermelon and citrus,” he noted, adding that the beverages have a longer life span.
All necessary machinery for work at the factory has been fully installed and is estimated to create 5000 direct out grower jobs within the community and its environs to augment efforts to alleviate poverty, he revealed at the time.
True to his words, the fruit juice from the factory is out.
BY Melvin Tarlue