On November 25th the Danish Minister for Envirinment and Food, Mr. Esben Lunde Larsen, visited Blue Skies Ghana with a delegation of twenty four representatuives of Government. He visited the factory and a pineapple farm where he participated in some pineapple planting (pictured above). The visit was part of the […]
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Group Conference unveils exciting plans for 2018
After a tumultuous 2017 which has seen a weakened pound, rising costs and dwindling consumer confidence, delegates at the Blue Skies Annual Conference have presented their plans to counter the negative impacts of Brexit and propel the business forward in 2018. Watch this space over the next twelve months to […]
Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade visits Blue Skies Ghana
On November 28th, Blue Skies Ghana hosted the new Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sigrid Kaag. Minister Kaag was given a tour of the factory and saw an exciting new product line which has been co-funded by the Dutch Government. We’ll be revealing more news on this […]
Dobro Primary School classroom block
This project is to provide a three classroom block for Dobro Primary School near to Nsawam in Ghana. The school is located near to the Blue Skies factory and is situated within a village of 3500 people where many Blue Skies staff and some suppliers live. The school had previously […]
Water dispensing system for Nsawam Firestation
The Nsawam Fire station has approximately 70 personnel. It is the District Fire Station in charge of over 23 communities, across three regions. The station is currently a temporary wooden facility, built over 20 years ago. Access to water had previously been a major challenge for the Fire Station as […]
Amanfrom KVIP
The objective of this project was to construct a twelve-seater KVIP for the villages of Atakrom and Amanfrom in the Akwapim South District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Over 2000 people reside in Atakrom and Amanfrom which is home to six of Blue Skies pineapple suppliers. Previously the community […]
Sekykrom Kindergarten
In 2010 the Blue Skies Foundation renovated a three-classroom kindergarten in the village of Seyikrom in Ghana. Sekykrom is home to 3,000 people and is located just outside the town of Nsawam in the Easter Region. Two farmers who supply Blue Skies also live in Sekykrom as well as many Blue […]
Preparing the Perfect Papaya
We recently visited the Blue Skies Papaya farm to assess the crop and look at ways of improving the maturity levels at the factory and for whole fruit exports. The focus over the last year has been to grow an improved crop and we believe we have been very successful […]
2017 School Farm Winners announced
Blue Skies has awarded winners of the 2017 School Farm of the Year during a ceremony at the GNAT Hall in Koforidua, Ghana on the 30th of November. Over 600 students attended the ceremony representing sixty schools who participated in this year’s School Farm of the Year Competition. The School […]
Blue Skies named Best Food Business in AGI Awards.
Blue Skies been named best company in the Food Sector in the 6th AGI Ghana Industry Awards during an awards ceremony in Accra. The awards are organised by the Association of Ghana Industries recognises businesses that continue to support the local economy irrespective of the challenges. This year’s awards focused […]