In the early days of Blue Skies Ghana, Anthony had a great friend called Luis Gadzanaki with whom Anthony would often drive around the countryside in the course of business visiting farms and villages in southern Ghana. Anthony of course has a great interest in all natural things, especially trees, […]
Category: General News
Cedi could hit Ghana’s exports
Blue Skies Founder and Chairman Anthony Pile gives his view on the development of Ghana’s export economy. Ghana needs investors and there are plenty of opportunities for foreign direct investment (FDI) in a country where there is an abundance of raw materials and a superb workforce in readiness. Like Blue […]
Blue Skies Senegal end season in style
As the Senegalese mango harvest comes to an end, the management team at the pack house organised social activities to crown the season. This year’s activities included a football match between the Blue Skies Senegal ‘Pelicans’ and Seidu’s Mango Warriors (from the neighbouring farm), and a get-together and appreciation of […]
Blue Skies Walk for Sara
On 27th September over thirty people met at the Blue Skies UK office to embark on a nine mile walk in memory of Sara Brookes. People from Blue Skies past and present and friends and family of Sara came from near and far to walk together around Pitsford Water and […]
Pineapple ‘Unwrapped’
In August, UK TV show ‘Food Unwrapped’ came to Ghana to reveal how pineapple grows and show how Blue Skies are able to keep it so fresh… Presenter Kate Quinton supported by her crew of Dan Gilbert, Olly Weaver and Jack visited Zulu Farm to speak to Ernest Abloh about […]
Yolisa wins at DAFF Female Entrepreneur Awards
Yolisa Mbie, Hygiene Manager at Blue Skies South Africa believed in herself and made Blue Skies proud by taking part in Female Entrepreneur Awards Programme being run by DAFF (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) in Mpumalanga province. The major thrust of the programme is to underline the fact that […]
Five audits in a month!
Another month and another five audits successfully passed by Blue Skies Egypt! This time its ISO 22000 and OHSAS 18001, an unannounced ASDA ethical audit, a Fairtrade audit for the Pomegranate Association in Assuit and a Fairtrade audit for the factory! Congratulations and very well done to Blue Skies Egypt […]
Africa comes to Northampton to celebrate third Queens Award success
African representatives of a Northamptonshire based fruit company today attended a reception in Pitsford in celebration of the company’s third Queens Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category. Blue Skies is one of only a few firms in the county to have won three Queen’s Awards. Blue Skies Holdings […]
Mary and Andre meet the Queen
South African General Manager, Andre Veldsman and Ghana Movements Manager, Mary Cudjoe represented Blue Skies at Buckingham Palace this month at a Queens Award Winners reception hosted by Her Majesty the Queen. At the reception, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh greeted guests in the State Rooms which form […]
Blue Skies Founder awarded for British Service to Ghana
Anthony Pile was presented with a GUBA Black Star Award for British Service to Ghana on the 4th of July at the Hilton Metropole in London. The award to recognises the long-term positive impact that Anthony’s innovative work has had in Ghana. The recipients of the Black Star Awards were […]