Several companies in Thailand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC).
These companies numbering about ten are in the Thai rice value chain, and are linked to the Ghana-Thailand Rice Project.
Companies that cross the rice value chain, including fertilizer manufacturers, rice milling equipment dealers, and seed research centers, among others, Smart Engineering Consultants Company, FairAgora Asia Ltd., New Kaset Thai Company Ltd., TAMCO Trading International Co. Ltd., Glofert Growing Growth, and Hypro Foods World Co Ltd.
The rest are Aneksin Motor Partnership Limited, TNP Billionaire Group, SQI Group Company Limited Biomatlink Company Limited and Deler International Rice Machinery Co.
The MoU was signed with the company on the sidelines of the Thailand-Ghana Business Conference at Grand Fortune, Bangkok in Thailand on Sunday, March 19, 2023.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Asian African Consortium (AAC) Mrs. Adelaide Araba Siaw Agyepong, started for JGC while various Chief Executives Officers (CEOs) signed for the company.
Present at the signing ceremony were Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in charge of Crops, Yaw Addo Frimpong, High Commissioner of Ghana to Malaysia, Mrs. Florence B. Akonor, Honorary Consul of Ghana in Thailand, Dr. Sicha Singsomboon, and Founder and Executive Chairman of JGC, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong.
The business conference, which brought together captains of the Thai rice industry and several Ghanaian companies and delegates, was chaired by the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), with the theme: “Ghana-Thailand Business Forum; Partnership for Sustainable Rice Production in Ghana.”
Members of the Ghanaian delegation include experts and researchers in various fields drawn from the University of Ghana, Legon, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Center for Scientific and Industrial Research-Plant Research Institute. (CSIR-CRI), the Ghana Rice Farmers Association, the Competitive African Rice Platform, traditional rulers, metropolitan, municipal and district executives (MMDCEs) and private entrepreneurs with a focus on rice, fertilizers, maize, cassava and poultry as well as executives from the JGC.
Speaking to reporters shortly after the signing ceremony, AAC CEO, Mrs. Adelaide Araba Siaw Agyepong, commended Thai companies for their interest in working with the group for the success of Ghana’s integrated rice project.
“If we have signed the MoU with you (referring to the Thai rice company), it means that we have restored our trust and confidence in your company, so we need your full support,” he said.
According to him, the partnership created with him will benefit both parties and added that “we work fast and will do the same with your company.”
In this regard, he asked Thai companies to travel to Ghana and study the country.
“The team will work with you (the Thai rice company) to ensure that we start the implementation of the rice project in Ghana immediately,” he said.
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mrs Florence B. Akonor, allayed Thai fears that the partnership would be lost.
“The partnership we have with your company is a win-win situation for both Ghana and Thailand,” he said.
“Ghana is a safe place to invest, and your investment will be protected,” he said.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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