BDS (Business Development Services)

Wood

Ghana exports a lot of unprocessed wood to countries all over the world. In order to develop the value-chain in Ghana, SPEED Ghana provides support to the wood product sector. This sector includes 3 main components, i.e. the timber industry, wood carving and furniture manufacturers & carpenters. Majority of the existing industry concentrates in and around Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. There are an estimated 50,000 MSMEs engaged in the wood products sector

SPEED Ghana, in cooperation with the Wood Industries Training Center, intends to undertake a BDS market assessment in the wood products sector in Ghana. This will result in the identification of intervention opportunities to further develop the BDS market and by that to develop the enterprise engaged in the wood products sector. The following areas are foreseen as specific interest for SPEED Ghana:

  • Vocational training in wood products production technology
  • Product design and market research for furniture
  • Institutional strengthening of wood products business associations in Ghana

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