One District One Factory Archives - iWatch Africa https://iwatchafrica.org/tag/one-district-one-factory/ ...africa values Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:58:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://iwatchafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-iwatchweblogo-150x150.png One District One Factory Archives - iWatch Africa https://iwatchafrica.org/tag/one-district-one-factory/ 32 32 Gov’t set to miss target to establish 50 factories in 50 districts in 2017 [Infographic] https://iwatchafrica.org/2017/11/1d1f-govt-set-miss-target-establish-50-factories-50-districts-close-2017/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 06:45:47 +0000 http://iwatchafrica.org/?p=1821 iWatch Africa as part of our assessment of government’s commitment to delivering jobs to Ghanaians have undertaken a review of the One District, One Factory policy promised by the President, …

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]]> iWatch Africa as part of our assessment of government’s commitment to delivering jobs to Ghanaians have undertaken a review of the One District, One Factory policy promised by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo.

The government committed in the 2017 Budget Statement to begin the actual implementation of over 50 enterprises to help deal with the unemployment situation in Ghana which currently stands at 48 percent according to World Bank figures.

The Minister of Finance in the 2017 Budget Statement noted that, “more than 50 Districts will start actual implementation of their enterprises by the end of the year, with the potential to generate about 80,000 direct and indirect jobs.”

Our review of the 1D1F policy suggests that government will miss its own target by over 46 district based factories.

Read Also: iWatch Progress Report: One District, One Factory Initiative (1D1F)

Though government indicated that 234 business plans had been received and reviewed, iWatch Africa can confirm that only one project had commenced as at November, 2017.

Below is an infographic report:

1D1F: Government set to miss its own target to establish 50 factories in 50 districts by close of 2017

Credit: Gideon Sarpong | Policy and Content Analyst | iWatch Africa

 

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]]> iWatch Progress Report: One District, One Factory Initiative (1D1F) https://iwatchafrica.org/2017/08/iwatch-progress-report-one-district-one-factory-initiative-1d1f/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:44:51 +0000 http://iwatchafrica.org/?p=1351 President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s campaign pledge to build one factory in every district across Ghana was a major campaign promise during the December 2016 general elections. Subsequently, …

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]]> President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s campaign pledge to build one factory in every district across Ghana was a major campaign promise during the December 2016 general elections. Subsequently, after his inauguration, the President has taken a number of steps to fulfill one of his key promises to Ghanaians. The President last week reiterated his commitment to the project stating that each of the 216 districts across the country would get a factory within the first four years of his government. iWatch Africa has conducted a mid-year/third-quarter review of the President’s commitment to delivering on the 1D1F initiative.

Below is an infographic progress report:

Credit: Gideon Sarpong | iWatch Africa

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