Northshore Apparel factory creates 3,000 jobs, targets 10,000 at full capacity

The newly built Northshore Apparel Ghana factory in Savelugu, Northern Region, has generated 3,000 immediate jobs, with the potential to employ 10,000 people upon reaching full operational capacity. The facility's CEO, Sylvester Adinam Mensah, revealed this at the commissioning ceremony on August 28, emphasizing the factory's significant contribution to industrial development and economic transformation in Northern Ghana.

Phase One of the factory already provides immediate employment for 3,000 workers, while full capacity would generate 10,000 direct jobs. GEXIM, the sole investor, trained over 2,000 prospective operators, equipping them with skills for permanent employment at the factory. The facility houses 50 sewing lines, a 4,000-square-meter cutting and design center, and 8,000 square meters of warehouse space for raw materials and finished products.

Additionally, the factory features a 500-kilowatt peak solar power system, on-site clinic and crèche, disability-friendly washrooms, a biodigester for waste management, and a 600,000-liter underground mechanized water facility. Mensah stated that the factory's impact extends beyond its production floor, creating business opportunities in transportation, food services, accommodation, maintenance, packaging, logistics, and other supporting activities.

The wages earned by workers will support households, finance children's education, enhance access to healthcare, and bolster businesses within the local economy. Every trained and employed worker represents a life with new opportunities, a new direction, income to support families, contributions to the local economy, payment of taxes, participation in social security, and the production of garments that generate foreign exchange for Ghana.