Mr. Ramchand Udharam Mohinani, Chairman of the Mohinani Group of Companies, was honoured with the lifetime Entrepreneur/Achievement Award at the 2nd Ghana Entrepreneur Awards and Dinner 2011, held at the State House on April 22nd, 2012.
The event, organized by the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Delloitte and Touche, aimed at recognizing the
outstanding achievements of Ghanaian and resident foreign entrepreneurs who have excelled in developing successful businesses, employment generation, and contributing to the growth of the country’s economy.
Beside Mr. Mohinani picking up the ultimate award on the night, thirty entrepreneurs were also awarded for playing various roles in the development of Ghana’s economy through their entrepreneurial adventures.
Ramchand Udharam Mohinani is the founder and chairman of the Mohinani Group of Companies. Born in India, he moved to Ghana in 1957 with a few colleagues to establish a franchise for a trading entity in Ghana. He is married to his wife Sheela and blessed with three sons: Ashok, Anil, and Sunil.
He established a number of successful manufacturing companies in Ghana. These include Ghana’s first polyethylene factory in 1966, Poly Products Ghana Limited, the flagship of the Mohinani Group of Companies, to support the packaging and processing industry. In 1976, he established Poly Sacks (Ghana) Limited to produce polypropylene packaging for the agroprocessing industry. In the 1990s, he created two more factories that have become huge household names: Polytank (Ghana) Limited, and Poly Kraft (Ghana) which have an enormous portfolio of products including water tanks, PET, PVC bottles, and other multiple products meant for packaging a wide range of consumer goods, including fish, alcoholic beverages, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, etc.
He diversified into the trade and distribution sector by establishing Somotex (1986), Somovision (1999), and Uniwell (1993). These units specialise in the distribution of consumer electronics, home appliances, tyres amongst others, with representation of key brands such as LG Electronics, Philips domestic appliances, etc.
He entered the real estate industry in 2005 with the establishment of South West Estates & Tourism (Ghana) Limited, and its first development is the Arabella Residency at Cantonments.
He went ahead to form Alliance Estates, a construction outfit established to have a foothold in the hospitality industry. They have started constructing a new hotel, Protea Hotel Select, in Takoradi, a four-star accommodation that, when completed, is expected to have 136 rooms and 12 two-bedroom apartments for short stays.
In 2010, the Group secured the franchise to run KFC restaurants in Ghana, and the first two restaurants opened at Oxford Street, Osu, and Melcom Plus in the North Industrial Area of Accra in 2011.
The Mohinani Group has extended its reach beyond the shores of Ghana with operations in London, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. The diverse activities of these companies provide employment directly to over 2,000 people across the country and a global work force of over 3000 people.
The Group earlier won the National Good Corporate Citizen Award in recognition of its social responsibility, which includes a donation of $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars) to the School of Health Sciences at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, scholarships, sponsorship of national social events, and proper plastic waste management advocacy.
Story: Lennox Amagyei-Antw
Accra: Friday November 8, 2024-: Polytanks Ghana has made yet another significant contribution to this year’s Farmers’ Day celebration.
The leading water storage tank manufacturer presented two 3000 litres of its Sumo range of tanks, thousand pieces of 50 kg sacks, hundred pieces of Yam export cartons, and other assorted packaging materials to the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council to be awarded to deserving farmers.
According to the media relations manager of Polytanks, Moudline Duodua-Gyan, the donation is in fulfillment of the company’s commitment to supporting the Farmers Day Celebration every year, among other efforts aimed at promoting the agricultural sector.
“Polytanks has always learned support for the celebration of Farmers Day because we see farmers as important stakeholders in what we do and the true bedrock of Ghana’s economy. As such, it’s always a delight to contribute to initiatives aimed at putting a smile on their faces,” Moudline asserted.
Receiving the items, the Chief Director of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, Mrs. Lilian Baeka, and the Director of Administration, Prince Newman, were appreciative of Polytank Ghana’s generosity, stressing that the items will go along away to enhance the activities of the lucky farmers.
Mr. Newman observed that the comprehensive package makes provision for any kind of farming operation. “From irrigation to packaging, there is something in here for you, and of course it’s coming from the original Polytank,” he added.
He further commended Polytanks Ghana for the speed and generosity with which they responded to the Council's call.
The 2024 Farmer’s Day celebration is scheduled for Friday, 8th November.
Accra: Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Mohinani Group has presented its annual support to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture towards this year’s National Farmers’ Day Celebrations.
The support which was in kind and valued at GHC 15,000 were made up of products produced by Poly Tanks Ghana Limited, the manufacturing arm of the Group.
The items included five (5) pieces of 2,000 litre water storage tanks (Poly Tank), seven (7) rolls of 25kg black sheetings and 1,000 pieces of 100kg polypropylene woven sacks. The others included 40 pieces of 25 litre gallons, 180 pieces of 25 kilo yam and 220 pieces of standard vegetable cartons.
Presenting the items to the Agriculture Ministry, officials from the Group on behalf of Management congratulated all farmers for their tireless toils in feeding the nation and also making sure that there is enough food in stock throughout all seasons.
The items, they said were to assist the winners to add value to their produce by packaging them for the ready market. They noted that Mohinani has over the past 50 years contributed to the growth of Ghana’s agricultural sector by locally producing plastic and paper packaging products to preserve food quality, minimize wastage and enhance the marketability of agricultural produce in the local or global markets.
“As a trailblazer in the packaging industry in Ghana, Mohinani has continuously invested in the best and latest cutting technologies in manufacturing packaging products to improve the look, appeal and feel of agricultural products as well as cut down the country’s import bill on packaging products”, they emphasized.
Receiving the items, the Acting Chief Director of the Ministry, Mr. Robert Patrick Ankobiah expressed his appreciation to the Group for their kind gesture and always supporting the celebrations to reward the gallant farmers of the country.
He said although the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic threatened the celebrations this year but the Ministry was determined to go ahead and honour farmers in the country.
“This is because the COVID actually made us to appreciate the more what the farmers have been contributing because but for them the food security the country had especially on the on-set would not have been probably possible”, he said.
The Mohinani Group through its manufacturing subsidiaries have over the past decade offered its unflinching support to the national Farmers’ Day celebrations. Annually, the Group commits more than GHC 10,000 to this cause as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to improve post-harvest loses and agricultural marketing in the country.
Accra: March 15, 2018-: Polytanks (Gh) Ltd, the lead producers of plastic storage tanks in partnership with the Safe Water Network Ghana, a non-governmental organization, has deliberated with stakeholders on improving the activities of Small Water Enterprises. The Polytanks Ghana and Safe Water Network’s relationship has also helped to supply, over a hundred communities with potable water, complimenting government’s efforts at meeting the United Nations sustainable development goal on water. Polytanks Ghana provided an undisclosed amount toward the stakeholder engagement.
This year’s “Beyond the Pipe” forum held under the theme “Taking Small Water Enterprises to Scale” brought together stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, to build consensus on practical ways of improving the sustainability of Small Water Enterprises (SWEs) in the country.
Small water Enterprises, are community-based outlets which provide clean, safe and potable water to deprived communities around the country. The 2018 forum is the second time Polytanks Ghana a subsidiary of the Mohinani Group is collaborating with the NGO to organize such forum.
Polytanks and the Save Water Network have nurtured their fruitful business relationship to aid the work of the NGO for almost a decade. Executive Director of the Mohinani Group, Mr. Ashok Mohinani, was hopeful for an expanded collaboration that will assist more communities with clean water.
“One of the key objectives of the Mohinani Group CSR policy, is to partner public and private institutions in scaling up the provision of sustainable and safe water supply to all Ghanaians around the clock”, Mr. Mohinani stated -adding that, “Polytanks will continue to supply quality and durable water storage tanks to Safe Water Network and other government agencies, as part of facilitating the provision of clean, affordable and reliable water supply to communities”, he noted.
Mr. Ashok Mohinani, pledged the Group’s continued support to Safe Water Network in carrying out its mandate of building sustainable SWEs in order to provide rural and peri-urban communities in Ghana with portable and affordable access to water. Mr. Mohinani was also hopeful that the findings from the forum will help address the challenges faced by SWEs.
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About Mohinani Group
The Mohinani Group is a leading 2nd generation family business group of Indian descent, employing over 3000 people in its multi-sector operations across various industries.
With activities ranging from manufacturing of packaging & plastics to trade & distribution in chemicals / polymers / consumer durables, amongst others, the group has a key position within its respective business segments across several countries on the African sub-continent.
From Ghana to Kenya, as well as in international trading & service centres such as Hong Kong, London and Mumbai. Key clients and suppliers rank amongst some of the largest and most credible companies in the world, such as LG Electronics, Exxon Mobil, Unilever, P&G & Coca Cola.
Accra, February 2022:
The Mohinani Group, through its premier water storage brand- Polytank, has donated tanks worth over GHC 32,000 to the Apiate Community to help provide the residents with clean drinking water. The timely gesture is in response to a national call by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) to assist the victims with Polytanks to enable them get access to portable water following the explosion that occurred in the community two weeks ago.
The full trailer load of Polytanks were made up of four pieces of 10,000 litre tanks popularly known as Rambo 1,000 and six pieces of 2,500 litre Sumo tank capacities. The donation which was made to NADMO on behalf of the community formed part of the Group’s corporate social responsibility to ensure that all vulnerable and marginalized Ghanaians are provided with access to clean drinking safe water especially in times of severe national disasters.
In a statement, Mr. Ashok Mohinani, the Executive Director of the Mohinani Group, expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of the fatalities of the disaster. Mr. Ashok also wished the speedy recovery to those injured and prayed for the total healing for all the affected within the community. He emphasised that, as a brand, Polytank truly cares about the wellbeing of Ghanaians especially in improving access to safe drinking water. This, he added, was the company’s contribution to helping the country achieve Goal 6 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Mr. Ashok expressed Polytank Ghana’s commitment to help in rebuilding the Apiate community saying “our donation today is a testament of our brand’s promise to help alleviate the effects of the aftermath of the explosion”. He therefore urged the Chiefs and residents of the Apiate community to maintain the Polytanks in order to benefit future generations.
Polytank Ghana is an industrial revolution company which spearheaded the development of the plastic and paper storage and packaging industry in Ghana. As a household brand name, Polytank sets itself apart by providing storage and packaging solutions that are trusted for generations. The Tanks Division of the brand has for the last 30 years provided solutions with high quality and durable products to address water and sanitation challenges in Ghana.
For further details, kindly contact:
Contact: Moudline Gyan
Phone: 233-243 087 774
Email: moudline@polygroupgh.com
KFC Care is a project that aims to show concern for the general public and build strong emotional ties, especially with Ghanaian school children. The goal is to contribute positively to society and promote our brand among the younger generation. The initiative aims to provide food and bring smiles to the faces of 500 schoolchildren every month. In support of this, KFC Ghana joined forces with Citi TV and Citi FM to participate in the #Relief4LowerVolta initiative. Through this effort, we provided KFC meals and drinks to 1,000 displaced children in Sokpe, Asidowhui, and Agbeve. These children and families have been displaced due to the Akosombo Dam spillage, which occurred in October 2023. The initiative will continue to be reinforced in 2024 and beyond.
KFC Ghana operates a restaurant that employs a total of 720 individuals, out of which 19 are hearing-impaired. This is in line with Masco Foods' Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) policy and the Mohinani Group's commitment to providing equal employment opportunities to all. The HR department collaborates with the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) to recruit more hearing-impaired individuals each year to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Additionally, the company has established the Boafo Scheme, a fund aimed at assisting employees who may be facing challenging circumstances. The scheme provides support in areas such as education, counselling, healthcare, housing, and funeral expenses. It was launched in May 2023 and has so far helped 21 employees in need.
In 2021, Ghana achieved a significant milestone as KFC Ghana celebrated its 10th anniversary in the country. As a part of their gesture to give back to the communities, KFC Ghana donated meals and cash to 10 deserving charities across the nation. This initiative was aimed at making a positive impact on the communities they serve, and it was received with enthusiasm.