Marian Ofori Twumasi Speaks at Green Business Cohort 1 Graduation Event @ghanacic

Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Marian Ofori Twumasi shares some insights on her entrepreneurship journey and her experience through the first cohort of the Green Business Competitions for MSMEs

Marian Ofori Twumasi Speaks at Green Business Cohort 1 Graduation Event

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$Kaeme: Female Carbon Savers | A Global Affairs Canada SURGE Program Story When Freda Obeng Ampofo was asked to abandon her premises with no warnings she had two choices: give up, or build something unshakable. She chose the latter. This is the story of Kaeme, a Cohort 6 incubatee of the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), an Ashesi University Institute, and the creation of Africas first shared ethical skincare manufacturing hub. With grant support from Global Affairs Canada through the SURGE program, Freda received targeted production equipment, including a mixing and homogenizing unit and a filling machine, enabling her to construct a zero-carbon facility on her own land, funded entirely through reinvested business revenue. Currently at 70% completion, the hub has 40+ independent beauty brands are already on the waiting list to access the shared production space, removing critical entry barriers for an entire generation of women entrepreneurs. Each of these brands will operate with a fraction of the carbon footprint required to build individual facilities. Through her lens, we examine the vital role Canadas investment, delivered through Ashesi Universitys GCIC incubator, plays in bridging the gap. This is catalytic capital. This is the SURGE program. This is GCIC. To Partner with GCIC contact us on: info.gcic@ashesi.edu.gh Learn more about GCIC: https://ghanacic.ashesi.edu.gh/our-impact/ #GCIC #Kaeme #SURGEProgram #GlobalAffairsCanada #AshesiUniversity #WomenInClimate #CarbonSavers #GreenManufacturing #CircularEconomy #SustainableBeauty #GhanaInnovation #Futuremakers #ClimateFinance #GenderLensInvesting #CanadaGhana$