Accra: Twenty Ghanaian agribusinesses have received US$10,000 each from the Tullow AgriVentures Programme to scale their operations and create employment opportunities within the agriculture value chain. The successful businesses won the 2025 Growth Stage Pitch competition organised as part of the second edition of the Tullow AgriVentures Programme (TAP).
According to Ghana News Agency, the TAP, an initiative by Tullow Ghana, in partnership with Innohub Foundation, seeks to empower agribusinesses, create sustainable jobs, and drive economic growth in Ghana’s agricultural sector. The winners, drawn from across Ghana, impressed a panel of industry leaders and investors with innovative solutions spanning sustainable farming, agro-processing, climate-smart practices, and value chain optimization.
Beyond funding, these agribusinesses would benefit from tailored business development support, market linkages, and technical guidance under the TAP, implemented by Innohub Foundation. Speaking at the pitch event, Mr. Edmund Fiifi Enchill, Social Performance Manager at Tullow, said, through business training, access to funding, and technical assistance, TAP had strengthened the capacity of young entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers. These efforts aim to make a meaningful contribution to Ghana’s agribusiness value chain.
The first edition of the TAP supported more than 400 new agribusinesses and disbursed more than $600,000 to support small businesses across the country. Mr Nelson Amo, Executive Director of Innohub, expressed delight about the competitiveness of the pitch and applauded the participating companies for their innovative ideas and the desire to transform Ghana’s agribusiness landscape.
While congratulating the winners for their breakthrough, he said the stringent monitoring and reporting systems had been put in place to ensure that the grants awarded were solely used for the intended purpose. ‘You have to tell us what you are going to do to grow the business, and the money would be dispersed towards that. Once you get selected, we visit your business four times in a year to assess the progress and ensure that the project goals are delivered,’ Mr Amo said.
The twenty successful businesses include JGrand Commodities, AgroEmpire, AFB Golden, Conquest Investment, Cornfields Green Ghana Limited, SAYeTECH, Pascoe Fields, Fruity Star, Smithfield Agribusiness, and From a Mother’s Kitchen. The rest are Mr. Kitchen, Ab OVO, Grow it Green, Mic-D Ventures, Fortune Coffee, Yava Farms and Agricultural Consultancy, Sava Shea, Peanut Concept, Farm 360, and Naya Success.
In an interview, Dr Fortune Agbele, CEO of Fortune Coffee, said the support she had received would empower her business to procure a commercial coffee roaster to boost production and employ more people. Tullow Ghana, operator of the Jubilee and Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) oilfields, and Innohub, the pioneering Enterprise Support Organization, also pledged their commitment to strengthening Ghana’s agribusiness landscape through ongoing engagement, training, and funding support.