HortiFresh’s Youth Employment Fund has seen some vibrant youth-led initiatives. One of which is a female-led project focused on creating employment for mostly young women through processing of coconut.

The project seeks to utilise coconuts as raw material to produce high quality virgin coconut oil, coconut flour and coconut flakes.

While currently a kitchen enterprise, the process of land acquisition near Takoradi, for the construction of a processing centre. The start-up will engage 8 youth, 8 staff, and 40 women to operate the processing facility. In addition improved disease-resistant coconut seedlings will be planted. More updates will be shared in the coming months.