AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine schools local contractors

AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has held a one-day training workshop for smallholder contractors, aimed at developing the capacity of contractors in host communities for business development and job-creation.

 

The workshop, which was the third in a series, forms part of the Local Economic Development Initiatives of the Mine and was in partnership with the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI).

Addressing participants, the Municipal Director of NBSSI in Tarkwa, Mr. Francis Baghr, explained that the workshop will help participants acquire the basic rudiments of business management in order to make their businesses attractive. 

Participants were taken through topics such as Expansion of Business, Taxation, Financial Management and Good Record-Keeping. 

Mr. Baghr encouraged them to register with the NBSSI and be abreast with technological advancement.

The interactive session also afforded the contractors an opportunity to share among themselves some challenges confronting them in their line of work. 

The contractors were appreciative of the training and called on the Mine to organise such training workshops quarterly to enable them be abreast with modern trends of business and entrepreneurial skills.

 A Senior Community Development Officer of the Mine, Enoch Osei, said the training workshop will enable local contractors to be competitive and self-sufficient after the mine’s closure, and obtain the requisite skills in business management. 

The Local Economic Development Initiative of the mine forms part of its Social Investment Strategy.

It is a broad partnership between the Tarkwa Municipal Assembly through the National Board for Small Scale Industries to empower small enterprises development in the promotion of businesses development.