Blue Skies has picked up an FPC Fresh Award for CSR Excellence. The awards were announced on the 4th of June at a gala evening attended by four hundred guests and hosted by comedienne & TV presenter Sue Perkins. The awards are organised by the UK Fresh Produce Consortium and […]
Author: Simon Derrick
Blue Skies Foundation commissions first 2015 projects
The Blue Skies Foundation has today commissioned two new projects during a visit by Board members representing Blue Skies and two European retailers, Waitrose and Albert Heijn. This year the Foundation is embarking on twelve projects in Ghana, Senegal and South Africa. Projects include the reconstruction of a condemned […]
President John Dramani Mahama opens new factory for Blue Skies Ghana
His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama has officially opened a new factory for Blue Skies in Ghana. This new state-of-the-art facility is located on the doorstep of the company’s two factories in Dobro near to Nsawam, and will enable Blue Skies to expand its juice business and launch exciting new […]
May Pelican News is out
The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. Click here to download it. Some highlights from this month’s newsletter: -Blue Skies wins African Economy Builder award -We meet Grace Gyamerah of Blue Skies Ghana -More exercises you can do at (or near) your desk Pelican […]
Meet Grace Gyamerah
Grace joined Blue Skies on 11th August 2003 as a contract cashier. During her stay here she worked as the petty cashier, prepared the pay roll for contract and permanent staff and worked on bank reconciliation, loans and floats. Currently, she is still in charge of bank reconciliation, payroll for […]
Smart thinking saves energy use at Egypt
Egypt have two work-in-progress chill stores, and a blast chill for finished products. Two of these three rooms have an extensive south-facing wall made of insulated panels. Careful analysis of temperature information by Khaled Awad our engineering manager in Egypt revealed that during defrost cycles of the refrigeration equipment for […]
Blue Skies wins African Economy Builder Award
Blue Skies Chairman Anthony Pile has been presented an African Economy Builder Award at a gala dinner in the Ivorian capital city, Abidjan. Twenty-four other figures from Senegal, France, Rwanda, Colombia, Benin, Hong Kong, Algeria, the USA, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, Angola, Togo, Tanzania and Guinea Bissau have been awarded the […]
April Pelican News is out
The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. Click here to download it. Some highlights from this month’s newsletter: -Blue Skies wins a third Queens Award -Blue Skies Ghana hit by national energy crisis -More exercises you can do at (or near) your desk Pelican […]
Meet Eric Yamoah Paintsil
Eric Paintsil runs Zulu Farm in Ghana. He is a young, enterprising farmer from the Western Region of Ghana. He currently lives in Kasoa-Odumpong a town about 20 minutes drive from ‘Zulu’, a 1,000 ha farm he now manages for Blue Skies. Zulu Farms has over 20 ha of Queen Victoria […]
Blue Skies Ghana allays redundancy fears despite power crisis
Blue Skies is considering a number of options to address power shortages in Ghana; however it has no immediate plans to lay off staff despite media reports claiming the contrary. Blue Skies Ghana has been running on its diesel generators for over 50% of the time due to load shedding […]
