In August, UK TV show ‘Food Unwrapped’ came to Ghana to reveal how pineapple grows and show how Blue Skies are able to keep it so fresh… Presenter Kate Quinton supported by her crew of Dan Gilbert, Olly Weaver and Jack visited Zulu Farm to speak to Ernest Abloh about […]
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Yolisa wins at DAFF Female Entrepreneur Awards
Yolisa Mbie, Hygiene Manager at Blue Skies South Africa believed in herself and made Blue Skies proud by taking part in Female Entrepreneur Awards Programme being run by DAFF (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) in Mpumalanga province. The major thrust of the programme is to underline the fact that […]
Five audits in a month!
Another month and another five audits successfully passed by Blue Skies Egypt! This time its ISO 22000 and OHSAS 18001, an unannounced ASDA ethical audit, a Fairtrade audit for the Pomegranate Association in Assuit and a Fairtrade audit for the factory! Congratulations and very well done to Blue Skies Egypt […]
Africa comes to Northampton to celebrate third Queens Award success
African representatives of a Northamptonshire based fruit company today attended a reception in Pitsford in celebration of the company’s third Queens Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category. Blue Skies is one of only a few firms in the county to have won three Queen’s Awards. Blue Skies Holdings […]
Mary and Andre meet the Queen
South African General Manager, Andre Veldsman and Ghana Movements Manager, Mary Cudjoe represented Blue Skies at Buckingham Palace this month at a Queens Award Winners reception hosted by Her Majesty the Queen. At the reception, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh greeted guests in the State Rooms which form […]
Blue Skies Founder awarded for British Service to Ghana
Anthony Pile was presented with a GUBA Black Star Award for British Service to Ghana on the 4th of July at the Hilton Metropole in London. The award to recognises the long-term positive impact that Anthony’s innovative work has had in Ghana. The recipients of the Black Star Awards were […]
Blue Skies wins Fresh Award for CSR Excellence.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
