Mr. Ebo Botwe receiving award on behalf of Mr. Ramchand Mohinani,
Chairman at State Mr. Mohinani House, 22nd of April 2012

At a ceremony where over 30 entrepreneurs were honored, the Chairman of Mohinani Group of companies, Mr. Ramchand Udharam Mohinani received the Lifetime Entrepreneur/Achievement Award at the 2nd Ghana Entrepreneur Awards and Dinner 2011, (State House on 22nd April 2012). This was under the auspices of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana in collaboration with the ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Delloitte and Touche.

The award ceremony recognises the outstanding achievements of Ghanaian and resident foreign entrepreneurs who have excelled in developing successful businesses, employment generation and contributing to the growth of the Country's economy.

Ramchand Udharam Mohinani is the founder and Chairman of the Mohinani Group of Companies. Born in India and moved to Ghana in 1957 with a few colleagues to establish a franchise for a trading entity in Ghana. He is married to his wife Sheela and blessed with three sons; Ashok, Anil and Sunil. He established a number of successful manufacturing companies in Ghana. These include Ghana's first Polyethylene factory in 1966 - Poly Products Ghana Limited - the flagship of Mohinani Group of Companies to support the packaging and processing industry.

In 1976, he established Poly Sacks (Ghana) Limited, to produce polypropylene packaging for the agro processing industry. In the 1990s, he created more factories which have become huge household names; Poly Tank (Ghana) Limited and Poly Kraft (Ghana) which have an enormous portfolio of products including Water Tanks, PET, PVC bottles and other multiple products meant for packaging wide range of consumer goods; fish, alcoholic beverages, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, processed foods etc. He diversified into the trade and distribution sector by establishing Somotex (1986), Somovision (1999) and Uniwell (1993). These Units specialise in the distribution of consumer electronics, home appliances, tyres amongst others, with representation of key brands such as LG Electronics, Philips domestic appliances, etc.

He entered the real estate industry in 2005 with the establishment of South West Estates & Tourism (Ghana) Limited, and its first development is the Arabella Residency at Cantonments. He went ahead to form Alliance Estates, a construction outfit established to have a foothold in the hospitality industry. They have started constructing a new hotel - Protea Hotel Select in Takoradi; a four star accommodation which when completed is expected to have 136 rooms and 12 two bedroom short stay apartments rooms.

Mr. Mohinan

In 2010 the Group secured the franchise to run KFC restaurants in Ghana and the first two restaurants opened at the Oxford Street, Osu and Melcom Plus, North Industrial Area in Accra in 2011. Mohinani Group has extended its reach beyond the shores of Ghana with operations in London, Hong Kong, India, Dubai, Kenya, Tanzania, etc. The diverse activities of these companies provide employment directly to over 2,000 people across the country and a global work force of over 3000 people.

The Group has also won the National Good Corporate Citizen Award in recognition of its social responsibility of which includes a donation of $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars) to the School of Health Sciences at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, scholarships and the sponsorship of other national social events and runs special plastic waste management awareness campaigns. Present at the 2nd Ghana Entrepreneur Awards and Dinner  Ceremony 2011 was the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Stephen  Ackah who challenged entrepreneurs to go a step further to identify high-budding entrepreneurs in Ghana to mentor and assist."  

In all, 30 entrepreneurs both Ghanaian and non Ghanaian were honored for their contribution towards the development of the country.