A citation presented to the company by CIMG reads: “Your corporate mission speaks to pro­viding excellent, well researched agribusiness solutions, aimed at transforming lives and businesses of those you encounter, and by the estimation of our assessors, you have lived this mission by making it a reality.”

“You have already become a household name among the farming communities with your innovative and solution-based ini­tiatives that continue to resonate with your numerous publics. Your ability to identify with the numer­ous challenges of the farming community and assigning persons with the requisite knowhow in agro solutions to them, remains one of your hallmarks.”

“The CIMG, together with our team of assessors, recognised the strides you are making, even in your short existence and duly con­fer on you, Newage Agric Solu­tion, the CIMG Marketing-Ori­ented Agro-Based Company of The Year 2022,” the citation read.

According to CIMG, Newage Agric Solutions Limited had used cutting-edge technology to address modern day agriculture challenges in Ghana.

Receiving the citation, Mr Ro­land Quaye, the Managing Partner of Newage said the vision of the company to change the agricul­ture landscape of Ghana was on course.

He said, “As Africans, we wanted to prove a point that we are capable of embarking on such journeys to transforming our continent. Many years down the lane, we’ve grown to be one of the most revered agric companies in the country.

“It hasn’t been an easy journey; getting financing was very tough; getting accreditation and cred­ibility was even tougher, but by the grace of God, through all the storms, we are here today. We are now Ghana’s number one agric company and we’re proud of it,” he stated.

Newage Agric Solutions Limit­ed was incorporated in 2019 but commenced operations in 2020.

After three years of operations, the company introduced innova­tions and brands such as Chi-Ga­ba, a social enterprise initiative to boost local production of some selected grain and cereals in Gha­na to improve the living standards of rural farmers.

So far, over 13,000 smallholder farmers have been supported.

The two others were the Nserewa, an agro-lifestyle project that affords corporate people to contribute to agriculture espe­cially in food production through sponsoring farmers with the aim of making decent returns on their sponsorship, and targeted at the procurement of farm inputs for farmers and providing ready market.

STIC Project, also known as the Seed Technology Improvement and Commercialisation (STIC) Project, designed to consciously develop the Ghana seed industry by supporting researchers to de­velop new planting materials and also improve and expand existing planting materials of productive and commercial value.