Food safety is non-negotiable — and in Ghana's regulatory environment, it's also a competitive advantage. This programme gives your team a thorough, practical foundation in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems, and Food Hygiene best practices aligned to FDA Ghana Act 851 requirements. We go beyond theory: participants walk away able to design and maintain a functional food safety management system for their specific processing context.
🔬 HACCP System Design
Identify hazards, determine critical control points, and build a HACCP plan tailored to your product and process line.
📋 ISO 22000 Implementation
Understand and implement the international Food Safety Management System standard, including prerequisite programmes and documentation.
🧹 Food Hygiene Fundamentals
Personal hygiene, cross-contamination prevention, pest control basics, and GMP aligned to FDA Ghana expectations.
📑 FDA Audit Readiness
Prepare your team and documentation for Ghana FDA inspections and product registration requirements under Act 851.
Workplace accidents are costly — financially, legally, and humanly. This OHS programme equips managers and staff with the skills to identify hazards, conduct risk assessments, and implement safety systems that are fully aligned with Ghana's Labour Act 651 and PNDC Law 247. Our ONE SAFETY programme for the corporate and public sector includes practical scenario-based training, poster-supported communication systems, and mental health awareness components under the Ghana Mental Health Act 846.
⚠️ Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
Systematic methods to identify, evaluate, and control workplace hazards across manufacturing, office, and field environments.
📜 Ghana Legal Compliance
Comprehensive coverage of Labour Act 651, PNDC Law 247, and sector-specific safety obligations under Ghana law.
🧠 Workplace Mental Health
Practical awareness and support strategies grounded in the Ghana Mental Health Act 846 — essential for modern workplaces.
🏭 Site-Specific Safety Systems
Develop emergency procedures, PPE protocols, incident reporting systems, and toolbox talk programmes for your specific workplace.
Ghana's agro-processing sector holds enormous untapped potential. This programme provides specialised technical training across cereals, fruits, vegetables, and other locally sourced agricultural products — helping processors improve quality, consistency, and value addition at every stage. Whether you're processing tomatoes, milling grain, or packaging dried fruits for export, we offer targeted training that upgrades both skills and systems.
🌾 Cereal & Grain Processing
Milling, fortification, packaging, and quality control for maize, sorghum, millet, and other staple grain products.
🍅 Fruit & Vegetable Processing
Drying, canning, juicing, and preservation techniques with shelf-life extension and sensory quality control.
📦 Value Addition & Packaging
Label compliance, packaging selection, storage requirements, and market presentation for retail and export.
🌍 Export Readiness
Standards and documentation required for exporting Ghanaian agro-products to regional and international markets.
Our hands-on entrepreneurship programmes are designed for people who want to start or grow a product-based business — with real formulations, real equipment, and real business guidance. We cover the manufacture of household chemicals (WC cleaner, floor cleaner, fabric softener), personal care products (shower gel, bar soap, liquid soap), and food products. Participants work with 5-litre batch formulations and leave with the skills to begin producing and selling immediately.
🧴 Household & Cleaning Products
WC cleaner, floor cleaner, multi-purpose sprays, and fabric softener — with formulations, costing, and packaging guidance.
🧼 Personal Care Manufacturing
Bar soap, liquid soap, and shower gel production using locally available raw materials and accessible equipment.
🍱 Food Product Development
Small-scale food processing and packaging for market entry, including labelling and basic FDA compliance awareness.
📊 Business Growth Fundamentals
Costing, pricing, sales channels, and business development basics to turn your skills into a sustainable income.
ISO certification opens doors — to new clients, new markets, and new credibility. But implementation is where most organisations struggle. CESPIM/AQFS provides end-to-end support: from initial gap analysis and documentation development to internal audits and certification audit readiness. We have supported companies across manufacturing and food processing through every stage of the ISO journey, and we make the process practical and manageable.
🔍 Gap Analysis & Planning
Assess your current systems against ISO requirements and build a realistic implementation roadmap with your team.
📝 Documentation Development
Develop all required procedures, work instructions, records, and manuals to meet ISO 9001 or 22000 standards.
🎓 Internal Auditor Training
Equip your in-house team to conduct internal audits, maintain the system, and manage corrective actions independently.
✅ Certification Audit Preparation
Mock audits, readiness assessments, and last-mile preparation to ensure you pass your certification audit first time.
Wasted time, wasted materials, and disorganised workspaces quietly destroy profitability. Our Kaizen and 5S programmes give your team simple, powerful tools to identify and eliminate waste — without major capital investment. Results are visible on the shop floor within weeks: cleaner workspaces, faster throughput, fewer errors, and a culture of continuous improvement that sustains itself after training ends.
🔄 Kaizen / Continuous Improvement
Identify waste in your processes and implement small, steady improvements that compound into significant productivity gains.
🗂️ 5S Workplace Organisation
Sort, Set, Shine, Standardise, Sustain — transform your production floor or office into a clean, efficient, controlled environment.
📉 Waste Reduction (Muda)
Identify the 7 wastes in your operation — overproduction, waiting, motion, defects, inventory, transport, and overprocessing.
📈 Efficiency Measurement
Set up simple KPIs and visual management tools to track progress and sustain improvements after training is complete.
Ghana's regulatory landscape — spanning FDA Ghana, EPA, GSA, and customs — can be difficult to navigate alone. Our regulatory affairs support demystifies the process and gets your products registered, compliant, and market-ready without unnecessary delays. We also support environmental compliance and documentation for businesses undergoing EPA permitting or environmental management planning.
🏷️ FDA Product Registration
Full support for food, cosmetics, and household product registration under FDA Act 851 and LI 2169, from pre-submission to approval.
🌿 EPA Environmental Compliance
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) support, Environmental Management Plans, and EPA permit documentation for food manufacturers.
🚢 Import & Export Documentation
Guidance on documentation, standards, and certification required for importing into Ghana or exporting to regional markets.
📋 Labelling & Compliance Review
Review product labels, ingredient declarations, and claims for compliance with Ghana FDA and international requirements.
A good product that can't be sold is a missed opportunity. Our practical sales and marketing programme teaches the fundamentals of finding customers, closing sales, and building distribution channels — all grounded in Ghana's business culture and market dynamics. We also cover digital marketing basics, B2B sales approaches, and how to position products for growth across West Africa.
🤝 Selling Skills & Negotiation
Practical techniques for presenting products, handling objections, negotiating prices, and closing sales in the Ghanaian market context.
📱 Digital Marketing Basics
Social media, WhatsApp business, and online presence fundamentals for SMEs — simple, affordable, and immediately applicable.
Your frontline staff are your brand. This programme trains retail and shop floor personnel in customer service excellence, product knowledge, food hygiene at point of sale, stock management, and complaint handling. Delivered in a practical, accessible format that works for diverse literacy levels and frontline contexts across Ghana's retail sector.
🙋 Customer Service Excellence
Handling customers, managing complaints, upselling, and creating a positive shopping experience that drives repeat business.
📦 Stock & Shelf Management
FIFO principles, stock rotation, display standards, and basic inventory control for retail environments.
Beyond Training — Full Business Support
CESPIM/AQFS's consultancy arm provides one-stop business support from idea to implementation. Whether you're entering a new market, developing a new product, or restructuring operations — our expert team has the experience to guide you.
Business Growth Planning
Strategic planning, market analysis, and business development support for SMEs and growing enterprises.
West Africa Market Entry
Introducing Ghanaian products and services to regional markets — research, linkages, and market development.
New Product Development
Technical support for developing, formulating, and launching new food and non-food products to market.
B2B Business Linkages
Connect with suppliers, distributors, and business partners across Ghana and West Africa through our network.
Marketing Research & Development
Market sizing, competitor analysis, and consumer research to guide business and product decisions.
Food Industry Consultancy
End-to-end technical and management consulting for food processing operations, from layout to quality systems.