Officials at the function pose behind some of the batteries

A clarion call has once again gone up to African countries to promote trade among themselves by purchasing locally manufactured products on the continent.

The initiative when given the chance would create more jobs and enough wealth for the youth.

The Kenyan High Commissioner to Ghana, MrEliphasMugendiBarine said this when he unveiled 1,000 car batteries manufactured in Kenya by the Kenya  Associated Battery Manufacturing (ABM) EA Ltd,  at a ceremony at the Agility Logistics Park at Tema.

He said Africa was endowed with immense resources and wealth and that there was the need for individuals and entrepreneurs to invest their monies in trading to support the aspirations of the continent to develop through trade links.

Making reference to the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ initiative, he said the continent could do better than it had achieved, and therefore, appealed to Africans to re-direct their decision on trade within the continent and encourage one another along the way.

He said forging closer links with one another in trade and investment was the best way to change the African continent in 10 years.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yesudem Company Limited (Ghana), Ghanaian importer of the batteries, Mrs. Gifty Fianu called on Ghanaians to patronise the product, adding that the first samples of the products were brought into the country and tested by the Ghana Standards Authority, and thatrecommendations were made to the manufacturers before the arrival of the final products.

She assured Ghanaians that the batteries were durable, affordable with 12 months guarantee.

MrsFianu advised customers to disabuse their minds of the saying that African products were of inferior quality.

Present at the function were representatives of (ABM) EA Ltd and other stakeholders.

By Raymond Kyekye