Asantehene Facilitates Kumasi Businesswoman’s Meeting with German President
The founder of Uni-Jay Company Limited and UniJay Amaleboba Foundation, Janet Abobigu, has met German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
This was during a courtesy visit to the Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, by the President on November 4, 2025.
She was the only female among a handful of business players in Ghana who were invited by the King to meet German businessmen who accompanied the head of state to Ghana.
She whose business has secured a partnership agreement with Germany had the privilege of meeting President Steinmeier at the Manhyia Palace alongside her colleagues.
Janet, through her Non-governmental Organisation, UniJay Amaleboba Foundation, in 2024 entered into an agreement with the Facility Investing for Employment (IFE), acting on behalf of KfW Development Bank and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
As part of the agreement, she secured a substantial grant to establish the UniJay Centre of Excellence and Hostel Facility for Apparel and Garments, a state-of-the-art training facility and hostel to revolutionise vocational training in the textile industry and address the pressing need for skilled workers.
Currently employing over 700 people, UniJay Limited expects to generate 1,977 new jobs through this initiative, of which 796 positions will be within UniJay, while 1,181 jobs will be created in other textile factories across the country.
Around 1,300 of the new employees will be women, and around 2,000 will be younger than 24.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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