{"id":245078,"date":"2016-09-02T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245078"},"modified":"2016-09-02T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T09:30:18","slug":"ghana-likely-to-become-regional-hub-for-bosch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/ghana-likely-to-become-regional-hub-for-bosch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana likely to become regional hub for Bosch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leading global supplier of technology and service, Bosch has told <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong>\u00a0Ghana is one of the few African countries in West Africa it is considering to build a manufacturing hub in.<\/p>\n<p>The company is currently embarking on feasibility studies to select a country in West Africa to build a manufacturing plant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62465 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BOSH.1jpg.jpg\" alt=\"BOSH.1jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The country however to be selected finally must have regular power supply, conducive business environment, government support for the industry among others.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> at a Bosch dealer and end user event, Regional Sales Director for West and Central Africa, Benjy Ofori said the feasibility studies has commenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of investment we actually have embarked on feasibility studies within West Africa to identify a country where we can set up a production hub, critical for production is electricity, support from government and Ghana is of course one of the focus country, we have already started the feasibility studies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62468 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BOSH.4jpg.jpg\" alt=\"BOSH.4jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cOriginally the target was December 2017 but based on some legal requirement within certain country\u2019s we have selected, we have to push it to the second quarter to 2018. 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