11 Mar
Blog, Go Africa

Welcome Captain Solomon Quainoo to Go Africa Executive Board!

 

Go Africa LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Captain Solomon Quainoo to our Executive Board of Directors with immediate effect.  It is our good fortune to have an individual of Captain Quainoo’s caliber join us in leading Go Africa successfully into the future. We are very pleased that he has accepted our offer to join our Executive.

 

Moving forward, Go Africa LLC and Go Africa Trading will face some unique and motivating challenges. The assurance that we will overcome these challenges is strengthened by the kind of leadership qualities our Executive Board members possess. Collectively, the balance of experience and education on our Executive will serve to propel us well into the future with good momentum.

 

Captain Quainoo currently owns two new logistics companies in Ghana and is poised to extend his influence in Ghana and worldwide.  Go Africa is pleased to have him join our board as we seek to grow the business of processing and exporting from Ghana, and the wider West Africa, agricultural products such as cashews, peanuts, cocoa, coffee and other local produce.

 

Solomon is a Ghanaian born national and is also an airline captain flying the biggest passenger aircraft, Airbus A380 with Emirates Airlines.  Mr. Quainoo was in 2018 selected to be the captain of the first A380 flight to Ghana. This was the biggest aviation event in Africa in 2018 causing him to become a national and continental hero for Ghana and the whole of Africa.

 

His subsequent interview and publications in various international media, has inspired many all over the world and he is currently being asked to speak on various events around the world to inspire young and old.  He’s featured in the Ghana Civil Aviation website as a national hero.

 

He has worked for airlines including British Airways (IAG) and BMI as an airline pilot, and prior to that, as a design engineer for British Airways engineering and supply chain.

 

Captain Solomon Quainoo has managed and led various projects at British Airways including, aircraft interior re-configuration, introducing the first flat-bed seats in all long haul aircraft, and the introduction of new crew rest in Boeing 777 aircrafts.  He also helped introduce one of the modern instrument landing systems, Microwave Landing Systems (MLS) at Heathrow and Munich airports, configuring a Boeing 757 for the trials. In addition, he introduced a market management matrix for the engineering supply chain with huge cost savings to the company.

 

As a pilot by profession, Captain Quainoo has flown aircrafts including, Embraer 135/145; Boeing 737-300, 400, 500; Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330-200, A340-300, A340-500 and currently flying the A380-800.  He has also worked as an instructor, operating all the British Airways simulators including, A320 family, B737 family, B757/B767 family, B777 family and B747 family.  He was part of the British Airways customer first team, instructing on its mobile simulators on air shows around the United Kingdom.

 

Mr. Quainoo attended the University of Ghana for his undergraduate bachelor of science (BSc) majoring in Mathematics and Physics and has a masters in engineering (MEng) in aerospace engineering at Kingston University in the United Kingdom.  He was trained at Oxford Aviation for his airline pilot qualification becoming one of the best students of his course.  He has since been selected to be the face of Oxford aviation in various international aviation magazines including Flight International and was part of a select few involved in seminars designed to coach and guide aspiring pilots.

 

He has been involved in various mentoring programs with Reuters in the United Kingdom and is setting up a mentoring group in Ghana to inspire young black people in particular, and others in general.

 

We are happy to welcome Captain Solomon Quainoo to our Executive Board and look forward to his valuable contribution.

 

19 Feb
Blog, Go Africa

UAE Africa networking

Mr Shafaat Hashmi of Brandbeat shared with us that his valentines are his clients and dear friends courtesy the UAE Africa networking group. He hosted a number of us to dinner here in Lahore, Pakistan.

The connections we’ve been able to make here in Lahore have been superb and we think it will serve the Go Africa business strategy well as we move forward with the development plans we have for Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the immediate future.

Go Africa LLC endeavors to advance the economic development and global trade between Africa and other countries. Go Africa has established a dynamic commodities trading portal specializing in commodities and products from Africa. The company is currently implementing a commodities production facility in Ghana to ensure the efficient supply and volume of processed cashews, coffee, cocoa, peanuts, sesame seeds and a variety of teas for the global market. The second phase will see further expansion in West Africa (Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria) with future expansion to East Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia) in subsequent phases.

These efforts provide ideal scenarios that generate employment, maximizes the use of natural resources and returns the highest profits to the hard-working farmers and plant workers in the respective countries and to Go Africa LLC.

Our vision is to continuously improve and innovate at every step of the value chain by sourcing the highest quality products from Africa, marketing those products to the world, and building a sustainable business that protects the interest of all stakeholders.

13 Feb
Blog, Ghana, Go Africa

Go Africa & Agility Africa Partnership

Overview of Go Africa’s Location in the Agility Facility in Ghana in the GFZA

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Land area of 16 Hectares

  • Being developed in phases

Once fully developed, the ALP will have a total built-up-area of 100,000 sqm

  • Warehouses, assembly and light manufacturing facilities, offices, retail units and open storage yards
  • Medical clinic

Constructed to date

  • 13,000+ sqm warehouse with 0ffice space
  • 700 sqm standalone office / retail space
  • Up to 10,000 sqm open yard space

Under Construction: Completion in 1Q2019

  • 18,000+ sqm warehouse

with office space

01 Feb
Blog, Go Africa

Go Africa Vision

This Go Africa overview covers our vision and the plans for our production facilities in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria. We also cover and highlight our products (coffee, cashew, peanuts, cocoa, teas, etc).

Go Africa LLC / Go Africa Trading LLC overview

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Posted by Go Africa LLC on Thursday, January 31, 2019

Go Africa LLC endeavors to advance the economic development and global trade between Africa and other countries.  Go Africa has established a dynamic commodities trading portal specializing in commodities and products from Africa. The company is currently implementing a commodities production facility in Ghana to ensure the efficient supply and volume of processed cashews, coffee, cocoa, peanuts, sesame seeds and a variety of teas for the global market. The second phase will see further expansion in West Africa (Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria) with future expansion to East Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia) in subsequent phases.

These efforts provide ideal scenarios that generate employment, maximizes the use of natural resources and returns the highest profits to the hard-working farmers and plant workers in the respective countries and to Go Africa LLC.

Our vision is to continuously improve and innovate at every step of the value chain by sourcing the highest quality products from Africa, marketing those products to the world, and building a sustainable business that protects the interest of all stakeholders.

01 Feb
Blog

Go Africa Overview

Overview of Go Africa LLC and our future direction.

Vision

To establish dynamic commodities trading portal specializing in commodities and products from Africa. While also implementing and operating commodities production facilities to ensure efficient supply and volume of produced product for the market, e-commerce activities and Go Africa LLC’s retail products (domestic, local markets and international). Initial commodities will be cashews, coffee and cacao. The initial geographic region will be West Africa (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and Nigeria) with future expansion to East Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia). These efforts provide ideal scenarios that generate employment, maximizes the use of natural resources and returns the highest profits to the hard-working farmers and plant workers in the respective countries and Go Africa LLC.