The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), a key partner of the upcoming 2025 Northern Business Fair, has announced plans to sponsor 30 women entrepreneurs to participate in the event.
The two-day fair, powered by Channel One TV and Citi FM, will take place at the Tamale Sports Stadium on Saturday, October 25, and Sunday, October 26, 2025.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, October 22, Abdul Latif Mohammed, Deputy National Project Coordinator, said GEPA, through its BizBox project, is supporting over 30 young women from the northern part of the country to showcase their products at the maiden edition of the fair.
According to him, the initiative aims to give these women visibility and market exposure for their locally produced goods, which include food, cosmetics, and northern fabrics.
“Understanding the impact of creating visibility for the young people in the area, especially from the northern sector, where most often market activities like this are hosted down south. This particular one gives us the opportunity to also showcase what we have been doing with these young people. As partners, we would send in a minimum of 30 young women we have trained, and they are coming with products ranging from food and beverages, cosmetics, and northern fabrics, to tell what they can do,” he said.
He added that the fair would help participants build networks, secure business orders, and develop new income streams to grow their enterprises.
“They have been coached to create networks, build a pipeline of prosperity and also create orders for future business so they can create another line of income to support the growth of their business. They are cut across the northern region,” he added.
The Northern Business Fair 2025 is designed to position the Northern Region as a vibrant hub of commerce, creativity, and collaboration. It will serve as a one-stop marketplace for Made-in-Ghana products, showcasing innovation from SMEs, startups, research institutions, and indigenous brands across the Savannah, Northern, North East, Upper East, and Upper West Regions.
The event is proudly sponsored by Ecobank, Syde Hassle, the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), and GEPA.
