The agreement supports Ghana's target of processing up to 100% of its cashew output locally while promoting industrialization and value-added agricultural production.

Representatives of PSL Machinery and TCDA at the PPP signing ceremony. Photo courtesy of PSL Machinery

The signing ceremony was attended by Dr. Andrews Osei Okrah, CEO of TCDA; Her Excellency Florence Buerki Akonor, Ambassador of Ghana to Vietnam and Malaysia; Alexandra Asiamah, Head of Chancery of the Ghana High Commission in Vietnam; together with the leadership team of PSL Machinery.

Under the partnership, PSL Machinery deliver the A-to-Z Cashew Factory Solution, covering the design and construction of entire cashew processing factories, advanced cashew machinery installation, green factory solutions with solar steel buildings, technology transfer, and full factory management. PSL Machinery will also provide kernel-buyback programs to ensure stable market access and sustainable long-term operations for processors in Ghana.

The collaboration also includes land assessments, infrastructure evaluation, workforce training, and the establishment of standardized processing models that could later be replicated nationwide.