Chocho Industries Ltd. has evolved over the years from a small family business and
is gradually establishing itself in Ghana and the West African sub-
region as a leading manufacturer of premium quality 100% Herbal-Based” products on the Ghanaian markets.
The
drive behind the success story of Chocho Industries is the Late Alhaji
Dr. Nana Mustapha Oti Boateng, founder of the company. He had over
twenty-five (25) years of experiences of operating in Ghana, trained
highly competent and motivated professionals to manage the various
departments.
The company is one of the pioneers of the herbal
industry in Ghana, and is currently playing a significant role in
shaping the evolution path of industry, through market leadership in
product development and active indulgence in social services and public
education.
Chocho products have been endorsed by the Ghana’s Ministry
of Health for prescription in hospitals and health centers throughout
the country.
To ensure continuous availability of Raw Materials to
feed the factory, the company maintains a Twenty (20) Acre Farm where
most of the required herbs are cultivated. This farm operates as an
independent unit with a task to supply over 75% of all the Raw Material
needs of the company.
Supplementary Raw Materials are obtained from
Small Holder Farmers who are largely funded by the company through
credit supply of seeds, seedlings and cuttings, and environmentally
friendly fertilizers and pesticides for cultivation.
Safe Operating Procedures have been established for all aspects of the factory operations, to ensure employee safety.
Uniform
high standards of good house-keeping and hygiene are maintained
throughout the company as well as Total Quality assurance processes at
all stages of the production process.
These driving factors
culminating in premium quality products have seen Chocho through years
of increasing profitability and steady growth.
Chocho is well
positioned to leverage cutting edge technology and industrial best
practices to be able to manufacture to match international standards of
quality and price, and compete effectively on the world markets.
MISSION STATEMENT
To provide reliable, affordable and highly potent
products: these consist of ingredients of herbal origin that treats most
ailments, as well as enhancement of your health.
VISION
To
lead the world into the tropical rain forests where high medicinal
values are found: To use herbs as potent alternative medicine for the
treatment of most ailments: To be market leader and the preferred
distributor of highly potent herbal products.
FOUNDER'S BIOGRAPHY
The LATE ALHAJ DR. NANA MUSTAPHA OTI BOATENG was the founder and CEO of
Chocho Industries & company limited, a pioneering herbal cosmetics
industry in Ghana. With a vision to revolutionize the way herbal
cosmetics industry operate. Dr. Oti Boateng had led the company from
humble beginnings to become a global leader in herbal cosmetics niche in
the sub-region.
Kwabena Ti as was affectionately called by his extended family was born on 26th December 1950
and raised in Akim Kwabeng. He decided to learn a trade after dropping
out of school. He became a Timber Truck apprentice and later became a
Taxi Driver. He started by driving for someone for some time, then he
eventually decided to buy his own car in 1981.
Alhaji
Mustapha Oti Boateng, like most indigenous entrepreneurs, began in a
very small way, producing his skin care cream in his small rented
apartment in Accra and his soap at Breman Asikuma in the Central Region.
Without any support, he began his business in 1998 with only GH¢40.00 (old ¢400,000)
He had previously worked at a printing press in Japan doing odd jobs before he returned to the transport industry in Ghana in 1995.
After
starting off as a cab driver for over 7years, the entrepreneur had his
big break with two organic products namely; Chocho cream and Chocho
soap.
During the period he used to visit the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission
in Accra, Osu for Zuhr and Asr prayers, on one of such occasions, the
late Chief Inspector Abdullah A.P. Amamoo requested him that the Mission
would need his services as a driver.
In the event, he eventually
became a driver for the then Ameer & Missionary-in-charge, Dr.
Maulvi Wahab Bin Adam for a period of ten years.
He founded
Chocho Industries & Company Limited with the mission ‘to provide
reliable, affordable and highly potent skin care products which consist
of ingredients of herbal origin that treats most skin ailments in the
year 2003. Through perseverance and dedication,
Dr. Oti Boateng added new product lines that sought to serve humanity
with products of natural origin. He navigated the challenges of
entrepreneurship, from securing initial funding to building a talented
team.
Under Dr. Oti Boateng’s leadership, Chocho Industries &
Company Limited has achieved remarkable milestones, including the best
entrepreneur award 2013. Dr. Oti Boateng’s
strategic vision and ability to anticipate market trends have propelled
the company to unprecedented growth and success.
Popularly known
as Alhaji Chocho he was enstooled the ‘Nkosuohene’ (Developmental Chief)
of Akim Kwabeng in the Eastern Region in 2015.
Dr.
Oti Boateng was the happiest man. One of the reasons for this was his
living faith in Allah(God). To feel the significance of this, you need
to understand that he had a fundamentalist ideologies of religion,
business and state. He wore special smile always, as he possessed that
caring heart for all, living the Islamic saying, “love for all, hatred
for none”.
The philanthropic activities of Alhaj Dr. Nana Mustapha
Oti Boateng, of blessed memory, will fill a book. He lived for the
vulnerable persons in society, always helping others. An intelligent and
intellectual man full of jokes, he had always stressed the importance
of education and hard work in life.