35 entrepreneurs benefit from handcraft soap making formulation

As part of support to Ghana’s young entrepreneurs in natural cosmetics, to enhance knowledge sharing and strengthen market access for the cosmetics sector, WACOMP – Ghana,  organised cosmetics formulation training for entrepreneurs formulating natural cosmetics products for the domestic market to scale up their manufacturing standards for the international market from March 1 to March 4, 2022, in Accra at the La Plam Royal Beach Hotel.

In Europe alone, sales of natural and organic cosmetics have grown at an average of over 7% per year over the past years and it is expected to reach 5 billion euros by 2023 because consumers are increasingly aware of the ingredients they put on their skin.

The 4 – day session focused on using standards for Shea butter based creams, handcraft soap bars, lip balms and black soap cosmetics for local and international markets. 35 SMEs that participated received certificates for passing the practical exams.

Last year, WACOMP-Ghana trained 110 cosmetics SMEs on handcraft cosmetics formulation ( 35 cosmetics SMEs in the northern cluster in Tamale,  25 SMEs in the middle cluster  zone in Kumasi and 50 SMEs in Accra).

In the forthcoming period, UNIDO plans to hold a master class cosmetics formulation training.

The  trained SMEs receive constant technical backstopping and remote coaching on how to maintain their competitiveness. All trained SMEs have a common WhatsApp platform which facilitaties  ease of communication among the SMEs (inter-cluster interaction) and the resource person.