Edtex Limited

Edtex Limited is located in Accra, Ghana on Rm 53, Block E, TDC Mall, Community 18. Edtex Limited is rated 5 out of 5 in the category textiles in Ghana. As a textile manufacturing company, Edtex produces from its workshop in Sakumono, Tema, it has supplied handmade batik fabrics to both local and export fashion industry including private brands. Other product lines are home décor, fashion accessories and handcrafted gifts for all occasions. As a social enterprise, its employees mainly women are members of the community that has benefited from skills training that the company provides. Over the years, it has demonstrated strong initiatives in bringing about change in the local textile industry for which their managing director received as ‘Project With Most Impact In The Community’ with Ma Africa as early as 1999 in South Africa. It is aiming at setting a new direction with the uproar of all markets against the use of some chemicals that poses as a menace to both the environment and end users as sets up its ‘green factory’ in a semi rural environment. The Gomoa district, where the factory will be based is identified as one of the poorest districts in Ghana. The population of Onyadze is made up of mainly children whose parents have moved to the bigger towns in search of jobs. The company is focusing it sustainability development goals on responsible production with the use of safer and natural dyes, clean water and sanitation, recycling its waste water, and implementing the use of affordable and renewable energy. It is the hope of Edtex to affect the community and the district as a whole by reducing poverty through - • introduction of employable skills, • involvement of community in business activities, • wealth creation in the district as a whole, • and the production and use of handmade fabrics safer for end users.