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Haier opens After-Sales Service Centre in Ghana
One of the world’s leading home appliance brands Haier has opened its After-Sales Service Centre in Ghana through a collaboration with KABFAM Ghana Limited.
This centre is expected to be a one-stop location for services of all Haier products purchased from KABFAM.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony on Saturday, March 30, at the East Legon Branch of KABFAM Ghana Limited, Mr. Mikki Osei Berko, Communications Manager at KABFAM and Brand Ambassador for Haier said, the company finds the Service Centre essential.
According to him, such facilities are established for those who are encountering problems and are within their warranty period to have their issues fixed, adding that all they need to do is to call the centre.
Also, he said that even though customers have confidence in the durability of the brand, due to power situations and other technical challenges, Service Centres are critical.
He said regardless of their short stints in Ghana, Haier has put up such a facility to help address the concerns of their customers.
Haier Regional Service Manager for West Africa and Middle East, Junda Zan, said the Ghanaian market has become the flagship for its products in the subregion hence the need to set up a Service Centre in the country.
He urged Ghanaians to visit any of the facilities any time they have a challenge for it to be fixed smoothly for them.
According to him, this covers different categories of home appliance brands from fridges, microwaves, air-conditioners, gas cookers and built-in kitchens among others.
He added that they have qualified service technicians across and assured the public that customer satisfaction is always their hallmark.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
