Stephen Adu

In 2018, Red River Foods sponsored a Bees for Development “Master Beekeeper” training program. The program was an intensive training designed to build the capacity of its participants to implement beekeeping and share it with their broader communities. After graduating from this program, Stephen Adu has continued to promote and practice beekeeping in the areas around Touboudom, his hometown, which is a few miles from our Techiman warehouse.

Our collaboration evolved into providing support to Stephen’s organization so that it could grow and continue realizing his vision.

Four years later, Red River Foods teamed up with Stephen to continue growing its beekeeping project in the communities of Agosa and Bonkwae, Ghana. He was first hired to conduct the training of farmers and the RRF team on the practice of beekeeping and to provide monitoring and support to all those involved. As the relationship grew, our collaboration evolved into providing support to Stephen’s organization so that it could grow and continue realizing his vision.

Stephen has officially registered his business under the name “Blossoms Beekeeping Ghana” with the guidance of the RRF GH and Sustainability teams. This is the first step towards managing his business professionally, allowing him to grow further by gaining access to finance and loans from local institutions.

We plan on continuing to grow this collaboration and exploring the potential of working with Stephen to access new markets, and even exporting his honey in the future.