Plan International Hands Over Solar-Powered Women’s Business Hub to Voggu Community

Plan International Ghana has handed over a solar-powered business hub for women entrepreneurs to the Voggu community in the Northern Region’s Kumbungu District, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported on Monday, November 9.

The Women-Friendly Solar Hub serves women in 60 communities across the district. It is equipped with computers, internet access, charging points, freezers and a meeting and learning space where women can receive entrepreneurship training, mentoring, help with financial services and information on markets.

Built under the WISE project

The hub was set up under the Women’s Innovation for Sustainable Enterprises (WISE) project, run by Plan International Ghana and Plan International Canada with local partners WIDO and Urbanet, and funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project ran from January 2020 to March 2025 in 150 communities across five districts. Women’s groups also received maize threshers, grinding mills and tricycles.

Plan International Ghana Country Director Muniratu Issifu said the project raised the Women and Girls Empowerment Index by 11.2 per cent and reduced the likelihood of participating households living below the poverty line by 10.5 per cent. The Voggu hub, first inaugurated in November 2022, is one of three built under the project. She urged chiefs, community representatives and women entrepreneurs to take ownership of it and arrange for its upkeep now that the project has ended.

Easing the harvest burden

The Chief of Voggu, Naa Sulemana Saaka, said the maize threshers would spare women the long trips and high rental fees they faced at harvest time. Urbanet Executive Director Mohammed Jibril Basit urged stakeholders to keep the facility and its equipment working.

A beneficiary, Nafisah Iliasu, said the project had helped women start businesses and contribute more to their households.

Source: Ghana News Agency — https://gna.org.gh/2026/11/plan-international-ghana-hands-over-women-friendly-solar-hub-to-voggu-community/