Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah's KOBBY YOUTH INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (KYII) equips local youth with machinery, equipment, and manufacturing tools to transform raw ideas into wealth and make Takoradi a thriving startup city.
Productive Asset Grant Initiative
We invest directly in processing, transformation, and manufacturing equipment. General buying and selling of imported goods is not eligible.
Get the tools, processing units, and industrial equipment you need to produce goods.
Each beneficiary commits to mentoring or employing other youth in their electoral area.
Building local wealth and turning Takoradi into Western Region's innovation capital.
Hon. K.O.D.
Member of Parliament, Takoradi
Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah's "KOBBY YOUTH INVESTMENT INITIATIVE" (KYII) aims to empower Takoradi Youth by providing them with productive assets to generate income, wealth, and prosperity. The initiative's objective is to enable young people to create their own jobs and prosperity, ultimately benefiting themselves and the entire community.
The process, nicknamed the "Takoradi Prosperity Scheme", is here to stay to foster local economic development and a progressive business mindset across every household in the Takoradi constituency.
Built upon four foundational pillars designed to foster sustainable community wealth and self-reliance.
Equip Youth with productive assets for income, wealth, and lasting economic prosperity.
Enable young people to create their own jobs, generate stable income, and build personal prosperity.
Transform Takoradi into a vibrant Startup city with modern processing and light manufacturing clusters.
Nurture 6,000 Entrepreneurs across every household in Takoradi Constituency through a cascading effect.
KYII prioritizes proposals that transform raw materials into finished consumer or industrial goods. Explore priority sectors below.
Processing local produce into packaged foods: cassava starch, refined palm oil, spices, dried fruits, fruit juices, and fish smoking/canning.
Stainless pasteurizers, hydraulic oil presses, automated bottle cappers, industrial dehydrators.
Transforming textiles and fabrics into high-demand institutional garments, safety wear for the harbor/mining sector, and modern fashion.
Computerized industrial sewing machines, 5-thread overlockers, heat press printers, pattern cutters.
Fabricating farm implements, food processing machines, gates, structural steel components, and mechanical spare parts for local industry.
MIG/TIG welding plants, metal lathe machines, plasma cutters, pipe bending machines.
Transforming post-consumer plastic, sawdust, coconut husks, and paper waste into recycled pellets, eco-charcoal, pavers, and cartons.
Plastic shredders, pelletizers, extrusion molding units, high-pressure briquette presses.
Processing natural shea butter, coconut oil, and local botanicals into refined skincare, black soaps, hand sanitizers, and detergents.
Stainless mixing tanks, electric soap cutters, automated liquid filling lines, labeling machines.
Transforming sustainable timber and bamboo into modular school furniture, kitchen cabinets, office fixtures, and crafted wood products.
CNC wood routers, precision panel saws, surface planers, industrial edge banders.
A seamless 4-step journey from application to equipment handover, followed by your commitment to pay it forward to another Takoradi youth.
Fill the online form describing your value-addition concept, raw materials, and the exact productive machine required.
The KYII assessment team reviews feasibility, local market demand, and validates your residency in Takoradi Constituency.
Approved applicants receive physical productive machinery and tools along with operational and safety onboarding.
Beneficiaries mentor, employ, or co-sponsor other youths in their community, cascading wealth to reach 6,000 households.
Please provide accurate details about yourself and your value-addition / manufacturing business proposal. All Takoradi youth are encouraged to apply.
Your investment idea has been successfully logged into the Takoradi Prosperity Scheme registry.
Takoradi Prosperity Scheme Receipt
Any young person residing within Takoradi Constituency who has a viable, value-addition, processing, or manufacturing business concept. Both individuals and youth cooperatives/partnerships are encouraged to apply.
Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah's objective is to build sustainable local industrial capacity in Takoradi. Value-addition multiplies the worth of local raw materials, builds enduring skills, and creates multiple downstream jobs compared to simply buying and reselling imported commodities.
Beneficiaries receive direct physical productive assets (e.g. processing units, welding plants, sewing machines, oil extractors, driers, or fabrication machinery) rather than cash. This guarantees that the capital is directly invested in productive capacity.
To reach the ambitious goal of 6,000 entrepreneurs across households in Takoradi, every beneficiary signs a pledge to pay their empowerment forward. Once your enterprise becomes profitable, you commit to taking on apprentices, training young people in your neighborhood, or co-mentoring future applicants.
You can click on the "Track Application" button at any time, enter your unique Application Reference Number (e.g. KYII-2026-1001) and your registered Phone Number to see your live review status.