The American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, is proud to introduce our Newest Platinum Member, Max Industries Limited, a renowned company with a diverse portfolio including Imax Media (Max TV & FM), Max Buy, and Max Estates, among others, to our esteemed
Max Industries Limited (MIL) is a private limited liability company incorporated on 30th July 2020, under the companies’ Act 2019 (Act 992), as an agro base company. As an agro- based company, MIL was set up to undertake farming, food processing and value-added services as well as handle post-harvest storage, bottled water and beverages manufacturing.
MIL’s current project involves the building and operationalisation of a 100 ton per day capacity rice milling factory at Dawa and the construction of a 24,000 bottles per hour and or 40,000 sachets per hour water processing factory at Domeabra in the Ga South Municipality. After extensive feasibility study, MIL acquired a 45.34 acres of land and had set up a 100 mt per day capacity rice processing plant at Dawa. This is the equivalent of 20,000 bags- of 5kg per day day at the installed capacity. MIL has accordingly installed a vacuum milling equipment which produces premium quality grades of rice. The mill has received all regulatory certifications currently undertakes tolling services for renowned rice distributors such as Nana Rice, Olam Agric Ltd, Delorah Stocks Ltd among other renowned rice distributors in Ghana. MIL has received Food and drugs Authority (FDA) for its Maxi brand of rice and its schedule to Start producing the Maxi brand of rice by August, 2024
MIL has also secured 10 acres of land at Domeabra and had also purchased a 24,000 bottles per hour and 40,000 sachets of water per hour machinery for the production of bottled water, sachet water, non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD) or juices and carbonated soft drinks (CSD) or fizzy drinks. All these were done from the shareholders own resources. Plans are currently far advanced to build a factory for housing the water processing plant, and undertake engineering activities preceding the installing and test running of machines to start operating fully.
Ownership
The company is 100% owned by Maxwell Techie, a successful businessman with business interest in Media, Real Estates, Beverages, and Consumer Electronics. My Maxwell Techie also have 100% stakes in reputable companies in Ghana such as Imax Media Group, operators of Max TV and Max FM, MaxBuy Ghana Limited, dealers in Tecno Phones in Ghana and Max Estates among others.
PRODUCTS
The main product Lines of MIL includes the following:
Maxi Range of Products
Long grains line of rice: 1 kg, 5kg and 25kg maxi long grain Rice,
Broken rice Line of rice: 1kg, 5kg and 25kg maxi broken rice
Bran Rice Line: Maxi bran Rice
TOLLING SERVICE
MIL also provides tolling services to major rice distributors in Ghana. These distributors brings their own paddy for MIL to Mill for them. Key ones among beneficiaries of MIL tolling services includes Nana Rice, Delorah Stcoks Limited, Olam Agri Ltd.
KEY CUSTOMERS
Key customers of MIL includes Olam Agri Ltd, Nana Rice Ltd, Delorah Stocks Ltd etc . Aside these corporate customers, MIL has a large retail customer base
BOARD & MANAGEMENT
Board of Directors
- Maxwell Techie – Board Chairman
Maxwell is an astute businessman with over eighteen (18) years’ experience in computers, electronics, and mobile telecommunications businesses. He had his early education at the Social Advance Institute, Accra where he obtained his GCE O/Level and proceeded to Accra Academy for his GCE A/Level. Afterwards, he completed his ACCA Level 1 and worked as an Audit Assistant and Accounts Officer for some years before setting up his own company. Maxwell has started several companies and successfully built them into household names. Some of these companies include the Mobile Zone, TCL Electronics Ghana Limited, Max Estates, Max TV, Max FM, Maximum FM, Adepa TV among others. Maxwell is also the country representative of Star Time TV, a Global paid TV based in China. Max expertise is in brand development. He is credited for promoting the Tecno brand, a virtually unknown brand in the Ghanaian market into a preferred brand.
- Doctor Kwadwo Brako Appiah Kubi – Managing Director
Dr. Kwadwo Brako Appiah Kubi is a versatile professional. He is a consummate surgeon with over 14 years of experience. His love for management lead him to combine his surgeon work with business management from 2015 to 2022 where he worked on part time as the Greenleaf Farmall in Accra. He has held the position as the Managing Director at Max Industries Limited since 2022. Dr. Appiah Kubi holds Bachelor’s degrees in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology, Diploma in Surgery, West Africa College of Surgeons, Lagos, Nigeria, Master of Philosophy in Pharmacology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the Central University, Accra, Ghana.
- Diana Techie – Member
Mrs. Diana Techie is a Business woman with over Fifteen years’ experience. She worked as the personal Assistant to the CEO of Mobile Zone Limited from 2004 to 2009 before setting up her own business and successfully running it till date. Diana has help Director ship positions in many other companies including StarTimes Ghana, Imax Media Group, MaxBuy Ghana Limited etc.
Management
- James Kwame Yinye – Commercial Manager
James is a Chartered Banker with expertise in Relationship management, products design/development, Risk Management, project/construction financing, financial inclusion, Business development, process improvement and Strategic Management. He Has worked at managerial level with many companies including Intercontinental Bank Ghana, Amalgamated Bank, Citi Savings and Loans and uniCredit Savings and Loans. He had also worked as the Head of Strategies and Business Development at Tecno Ghana Limited. James is currently the Commercial Manager at Max Industries Limited, the Church Administrator at Assemblies of God Ghana, Evangel Assembly(Part Time) and the Board Chairman at Globafin Microfinance Limited. He holds a Bechelor of Science Degree in Administration from the University of Ghana, an Executive Masters in Administration from the university of Ghana, a Diploma in Theology from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Ghana, a Masters of Ministry from the Trinity Theological Seminary, an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers Ghana and a Microfinance Trainer of Trainers(MFTOT) certificate from the Tokyo Distance Learning Center
- Alex Ofie – Manager, Production
Alex is a dedicated and a highly organized professional with over 9 years’ experience in milling and production. His expertise is in grounds operations, streamlining processes optimizing productivities and ensuring seamless workflow. Alex also have a flair in data analysis. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) Degree from the university of Cape Coast, and a Diploma in Mathematics from the University of Ghana, Legon. Alex has worked with many production/milling entities that has exposed him to the rudiments in rice milling. He worked as the Project Accountant at Addicent Foods Ltd, Aveyime, as an Administrative Assistant at BigData Ghana Limited, Accra, as a Warehouse and Production Manager at Addicent Foods, Dawa and as the Operations and Logistics Manager at Chen – Darley Ghana Ltd, Aveyime.
- Liu Shengli – Technical Manager
Mr. Lui Shengli is a Chinese national with several years’ experience in rice milling. He had worked at management level for several Chinese companies including Poly Machinery as Electrical Engineer, Dali Milling Company as Milling Engineer and for Shuang Hu Rice Milling Company Ltd as the Chief Engineer. Mr. Shengli is currently the Technical Manager at Max Industries Ltd and he is resident at the Factory in Dawa
- Prosper Kojo Boadu – Accountant
Mr. Boadu is a Chartered Accountant with several years of experience in both Financial Accounting and Auditing. He had been an audit team lead to audit several companies including Natis Group, SES Satellite Ghana Ltd, and Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC). Mr. Boadu has worked at the management level in several companies in Ghana including Mazars Ghana as Senior Audit Supervisor, IAS/FEDERAL EXPRESS GHANA LTD as Accounts Manager, Rightway Alu Co Ltd as Accountant, Sutherland Ghana as Accounts Manager, L’Oréal West Africa as AP Accountant and Santa Maria Junior and Senior High School as an Accounts Officer/Bursar.
PROFILE OF THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF Max Industrials Limited (MIL)
1.0 Max Buy Ghana Limited
MaxBuy Ghana Limited was incorporated on the 4th Day of March, 2021 to deal in the import, wholesale and retail of Consumer Electronics.The company runs a chain of retail shops across the learnt and breadth of Ghana, dealing in a variety of goods and is currently one of the leading retail brand in the Ghanaian Market. The company currently have about 60 outlets made up of fifty (50) self-owned shops and ten franchise shops, in addition to a vibrant online store. The plan for this business is to increase its shops to 200 by end of 2026 and become the leading retail business in Ghana by end of 2027. The company currently have a monthly turnover of about One Million Dollars
2.0 Imax Media Limited
Imax Media Group was incorporated in 2019 to underttake media broadcasting and publications. The company is currently the operator of Max TV, a leading Television Station in Ghana, Max FM, a leading FM station in Accra and Maximum FM, a leading FM station in Takoradi. Imax Media currently also have licenses to operate FM stations in Tamale, Bolga, and Kumasi. Max TV is currently the only free to air channel in Ghana which telecast the Ghana Premier League and the English Premier League. Imax Media also partners StarTimes, and international paid TV station to run StarTimes Ghana Limited, a paid TV station in Ghana who have the sole Rights to Ghana Premier League.
3.0 Max Estates Limited
Max Estates Limited was incorporated on 2nd January, 2015 to undertake Real Estates Business. The company currently have vast stretches of serviced plots of land inprime areas in both the Western and Eastern ends of Accra. In the Eastern end of Accra, the company have hundred (100) acres of land at East Legon Hills, a prime residential enclaves in Accra, valued at about Fifteen (15) Million dollars. The company also have about 80 acres on Land at Ojobi in the wastern Coridor of Accra. Mr. Maxwell Techie is the sole owner of this company
4.0 Tecno Ghana Limited
Tecno Ghana Limted is the sole distributor of Tecno phones in Ghana. Tecno Ghana Limited is credited as the company which made the Tecno brand a household name in Ghana. The company imports and distributes the Tecno brand of phones to major phone dealers in Ghana such as Franko Phones and Mistuimi Ltd, Kingtec Ltd among others . The company had won several national awards, the most recent one being the Phone Distribution company of the year at the 11th Ghana Information and Telecommunications Award (GITTA) in October 2021. The company is 100% owned by Mr. Maxwell Techie.