Procter and Gamble (P&G) Supports Government’s COVID-19 Fight with Face Masks

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, P&G has supported the efforts of the Ghanaian government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 with a donation of 11,100 personal protective equipment in the form of face masks. We understand that this donation of protective equipment will support health workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cause we wholeheartedly support.

P&G has a long history of supporting our communities in times of need all around the world. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, P&G globally – through “P&G Protect Our Heroes” Mission – has stepped up its commitment to be a force for good and have been working with long-standing partner organizations like the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana (AmCham Ghana) to provide support to communities, relief agencies and people impacted by this challenging situation.

P&G as a company serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®.

The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. P&G has been operating in Sub-Saharan Africa for more than 25 years and in Ghana through our distributors for over 5 years contributing economically and socially.

Our purpose is to continue to touch and improve the lives of our consumers in Ghana with innovative brands. Some of our brands in Ghana include Pampers®, Always®, Ariel®, Oral B®, and Gillette®.

Miriam Badu representing P&G Ghana Trading Ltd commended the government on its effort in showing strong leadership during this period.

P&G Ghana Joins AmCham

The Chamber is pleased to announce Procter & Gamble (P&G) Ghana as a new member of our association of progressive businesses. Having fulfilled all registration requirements, P&G Ghana is now a Corporate Member of the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana.

P&G Ghana started commercial operations in Ghana in 2016. The company expects that its dedicated and focused team in Ghana will improve P&G’s ability to distribute P&G branded products to the over 28 million local residents in Ghana.

They currently have a small team of about 10 employees but expect their local office to grow along with their business in Ghana.

AmCham Ghana Exec. Sec. Simon Madjie in a group photograph with P&G Ghana Executives.

Procter & Gamble Ghana supports the government’s economic policies that prioritize building a strong and resilient economy; setting up local P&G operations generates new direct and indirect jobs. It also serves hundreds of SMEs with their distributors’ operations.

During their three years of operations in Ghana, The company has engaged in a number of CSR activities. P&G’s Pampers hospital & mobile clinics touched the lives of over 300,000 young Ghanaian mothers and babies in 2018. The Company reached and provided feminine hygiene/puberty education programs to over 25 000 young girls by the end of 2016 and over 200,000 Ghanaian girls in 2018 with their Always keeping girls in School program.