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- Daniel McKorley’s McDan Foundation provided food aid to 7,000 widows in Accra, addressing financial hardship amid rising living costs.
- McKorley’s Electrochem Salt Mine boosted production to 650,000 metric tonnes, aiming for two million tonnes by 2025.
- The $88-million Electrochem Salt Washing Plant, Africa’s largest, processes industrial salt with 99.99% purity from a 41,000-acre field.
Ghanaian logistics tycoon Daniel McKorley is once again giving back, providing food to more than 7,000 widows across Accra, the capital city of Ghana. His latest donation comes at a time when soaring living costs have made it harder for many families to afford basic necessities.
Over the weekend, McKorley, through the McDan Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of the McDan Group of Companies, distributed food packages to widows from 15 communities in the Greater Accra Region. While best known for leading Ghana’s logistics industry, McKorley is also the owner of Africa’s largest salt mine, Electrochem Salt Mine.
McDan Foundation supports widows in Accra, Ghana
The donation event, held at Mantee Agbonaan James Town in Accra, aimed to support widows facing financial hardship. Beyond food assistance, the initiative also included free health screenings. The McDan Foundation partnered with RIDNE Food Consortium, a Ukrainian food and agriculture company, to provide additional supplies.
Each widow received a 5kg bag of rice, soft drinks, biscuits, and salt from the Ada Songor Salt Project by Electrochem Ghana Limited. RIDNE Food Consortium contributed essential items such as wheat flour, canned turkey, sardines, pasta, dry peas, cookies, sunflower oil, rice cakes, and condensed milk.
Speaking at the event, McKorley emphasized the need to support widows, particularly those struggling after losing their husbands. “Many widows, especially the elderly and those who depended entirely on their husbands are left in difficult situations" "It is our duty as a society to show then compassion and provide assistance" he said.
This is not McKorley’s first major initiative to empower women. In 2021, he provided ₵3 million ($494,997) in interest-free loans to more than 1,000 women-led small businesses in the Greater Accra Region. The loans, distributed through the McDan Community Support Scheme for Women Empowerment, were facilitated by Electrochem Ghana Limited, his salt venture.
McKorley’s empire grows beyond logistics
Beyond philanthropy, McKorley is one of Ghana’s most influential businessmen. His McDan Group of Companies—a major transportation and logistics conglomerate based in Accra—has operations across West Africa, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Equatorial Guinea.
His salt business has also seen remarkable growth. Electrochem Salt Mine has revitalized the Ada Songor salt concession, which had suffered from years of mismanagement. Under a 15-year lease, the company has increased production to 650,000 metric tonnes of salt, with plans to hit one million metric tonnes in 2024 and two million by 2025.
The $88-million Electrochem Salt Washing Plant, now operational, processes industrial salt from a vast 41,000-acre field spanning 33 communities in the Ada Songor Salt site. With a purity level of 99.99 percent, the plant is the largest in Africa, surpassing Namibia’s Walvis Bay in scale.
Through both business and philanthropy, McKorley continues to make a lasting impact, proving that his influence goes well beyond logistics and salt production.
