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Cedi Beads invites the public for free training

Cedi Beads is an industry based at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana that specialises in bead making using recycled and disposed glass as its main raw material.

Date Created : 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Irene Kwakye/Ghanadistricts.com

Founded by Nomoda E. Djaba (Cedi, the brand specializes in creating beautiful, handcrafted jewelry that celebrates African culture and heritage with unique designs that have a blend of traditional African beadwork with modern techniques, resulting in stunning and timeless pieces that tells a story.

This is a place where original beads are made from recycled glass bottles to make beads in ovens, and also soils from old termite mounds, where each bead must be polished by hand.

Ghanadistricts TV took a tour to Cedi Beads industry to have an interview with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Cedi Nomoda Ebenizer Djaba, on how the bead is manufactured.

Speaking with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cedi Beads, Mr. Cedi Nomoda Ebenizer Djaba stated that, glass beads also forms part of the communication system of the multiple layers of the Ghanaian society and also, decorations with glass beads communicate cultural values in a symbolic language which expresses status, religion, politics and artistic attitudes.

He further said that, the company makes its beads by crushing bottles or other glasses of the same melting capacity into powdered form, which is sieved and the finest powder is used to fill clay molds and fired in clay kilns in order to shape the glass into definite shaped beads which are cooled, smoothed and strung together to form the beads we see and wear.

Mr. Djaba stressed that a positive change in attitude with the right skills has translated into higher productivity, competitiveness, profitability and sustainability and therefore calls on all and sundry to come for a free training.

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