The Fabri Manager blog
Running a trade business, written down
Quoting, invoicing, getting paid, and putting your work in front of clients — from the team building Fabri Manager in Accra.
admin · ghana business · getting paid
Record Keeping for Small Businesses in Ghana: The Five Records That Matter
You do not need accounting software to run a tidy business — you need five records, kept daily. What they are, what goes in each, and what they get you: loans, tax peace and knowing your real profit.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
growth · ghana business · getting paid
How to Win Corporate and Government Contracts as a Small Business in Ghana
Why corporates and institutions cannot buy from most small businesses, the documents that make you eligible, how to read a tender, and how to price and invoice for clients who pay in 30 days.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
quotations · invoicing · ghana business
Quotation Template for Ghanaian Businesses (What to Include and Why)
A complete quotation layout you can copy — every field, in order, with wording for validity, deposits, exclusions and variations, plus the five lines that stop arguments before they start.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
pricing · ghana business · workshop management
Pricing When the Cedi Moves: How to Quote Without Losing Money
Imported steel, aluminium and motors reprice with the exchange rate. Seven practical defences — validity periods, deposit-covers-materials, staged pricing and repricing letters — that keep a workshop whole.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
finance · ghana business · admin
Getting a Business Loan in Ghana: What Lenders Actually Ask For
What banks, microfinance institutions and lenders in Ghana want to see before they lend to a small business — the documents, the records, the collateral question, and how to prepare months ahead.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
marketing · growth · ghana business
Get Found on Google Maps: Business Profile Setup for Ghanaian Businesses
How to appear when somebody nearby searches "welder near me" — setting up a Google Business Profile in Ghana step by step, the mistakes that keep you invisible, and how to earn reviews.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
workshop management · ghana business · finance
Surviving the Slow Months: Cash Flow for Trade Businesses in Ghana
Why January and the deep rains empty a workshop, how to see the squeeze coming, and eleven practical moves — from deposits and maintenance contracts to off-season products — that carry you through.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
marketing · growth · ghana business
Set Up WhatsApp Business Properly: A 30-Minute Guide for Ghanaian Trades
Catalog, greeting message, quick replies, labels and a link people can tap — how to turn the app you already use into the best sales tool a workshop in Ghana can own, in half an hour.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 30 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
for clients · ghana business · hiring
How to Choose a Fabricator in Ghana: 10 Questions Before You Pay a Deposit
How to tell a workshop that will finish your job from one that will disappear with your deposit — the ten questions, the warning signs, and how to structure payments so you keep control.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 27 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
getting started · ghana business · growth
How to Start a Welding Business in Ghana: Equipment, Capital and First Clients
What it takes to open a fabrication workshop in Ghana — the equipment list, realistic startup capital, where to site it, how to register, and how to win the first ten jobs.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 27 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
workshop management · ghana business · admin
Paying Workshop Workers in Ghana: Day Rates, Apprentices, SSNIT and Records
How to pay welders, carpenters and apprentices fairly and legally in Ghana — day rate versus piece rate, what the Labour Act expects, SSNIT and PAYE basics, and the records that protect you.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 27 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
ghana business · getting started · admin
How to Register a Business in Ghana (2026): Steps, Costs and Which Type to Choose
Sole proprietorship or limited company, what the Registrar-General needs, what it costs, how long it takes, and the permits that come after — written for workshops and trade businesses.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
workshop management · growth · ghana business
Running Your Workshop on WhatsApp: What Breaks, and How to Fix It
WhatsApp is where the work comes from — it is a terrible place to keep the work itself. The five things that go missing in the chats, and a simple system to run a workshop without losing them.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
pricing · workshop management · ghana business
How to Price a Fabrication Job (So You Stop Losing Money)
The costing method behind a profitable quotation — materials with waste, consumables, honest labour hours, overheads and the margin most workshops forget — with a worked gate example in cedis.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
getting paid · ghana business · mobile money
Mobile Money for Business in Ghana: Merchant Account, Charges and Keeping Records
Why a personal MoMo number is costing your business money and clarity — merchant accounts, charges, the payment scams to watch for, and how to keep records that match your invoices.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
marketing · ghana business · growth
How to Get More Customers for Your Trade Business in Ghana
Practical, low-cost marketing for welders, carpenters, plumbers and other trades in Ghana — referrals done deliberately, WhatsApp Business, an online portfolio, and follow-up that wins quotes.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
getting paid · workshop management · ghana business
How to Get Clients to Pay On Time (Deposits, Terms and Polite Chasing)
The payment terms that protect a workshop, when to take deposits and stage payments, WhatsApp follow-up messages you can copy, and what to do when a client simply stops answering.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
invoicing · getting paid · ghana business
How to Write an Invoice in Ghana (Format + What to Include)
The exact format Ghanaian trade businesses should use — what every invoice must include, a worked example in cedis, VAT basics, and the habits that get invoices paid faster.
Elkanah Kwaku Donkor · 21 Sept 2026 · 4 min read