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.
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
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
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
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 · 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
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