Core Values

Our Core Values are Partnerships, Innovation, Integrity, Impact and Respect for Diversity and Gender (PIIIR). These guiding principles collectively is considered the "lifeblood" of our operations and represent the heart of our organization. We therefore strongly encourage our members to internalize these values wherever they are:

• Partnerships: We will collaborate and work with those who share our values and ethos by building a partnership approach in everything that we do.


• Innovation: We are a learning organization and will strive to be innovative in whatever we do.


• Integrity: We are honest, transparent, inclusive and accountable to all our stakeholders. We will continue to maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.


• Impact: We will ensure a lasting and positive difference is made on the lives of people on whose behalf TradeAID Integrated exists.


• Respect for Diversity & Gender: We will promote gender and diversity in all our operations to ensure equal opportunity for all, irrespective of age, gender, race, class, ethnicity, disability, or political affiliation.

We collectively express these values as "PIIIR".

General Objectives

• To assist in the provision of market access to small scale producers, in agricultural and craft sectors.


• To assist in the provision of financial services to agricultural and craft producers as well as women entrepreneurs.


• Join in the campaign for FairTrade and economic justice in any part of the world.


• To engage in the capacity building of entrepreneurs and producer groups and associations so as to improve their operational efficiency.


• Conduct research, disseminate information and advocate on such areas critical to the development of the agricultural and the small scale sector in Northern Ghana.

Our History

TradeAID Integrated was founded in the year 2000 as the initiative of Apokerah Nicholas following the findings of his undergraduate project work on the topic “The Role of Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) on the output levels of straw basket weavers in Bolgatanga District. The research revealed the following three (3) issues;