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How Ghanaian tycoon Manoj Lakhiani built a water and plastics empire from a $25,000 loan

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How Ghanaian tycoon Manoj Lakhiani built a water and plastics empire from a $25,000 loan

Its factories in Tema make plastic bags and packaging, PET bottle preforms, Bel Aqua bottled water, Bel Cola and a range of soft drinks, a low-alcohol cider and Belpak tissue paper.

The company says Bel Aqua became the market leader within five years, and Sagaci Research ranked it the most-scanned bottled water brand in Ghana in August 2026.

The group's roots go back to 1994, when Jagdish Lakhiani, an Accra import merchant, bought a struggling maker of plastic gallons that became Blow Plast Industries.

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