By Evelyn ARTHUR
GoLOCAL, a non-government organization originating from Ukraine, is seeking to use the Port of Tema as a logistics hub for the import of grain products from Eastern Europe for its sustainable projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
Since its establishment in 2016, the NGO has accelerated industrial, green, innovative, educational, and creative development of Ukraine’s regions and, with support from donor partners, is seeking to bring the world’s best practices of sustainable development and grant funding to Africa.
The Ukrainian head of diplomatic missions in Ghana, Ivan Lukachuk, led GoLOCAL and their Ghanaian partners on a working visit to the Director of Port, Sandra Opoku, last Wednesday to explore the potential of a collaboration with the port.
“We decided that Ghana can be a very prospective place in terms of replication of our activities because first of all, it is a developing market very alike Ukraine and secondly our partners from US and Germany were also working here so we would like to leverage these connections here and to use them in bilateral Ukrainian-Ghanaian projects and solely in projects in Ghana,” he said.
The Director of the Port of Tema, Sandra Opoku, embraced the opportunity to use the port as a conduit for food imports so far as it falls within the laws of the country and does not infringe on national security.
She urged them to look into the possibility of qualifying to establish within the Free Zone enclave in Tema for manufacturing, and touched on the added advantage that presents due to the proximity to the Port of Tema.
