Today the first concrete element was moved from land into sea marking a new phase of the Tema Port Expansion project delivered by Meridian Port Services.
This achievement is significant as it shows the project is on time for building the first 700 meters of quay wall ensuring the new...
Over US$158million has been unlocked in private capital for 2,846 agribusinesses under the USAID Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (USAID FinGAP).
Forty (40) percent of these enterprises are women-led.
The five-year project aims to improve financing and investment in agribusinesses operating in the maize, soy, and rice value chains in the Northern...
Viable companies to be established under government’s ‘One district, One factory’ initiative will be showcased at the biggest world Expo to be held in Dubai, UAE in 2020, Yofi Grant, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotions Centre (GIPC) has said.
Asked by the B&FT whether the GIPC considers...
Government is seeking to streamline the business registration process and allow for the issuance of just a Certificate to Commence Business, as part of reforms contained in the amended Companies Act currently before Parliament.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was speaking at the launch of the Registrar General’s Department E-Certificate...
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) thinks government is focused too much on maximising revenue at the ports, as against the effective trade facilitation its paperless ports project is supposed to ensure.
There is a need for government to find the right balance between maximising port revenue and...
Government must work to expedite the release of goods at the various ports of entry through improvement in the pre-arrival processing in compliance with global best practices, Mr. Dietmar Jost, An International Trade and Customs expert has said.
“Even though Ghana has made some progress in introducing the pre-arrival system...
as COVID-19 decimates export market
art and crafts sub-sector in total shutdown
Ghana Export Promotion Authority's (GEPA) hopes of realising US$3.6billion from Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) this year is facing serious doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This is because spread of the virus has led countries around the world to close down borders as a preventive measure, effectively implying that local producers and exporters...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that the nation's borders will continue to remain shut until the decision is reviewed.
This, according to the President, will enhance the efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the country since a major number of confirmed cases in recent times were...
Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, has charged stakeholders in the maritime sector to act their part to support government’s aggressive industrialisation initiatives by creating the right market linkages and facilitating trade.
Addressing the 8th African Shippers’ Day in Accra, he indicated that trade facilitation and industrialisation are at the...
Government has, as part of its industrialisation drive, outlined measures aimed at reviving all collapsed cashew processing factories in the country.
Key among the steps is a joint effort by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the Exim Bank to offer financial support for the retooling of troubled factories...