The council members of the Canada-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (CANCHAM) have paid a courtesy call on the new Senior Trade Commissioner from Canada to Ghana, Andrew Maharaj, to welcome him and brief him about the current state of the chamber.
Speaking at the meeting, the President for CANCHAM, Alex Samuel...
The first-ever Africa-Carribean Trade and Investment Forum opened in Bridgetown in Barbados today, on the theme ‘One People. One Destiny. Uniting and Reimagining Our Future'.
The Forum aims fostering the development of strategic partnerships between business communities in Africa and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region, and has attracted approximately 1,500...
The AfCFTA Secretariat has revealed that the continent of Africa is now ready to trade under the continental trading policy following the unveiling of the e-tariff book, rules of origin manual and the AfCFTA website on which all necessary information can be accessed to trade under AfCFTA.
Speaking to the...
The Trade Law Centre (tralac) is an independent, capacity-building think tank established in 2001 as a non-profit organisation which builds trade-related capacity in Africa, assisting countries to improve trade governance and inclusive policy processes to ensure that trade contributes to sustainable development outcomes.
tralac has a core-network business model. The...
All is set for commercially meaningful trading in goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to commence.
AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene disclosed this in Accra at a meeting with media owners, CEOs, managers and senior editors, and added that the e-tariff book and the rules of origin...
After an intensive peer-review of the manuscript of the much-anticipated book entitled: Actualising the African Economic Vision; A Practical Handbook on the AfCFTA – a book composed by the Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference (GITFiC) by the Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), the President and Chairman of the...
Knowing which country to export to and meeting market requirements are crucial for businesses particularly for Small and Medium Scaled enterprises (SMEs).
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) Ghana component, organized a two-day training workshop for SMEs on the theme “Capacity Building...
Preparations are currently underway and far advanced for the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) scheduled for August 31 to September 3, to be hosted by the government Barbados taking place in Barbados in the Carribean.
The maiden event is initiated by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Export Barbados...
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) has brought a delegation of 40 young students on a transformative journey to Ghana as part of the Amos C. Brown Fellowship.
To commemorate the ‘Beyond the Return’ initiative – a 10-year project of connecting the diaspora community to Africa...
Almost two years since the January 2021 takeoff of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement, not much trade has taken place despite continued optimism surrounding the agreement which has the potential to rake in some US$3trillion.
It is reported that in Ghana, only two shipments have been successfully completed since...