In an official statement accepting the resignation of Alan Kyerematen as Minister of Trade and Industry, president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the Finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to act as the caretaker minister at the trade ministry, until a substantive appointment.   The statement signed by the Director of Communications...
The Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) has reiterated its commitment to intensify collaboration with the Burkina Faso Shippers' Council (CBC) to improve the declining rate of transit trade between the two countries. The reassurance was given when a delegation from the Burkina Faso Shippers' Council (CBC) paid a working visit to...
The world’s attention will be focussed on Africa in the coming days when President Biden of the United States of America hosts leaders from across the African continent in Washington, D.C. from December 13-15, 2022 for the most anticipated US-Africa Leaders’ Summit 2022. The summit is expected to demonstrate the...
In an effort to deepen trade and investment within Africa, the National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce called on the Secretary General of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. Traditionally, there has been a low integration of Africa into global value chains as well as low regional...
Improving access to trade finance – credit facilities used by importers and exporters to transact business — particularly through the banking system, could see the nation grow its cumulative trade value by as much as US$2.2billion annually in the near to medium term, a recently-released report by the International...
New policies in the offing Funding secured through DBG GFZA to support business benefit from AfCFTA Improved supply of electricity, energy With new and updated policies ready to be introduced, funding secured through the Development Bank Ghana (DBG), increasing supply of electricity and improved transportation networks, the manufacturing...
The EU-Ghana Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) can serve a relevant instrument in furthering the country’s ambition of becoming a regional and continental trade hub, head of EU Mission to Ghana, Irchad Razaaly, has indicated. This, he said, can be achieved when Ghanaian companies and businesses take advantage of enormous opportunities...
President of the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), Professor Alex Dodoo, has called on ARSO member countries to seize the opportunities embedded in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to industrialise the continent and position it as a global manufacturing hub. With present economic uncertainties across the globe, he...
NCP Trading Company Limited, a total real estate company, has introduced a promotion ahead of Christmas festivity to offer the general public opportunity to purchase land at a discounted price with flexible payment arrangements before the end of the year and into the next year. The campaign which is dubbed...
A 20-Member Italian trade delegation comprising leading players in the manufacturing and agro-processing industries will take part in this year's ‘Agrofood & PlastPrintPack West Africa 2022’ exhibition, scheduled to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in the Ghanaian capital from November 29 to December 1, 2022. The...