Ghana and Ivory Coast account for two-thirds of the world's cocoa supply, but unlike oil-producing countries, they are unable to influence prices that are historically too low to meet the basic needs of small planters.
"They could decide the market prices - above all if they allied themselves with other...
- Akufo-Addo to local businesses
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked local entrepreneurs to exploit the enormous potentials provided by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for trade and investments across various sectors of the economy.
“Ghana, like many African countries, is blessed with an abundance of resources. However,...
In the coming weeks, the World Trade Organization faces an historic choice. For the first time in its 25-year history, a woman will be named Director-General.
The finalists have been narrowed to two outstanding candidates—Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, and Yoo Myung-hee, the current Minister of Trade in...
Yesterday, President Akufo-Addo opened the two-day national conference on AfCFTA’s implementation where he affirmed government’s commitment to assist Ghanaian businesses take full advantage of AfCFTA, by ensuring that the required financial and human resources are mobilised and deployed to make the country a trading hub.
He therefore charged businesses to...
urges Ghanaian enterprises to be frontline actors
President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat to address all complexities that will come with implementation of the trade bloc, in order to ensure that all on the continent get their fair share of the deal.
Speaking...
Government will hold a two-day National Conference in Accra from Tuesday 20th to 21st October, 2020 on the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.
The National Conference is organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the National...
A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location of the country’s northern savannah ecological zone.
Isaac Papanko, CEO of Idan Agro Ventures Papanko, started off by farming maize on 8 hectares and...
World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart has said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis, and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging.
“This did not start as a financial crisis, but it is morphing into a major economic crisis with very serious financial consequences,”...
Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), says the continental trade regime will take off as planned on January 1, 2021.
He said the AfCFTA Secretariat is targetting January 2021 for commencing implementation of the free trade agreement, following its postponement due to the...
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Ghana (CCIFG) in collaboration with Allianz Insurance Ghana, CalBank PLC, L’oreal West Africa, Mazars, Marina Mall and Silver Star Auto Limited organised a Hybrid Business Conference on What does AfCFTA mean to Ghana.
This event, after the radio silence effect observed during the...