Customs officials at the Elubo land border – one of Ghana’s six land borders - have denied claims of challenges faced in the use of Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) in processing and releasing cargo vehicles into the country.
This follows media reports and a video in circulation in which...
In the summer of 2019, President Trump declared on twitter: "We don't need China and, frankly, would be far better-off without them. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing your companies home and making your products in the...
Shipping lines, through their mother body - the Shipowners and Agents Association, have served clear notice to freight forwarders that they should be ready to bear the consequences of system delays being experienced due to use of the newly-introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS).
In a letter addressed to the...
On tapping local production to weather a crisis
What is your assessment of how Ghana has handled the COVID-19 pandemic?
YOFI GRANT: Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to move swiftly and impose tough restrictions at the start of the outbreak. The country has handled the situation fairly...
Are you a trader? Are you facing issues of unfair competition, especially from foreign competitors? Are you aware that there is an avenue to lay bare all your grievances and get them solved, or at least remedied? Well, that and many more, are the reasons the Ghana International Trade...
Recently a Nigerian friend who lives in the country that is also Africa’s biggest economy, after eating the popular Ghanaian snack “nkatie burgher”, posted on facebook, “How many countries can successfully export air to other countries?”
This did not come as a shock as I know that Africans have a...
Women in Engineering (WinE), a network of Ghanaian women engineering practitioners and student members within the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), has donated COVID-19 items to three market centers in Accra, Tema and Kumasi at separate ceremonies.
The Mallam Atta Market in Accra New Town, under the Ayawaso Central Municipality,...
Afreximbank is teaming up with International Trade Centre, ITC, to train small-business owners and young entrepreneurs in Africa to trade with other African countries as part of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The training programme - How to Export within the AfCFTA - is being launched as the...
Traders see up to 30% losses due to COVID-19 restrictions
Goods spoil as border closures disrupt food transport
Trade frictions could contribute to food crisis - U.N.
In ordinary times, it takes Boureima Diawara two or three days to truck his mangoes the 1,200 km (745 miles) from southern...
Renowned Economist and Investment Consultant, Kwame Pianim, has called on African governments to realign their spending priorities toward supporting private businesses to thrive amid the COVID-19 economic destabilisation.
This, he said, would enable them to create the needed jobs for the teeming unemployed youth and those experiencing lay-offs on the...