A high-level delegation from Ghana has paid a working visit to Customs World Dubai, the company which recently took over West Blue Consulting and mandated to undertake the Single Window project in Ghana. The visit forms part of efforts to transform Ghana’s ports and make it number one in Africa. Members...
  The recently awarded 10-year third single window contract to Ghana Link Network Services Limited is breeding confusion at the country’s ports, as operators say there was no stakeholder consultation in the selection of a third company to provide paperless services at the port. The paperless port - a project that...
The CEO of the African Global Chamber of Commerce Olivier Kamanzi, has said Africa needs to rise up to the challenges of the 21st century by being more innovative, aggressive and entrepreneurial. “Everything is here in Africa so all we need to do is to rejuvenate, be more aggressive, and...
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...
On March 21, 2017, 44 African leaders gathered at Kigali, Rwanda, to sign the framework that establishes the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTFA) - aimed at creating a single continental market for goods and services as well as a Customs union with free movement of capital and business...
The price of imported fresh tomatoes has sharply increased, as traders now have to travel up north to neighbouring Burkina Faso to buy fresh tomatoes for sale on the local market. This perennial shortage of the vegetable and reliance on Ghana’s northern neighbour to meet local demand for the commodity...
On the occasion of the 7th anniversary of creating the Pacific Alliance, representatives of Chile - Ricardo Alen; Colombia - Claudia Turbay Quintero; Mexico- Maria de los Angeles Arriola Aguirre; and Peru - Patricia Yolanda Ráez Portocarrero, came together to join in celebration of this important anniversary, which highlights...
…as it inaugurates nine-member GITC Private Sector Committee The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has indicated its strong backing to the Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC) as a trade institution that will help to sanitise and protect the interest of businesses in the country. “Our biggest challenge has been has been...
Diversifying their economies to move up the value chain and industrialize, the Ghana France Chamber of Commerce (CCI France Ghana) is dedicated to strengthening trade and economic relations between Ghana and France with the aim of increasing two-way bilateral trade and investment. This assurance comes at a time that, Ghana...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to be in China sometime this year to explore investment opportunities and also help fashion out a new blueprint for China-Africa cooperation, the outgoing Chinese ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sun Boahong has confirmed. “I think that this year will be a very important...