The Ghana-Mexico Business and Cultural Chamber (GHAMEXCO) has officially been launched in Accra, to identify and explore business opportunities in Ghana and Mexico that will bring both countries together culturally and business-wise. The key objectives are to identify and shepherd opportunities for the benefit of members, promote the business trade...
Today the first concrete element was moved from land into sea marking a new phase of the Tema Port Expansion project delivered by Meridian Port Services. This achievement is significant as it shows the project is on time for building the first 700 meters of quay wall ensuring the new...
Ghana can build on its good performance under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) programme by focusing more on value addition to its export commodities like cocoa and Shea Butter and exporting to the US market. Available data from the US Economic Policy in Africa show that between 2016 and...
Government has stated that the GHS 10 million fund expected to support women in entrepreneurship is a loan that comes with a lower interest rate of 10% or less, according to Business Development Minister, Mohammed Awal. He made this statement during the Women Entrepreneurship Conference held in Accra on the...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have hosted a forum to review progress made on the development of a pilot food safety and certification system in Ghana. Developing a sustainable traceability system was a crucial recommendation that supported lifting the...
Heritage Securities Limited (HSL), in partnership with the United States Friendship and Economic Development (FED) Group, has launched the first-ever Ghana-US Trade Hub to provide facilitation services for companies seeking to trade with the United States. Heritage Securities Limited, which is now a member of the US FED Group Consortium,...
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has sent a strong message to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) not to touch certain portions of the GIPC Act that offers protection to indigenous traders. The warning comes after news broke that the GIPC is considering making amendments to Act 865...
Government has, as part of its industrialisation drive, outlined measures aimed at reviving all collapsed cashew processing factories in the country. Key among the steps is a joint effort by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the Exim Bank to offer financial support for the retooling of troubled factories...
Sir Sam Jonah, the Executive Chairman, Jonah Capital, has called for a deliberate policy to change the attitude of Ghanaians towards local products. He said the inordinate taste for foreign goods in Ghana and many African countries was not conducive to developing indigenous capital. “There is little faith in things made...
The North Gonja District Assembly has taken steps to find more markets for smocks woven in the area by tasking the country’s High Commissioners and Ambassadors to promote smocks in their countries of assignment. To this end, the Assembly has supplied a few smocks to some of the High Commissioners...