Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Sugandh Rajaram, has urged for greater cooperation between India and Ghana in the area of agriculture and rural development.
The call for agricultural partnerships between India and Ghana has become increasingly important under the AfCFTA, which presents a massive opportunity for Africa to explore all...
The relationship between free trade and poverty reduction is an inverse one. The higher the level of free trade, the higher the poverty reduction. Free trade has reduced global poverty by accelerating the quantity and quality of employment opportunities in developing countries by stimulating economic growth. Developing countries now...
What is a Certificate of Origin?
A Certificate of Origin is a document which shows the country in which an item destined for export was manufactured. Particularly;
a) The Certificate of Origin contains information on the destination of the item and other relevant pieces of information with regard to...
Delays in ratifying the African Union’s protocol on the free movement of persons could threaten the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Senior Strategy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Joy Kategekwa, has said.
The free movement protocol aims to achieve regional connectedness, integration, broader...
Businesses could miss out on the opportunity to be competitive in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market due to exorbitant interest rates, founder of SAS Group of Companies and Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, has said.
With access and cost of capital ranking high among...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will hold its 8th World Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from 16 to 20 October 2023.
Taking place under the theme ‘Investing in sustainable development’, the forum will bring together government leaders, global CEOs and other investment...
...to ensure continuity in spite of political changes - Expert
Trade practitioner and Executive Director of the AfCFTA Policy Network (APN) Group, Louis Yaw Afful, has called for signatories and parties to the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement to look to ‘critical technical experts’ within ministries of trade when selecting...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described Ghana as the best place to do business in West Africa, and urged the private sector and investors in the United Arab Emirates to make Ghana their first port of call when venturing into the rfor business.
Addressing the UAE-Ghana Business Forum held...
as GEA launches SME High Growth programme
earmarks US$20m to build capacities of 200 SMEs to take advantage of AfCFTA
The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has launched the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) High Growth programme to provide the training and capacity building necessary for SMEs’ operational efficiency,...
The world is embroiled in a megacrisis comprising the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, high inflation, recession fears, and rising debt distress across emerging markets and developing countries. The last thing we need is an additional source of economic harm. But that’s what we may get, in the...
