Africa Shippers Councils Deliberate High Cost of Cargo Transportation in Ghana
The Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) have intensified efforts aimed at addressing the increasing cost of transportation in the shipping and logistics industry, a development attributed to the high cost of doing business at African ports. The World Bank estimates that transport costs in Sub-Saharan Africa averages 50% higher than other regions of the […]
Africa has potential to remain globally competitive- AFCFTA Secretary General
The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AFCFTA, Wamkele Mene says Africa has the capacity to be globally competitive if the continent continues to work towards leveraging its huge human resource capacity and building a strong integrated market. Addressing participants at the ongoing 53rd World Trade Centers Association’s General Assembly meeting in Accra, […]
We are Open to Accelerating AfCFTA’s Success – CEO of Shippers’ Authority
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) Ms. Benonita Bismarck has expressed the readiness of her organization to collaborate with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat to develop effective transport and logistics policies and programs under the AfCFTA Agreement. According to her, the success of AfCFTA largely hinges on […]
NAPRM holds stakeholders engagement on improving corporate governance standards
By: Michael Kofi Kenetey The government of Ghana represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, MFARI together with the National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council, NAPRM-GC has held a day’s stakeholder engagements of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs with the Ghana’s Targeted Review Mission Team in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital. […]
