The Eighth (8″”) Meeting of The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Council of Ministers Responsible for Trade was convened in Accra-Ghana on 28-29 January, 2022. The meeting was chaired by Hon. Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition of the Republic of South Africa. The overall objective of the meeting was to assess the status of negotiations on outstanding issues and agree on the steps towards the start of commercially meaningful trading under the AfCFTA. In addition to the progress report from the Secretary-General of AfCFTA, His Excellency…
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SHIPPERS’ AUTHORITY EYES BOOST IN TRANSIT TRADE AS IT SHELTERS TRUCK DRIVERS
The perineal transit truck congestion at the Elubo border and the haphazard parking of cargo trucks in the Jomoro Municipal Assembly has become a thing of the past with the construction of the Elubo Freight Park. The project which was initiated and funded by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) with support from the Jomoro Municipal Assembly was commissioned on Friday, January 28, 2022. The ultra-modern facility aims to make the nation’s western transit corridor attractive to businesses and individuals who haul goods between Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire and beyond…
Read MoreOMA GROUP – NEW APPOINTMENTS IN GHANA
All change at OMA in Ghana. A restructuring of the company has seen the appointment of two Country Managers and a General Manager to oversee the two key segments of the business. Rebecca Owusu-Asamoah joins us as Country Manager for OMA Ghana and will head up the ship agency/energy sector of the business in Ghana, based at the Tema office. Rebecca has 14+ years of experience in the shipping industry, starting her career with Maersk Line and Damco. Rebecca worked at OMA Ghana from 2016 before transferring to Hapag-Lloyd where most…
Read MoreCILT GHANA TO SUPPORT NEW TRANSAID DRIVER TRAINING PROJECT
Transaid has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Ghana, aimed at promoting mutual cooperation in the area of road safety. The agreement follows less than a year after Transaid began developing a professional driver training programme in the country’s capital, Accra; its first project of this kind to be launched in West Africa. With funding secured from Puma Energy Foundation, Transaid has set out to raise training standards and expand training capacity for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers. The MOU was…
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