| GDP (US$) $37.54 billion, 2015 |
| Population, 27.41 million, 2015 |
| Source: World Bank data |
Ghana’s coastal location, ports and roads, and its relatively open policies toward trade and investment make it an ideal market for regional and international trade, including of Trade Hub-supported products: livestock and cereals for regional trade; cashew, shea, mango and apparel for global trade. With Trade Hub support, the AGOA Trade Resource Center in Accra opened in early 2015 to promote greater trade in the region and educate exporters on regional and global trade requirements and regulations.
In Ghana, Trade Hub partners with the national government, regional governmental organizations, and private sector organizations like Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Borderless Alliance, and the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). The Trade Hub is formalizing partnerships with financial institutions and building up and training its network of financial advisors in key countries like Ghana to advise firms within the Hub’s targeted value chains.
Road harassment problems in Ghana have seriously worsened since 2013, when Ghana was the best-performing country in the region. The Trade Hub is working with the Borderless Alliance and other partners to address road harassment and reduce numerous checkpoints to expedite trade along key trade corridors like Tema-Ouagadougou.
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Ghana News
USAID-funded training to double jobs at West Africa’s largest apparel factory
August 16, 2017With speeches and fanfare, Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the country’s U.S. Ambassador, Robert P. Jackson launched the Ghana Apparel Manufacturing Expansion (GAME) project on August 14, 2017. This new apparel project is expected to create 1,187 new jobs at Dignity Do The Right Thing in Accra and will double the company’s workforce. ...Read moreCashew data collectors recommend improvements to ACA’s market information service
August 14, 2017An African Cashew Alliance (ACA) workshop in early August gathered information from market analysts and data collectors from nine ACA member countries to guide improvements and boost use of its Market Information System (MIS). The August 1-3 workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso—organized by the African Cashew Alliance with Trade Hub support — will inform a ...Read moreAGOA ABCs unveiled in Ghana ahead of AGOA Forum
August 8, 2017Current and would-be exporters in Ghana learned of an additional tool to ship duty-free to the U.S. at a July 27 validation workshop on the national strategy for the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). During a national AGOA strategy validation meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Robert ...Read more“Ghana’s green gold”: Deliberating the future of the mango industry
August 8, 2017A three-day symposium on Ghana’s mango industry drew 250 producers, processors and exporters as well as government officials and representatives of financial institutions to celebrate and deliberate the future of the sector. “Mango: Ghana’s green gold. Growing for food and creating jobs,” began on July 27 with a parade from the capital to the eastern ...Read moreKAD lands Zuvaa production contract with Trade Hub support
July 31, 2017A New York-based online marketplace for Africa-inspired fashion, Zuvaa, has outsourced production for two of its designers to Ghana-based apparel producer KAD Manufacturing, as reported by KAD’s Managing Director, Mrs. Linda Ampah, during a factory visit on July 20 by representatives from the Trade Hub and the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). Organized upon the request ...Read moreCereals Exchange strengthens business prospects for new and seasoned traders alike
July 31, 2017When Colette Nakpergou gave the closing summary at the Cereals Exchange on behalf of the Togolese delegation, her compatriots let out a loud cheer in agreement: “The most important thing is that we cereals actors have to commit more in regional trade so that we can defeat road harassment not on paper but in real life ...Read moreMango Week in Ghana celebrates “Mango: Ghana’s green gold”
July 18, 2017The Trade Hub in collaboration with the Federation of the Association of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE), German Cooperation (Deutsche Zusammenarbett) and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is pleased to announce that “Ghana Mango Week” with the theme “Mango, Ghana’s green gold: Growing for food and creating jobs” will be held from July 27-29 in ...Read moreRestoring cereals supply chains tops agenda at agro-industries forum in Abidjan
July 18, 2017During a July forum in Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital, West Africa cereals stakeholders discussed business opportunities and supply solutions to the thorny problem of local agro-industries sourcing grains from abroad. As uncovered in an earlier Trade Hub report, agro-industries like breweries and animal feed processors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Togo buy ...Read moreTrade Hub closing the AGOA and Customs knowledge gap for Ghana exporters
June 27, 2017Greg Kankoh, CEO of Nallem Clothing, is very familiar with Trade Hub workshops, having benefitted from many of these trainings over the years as a Trade Hub partner firm and president of the Association of Ghanaian Apparel Manufacturers (AGAM). On June 22, he attended a presentation on “Classification and export documentation in textile and wearing ...Read moreNuts-and-bolts organizational training for Borderless, RESIMAO
June 19, 2017Following a 2016 organizational capacity assessment of its trade and transport partner, the Trade Hub organized a three-day training on project management and proposal development for Borderless Alliance, May 30-June 2. Ms. Carol Yee, a Trade Hub consultant, took Borderless officials through project start-up, mobilization plan, sub-contract management, field office operations, and contingency planning. Other topics ...Read moreLocal start-up receives cost-saving lessons from packaging experts
June 19, 2017Moringa Connect, a Ghanaian-American start-up, processes the Moringa plant into food products and cosmetic items for export and local consumption. On June 13, the firm hosted two Trade Hub consultants, who conducted a detailed assessment of its containers and packaging and offered cost-saving recommendations for improved packaging to meet international standards and preserve the quality ...Read moreStopping aflatoxin contamination high on agenda of regional cereals training-of-trainers
June 19, 2017Representatives of Cereals Inter-professional Committees (CIC) from seven countries acquired tools for policy advocacy to improve grain trade and quality—particularly to prevent aflatoxin contamination—at a Trade Hub training in Togo, May 22-24. The three-day training-of -trainers workshop in the Togolese capital, Lomé assisted 15 members of the CIC with skills to push governments and donor agencies ...Read moreTrade Hub packaging experts advise Ghanaian entrepreneurs, companies
June 12, 2017Mr. Kofi Essuman is chairman of the management board of GS1 Ghana, a company that provides packaging and labelling solutions to Ghanaian small and medium enterprises. “Our solutions are tailored to packaging needs of the local and West African regional markets,” Mr. Essuman said. But after a June 7 packaging workshop hosted by USAID’s West Africa Trade ...Read moreGlobalG.A.P. training readies Ghanaian mango producers for export
June 5, 2017As part its efforts to support lead firms, producers, and other actors to increase exports of fresh and processed mango to the international market, the Trade Hub trained 120 producers in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo and Volta regions on how to become GlobalG.A.P. certified. Certification of farms and packhouses is an international food safety standards requirement for ...Read moreWAGN plans stronger project management and better branding and communications
June 5, 2017A key strategic objective of the West Africa Trade and Investment Hub is to build the capacity of its regional partner organizations namely: West African Grains Network (WAGN), Borderless Alliance (BA), Confédération des Fédérations Nationales de la filière de bétail et viande de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (COFENABVI) and Réseau des Systèmes d’Information des Marchés en ...Read more
