Intra-African trade: UNDP commits to supporting a ‘Made in Africa’ revolution

    [ad_1] The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is supporting African countries by collaborating with their governments to develop and implement policies for structural economic transformation. Africa remains the least industrialized continent, with a less endowed production capacity accounting for only 2.1 percent of global manufacturing. This situation, experts say, is further complicated by an almost…

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    African leaders unanimously condemn slave trade; call for reparations and return of stolen artifacts

    [ad_1] African leaders have unanimously condemned the historical injustices including slavery and apartheid meted out to the continent and its people during the dark days of slavery. A unanimous call has also been made for the return of looted resources by the slave masters and their descendants. At the Accra Reparations Conference, the leaders took…

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    Slave Trade reparations not a plea for alms

    [ad_1] President Akufo-Addo has stated that the call by Africans and Africans in the diaspora for the payment of reparations by European nations who carried out the transatlantic slave trade some 400 years ago is not a plea for alms but it is a demand for justice. The demand for reparatory justice, according to President…

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      Ghana-Turkiye trade projected to close the year at $1bn

      [ad_1] The DEİK/Türkiye-Ghana Business Council has projected a $1 billion trade value between Ghana and Turkey by the close of 2023. In 2020, the bilateral trade between Ghana and Turkey reached a total value of $771 million marking a substantial increase from $479 million in 2016. Notably, in 2019, Ghana emerged as Turkey’s third-largest trading…

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      Beyond the bowl: Ghana’s rice ‘addiction’ and its global trade vulnerabilities

      [ad_1] Ghana jollof, ‘plain rice’, ‘Angwamu’, waakye and the special Sunday ‘Omotuo’ all have one thing in common. You guessed right, rice, the darling food. Ghanaians eat rice on virtually every occasion. Birthdays? Rice! Weddings? Rice! Christmas? Rice! Even funerals? Yes, rice again! The intimate relationship between Ghana and rice mirrors that of Romeo and…

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        COP28 is to be a COP of action – UAE Head of Trade

        [ad_1] The Head of Trade, Economic, and Political Section of the Embassy of the UAE in Ghana, Mikdad Mohammed, has called for a transformative shift in the global climate agenda in order to effectively address the challenge. In a keynote address that was delivered on his behalf at the Pre-COP28 UAE National Youth Summit, Mr…

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          Agoa Forum: Has the US trade pact benefited Africa?

          [ad_1] The future of what was billed as a game-changing trade agreement between Africa and the US is up for discussion in the South African city of Johannesburg over the next few days, with calls for it to be turned into a much longer-term pact, despite some criticism of the deal. The African Growth and…

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