Gov’t holds nat'l confab on AfCFTA implementation deal
The government will hold a two-day National Conference in Accra from Tuesday, 20th to 21st October 2020, on the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.
The National Conference is organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the National AfCFTA Coordination Office, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission (UNECA).
A statement issued in Accra on Sunday, 18th October 2020 by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, said the theme of the conference is: 'Empowering Ghanaian Businesses to harness the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement under the framework of the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS)'.
The statement said, “the National Conference will bring together relevant stakeholders from the private and public sectors in Ghana to discuss Government of Ghana’s export development interventions aimed at empowering the private sector to harness the benefits of the AfCFTA”.
President Akufo-Addo is expected to open the 2-day conference and will use the opportunity to articulate Government’s commitment to the AfCFTA and to the empowerment of the private sector to boost Ghana’s trade with Continental Africa, with Trading scheduled to start on January 1st, 2021.
Participants will include CEOs in the Business Community, Senior Policy Makers, Parliamentarians, Academia, Representatives of Civil Society Organizations, Development Partners and the Media.
The first National Conference on AfCFTA was organised by Government in August 2019.
Source: classfmonline.com
Trending News
Come clean on cedi-dollar exchange rate - Economist to Finance Minister
13:38Clear indication defeat staring NPP in the face - NDC
10:58NPP sets up disability secretariat
02:46NDC petitions Speaker on missing BVDs at EC
13:21Train crash: I'd be asking some serious questions were I president – Mahama
07:02Asantehene commends Matthew Opoku Prempeh for conceiving GENSER Kumasi Pipeline Project
01:37Bawumia jets to Italy for bilateral discussions with Pope
13:14Struggle for next NDC leader'll make Mahama gov't lose focus if he wins 2024 polls - Afenyo-Markin says Bawumia 'better' option
14:16Dumsor must stop demo part 2: We’ll choose how we demonstrate and who to partner – Franklin Cudjoe replies Yvonne Nelson
10:17Naana Jane embodies authority and authenticity - Joyce Bawah insists
12:58