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Ghana trade facilitation and AfCFTA integration

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Ghana is advancing trade facilitation and export competitiveness through regional partnerships and structural reforms. Initially, the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry (MoTAI) renewed a partnership with TradeMark Africa via a Memorandum of Understanding to modernize border management, digital infrastructure, management and logistics digital infrastructure along the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor. This collaboration aims to support frameworks such as Corridor, supporting the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. Building on these efforts, the Ghanaian government has shifted focus toward focused on addressing non-tariff barriers, which with Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare noted noting they present “more complex challenges for exporters than traditional tariffs.” Current initiatives include seeking seek mutual recognition of standards and conformity assessments across African borders to reduce bottlenecks. The strategy bottlenecks, specifically targets capacity building for local industries—such as targeting agribusiness, textiles, and pharmaceuticals—with a particular pharmaceuticals, with an emphasis on supporting women-owned enterprises and small businesses in accessing continental markets. Expanding this vision, businesses. To enhance agricultural trade, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture John Dumelo has advocated for a “borderless Africa” Africa,” emphasizing the need to enhance agricultural trade, noting that overcome visa restrictions and inadequate infrastructure must be overcome. gaps. Domestically, President John Dramani Mahama has proposed the ‘Feed the Industries’ policy to link large-scale agricultural production with domestic processing. This initiative is intended to support processing, supporting Ghana’s ‘24-Hour Economy’ by providing agro-processors with reliable raw materials. Economy.’ A pilot program in the Central Region aims to create over 18,000 youth employment opportunities in farming, logistics, farming and packaging, logistics, with the potential to scale significantly to 250,000 jobs if implemented nationwide. Furthering this strategic positioning, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Sabah Zita Benson, highlighted the nation’s role as a gateway to the continent as the home of the AfCFTA Secretariat. She advocated for aligning government policy with private sector capital and traditional institutions to drive economic growth, while also calling for public-private partnerships to bolster creative industries and tourism.

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  1. 2026-09-11 16:15 UTC Ghana trade facilitation and AfCFTA integration
  2. 2026-09-02 10:51 UTC Ghana trade facilitation and AfCFTA integration
  3. 2026-08-26 22:57 UTC Ghana trade facilitation and AfCFTA integration

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