The European Union (EU) has invested €120 million to boost the competitiveness of exports on the international market from Ghana and the other West African countries. In Ghana, over GH¢100 million has been injected into three main value chains, namely cassava, mango and pineapple, and cosmetics and personal care products. The investment in Ghana was […]
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UNIDO, Ghana and Switzerland launch a new Country Programme on exports
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Government of Ghana and Government of Switzerland through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), yesterday launched the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) to improve standards and quality of exports. The GQSP is an innovative new global programme developed by UNIDO and funded by SECO that addresses […]
Ensuring quality assurance and standards in trade: Gov’t deploys 1,500 NaBCo recruits to standardization agencies
About One thousand five hundred (1,500) recruits of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) will be distributed to work in agencies such as the Ghana Standard Authority, Ghana Exports Promotion Authority, Food and Drugs Authority, Factories Inspectorate and the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) of the Agriculture Ministry, according to deputy Trade and Industry […]