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Press highlights arrival of 350,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, others Ghana-Press-Review May 06, 2021 to 10:00 134 APA – Accra (Ghana) The planned arrival of 350,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines on Friday and injection of new capital by the shareholders of Ghana Life Insurance Company Limited to improve its financial position are the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Thursday.
The Graphic reports that after weeks of apprehension over the fate of Ghana s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the exercise looks set to resume soon.
According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 350,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines would arrive in Ghana Friday, May 7, 2021 aboard a Turkish Airline fight to kick-start the second phase of the nationwide vaccination.
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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement is potentially a game changer for the country’s post COVID-19 economic recovery and transformation, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen, has said.
“Without doubt, AfCFTA could be considered as the game changer for the post COVID-19 economic recovery and transformation of Ghana, if we as a country can harness the numerous benefits of the agreement,” the minister said.
To harness the benefits of AfCFTA, he said the government complemented the ongoing industrial transformation agenda by launching the National Export Development Strategy in 2020 to increase non-traditional export revenue to $25.3 billion by 2027.
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Ghanaian insurance companies have been advised to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to encourage exporters to insure their products meant for export.
The move will promote and stabilise such businesses for the benefit of the owners and the country as a whole.
The Chief Trade Negotiator and Senior Technical Advisor of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mr. Anthony Nyame Baafi, gave the advice at a regional seminar on the benefits and opportunities of the AfCFTA in Koforidua in the Eastern Region last Friday.
The one-day seminar, dubbed: Optimising AfCFTA for Ghanaians: Sensitising All the Regional Business Communities in Sync with the Opportunities , was attended by Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs ), entrepreneurs, sole proprietors, industrialists, representatives from the banking sector, insurance companies and small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), among others.
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BY: Della Russel Ocloo
Category: General News
From Left: Mr Benard Avle (Moderator), Madam Fatima Alimohamed, Chairperson, Agribusiness Sector of the Association of Ghana Industries, and CEO, Africa Brand Warrior, Mr Anthony Nyame-Baafi, Technical Advisor of Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Madam Jamila Sedena Abdel Vetah, Senior Advisor to the Secretary General, AfCFTA Secretariat, Mr Ernest Ansah Lartey, Research & Head, Peace and Security Studies Programme, KAIPTC
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Stakeholders at a dialogue series on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Private Sector Development have called for the establishment of strong structures that will ensure that the single African market concept for goods and services is a success.