Tag: Alan Kyeremanten
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Ghana imported GH¢6.9 billion worth of rice from 2017 to 2020 – Alan Kyerematen
Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has revealed that an amount of GHC 6.874 billion was spent on the importation of rice from 2017 to 2020. This comes on the back of consistent calls for the ramping of the production and consumption of local rice in Ghana. Rice is the second most important…
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Alan Kyerematen maintained as Trade Minister
Alan Kyerematen has been renominated as Trade Minister. He is among the nineteen ministers who maintained their portfolios in President Akufo-Addo’s second term. Among the returning Ministers are Albert Kan Dapaah with the National Security Ministry and Ken Ofori-Atta for Finance The rest are: Dominic Nitiwul – Defence Ambrose Dery – Interior Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey…
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GHC1.7 billion disbursed to 172 companies under 1D1F – Trade Minister
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, says the Ministry in collaboration with some selected financial institutions has provided 1.7 billion cedis as financial support to 172 companies under the One District One Factory initiative since 2017. The private-public initiative is a government policy that seeks to facilitate the construction of a factory each…
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AfCFTA implementation: Technical working groups inaugurated to work on Ghana’s Action Plan
In order to fast-track trade within the African continent, and ensure that Ghana derives maximum benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area, ACFTA, the Trade and Industry Ministry, has constituted technical working groups to work on a seven cluster initiative. The Minister, Alan Kyerematen, who inaugurated the groups, says the move is to ensure…
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We’ll address concerns of businesses – Alan Kyerematen
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has assured the business community of the government’s commitment to resolving bottlenecks that impede trade between Ghana and other countries in the West African sub-region. “The government is working with the ECOWAS, including our neighbouring countries, to remove obstacles that impede the free flow of goods from…
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Government set to introduce loan scheme for “Made in Ghana” cars
Government is working with authorized automobile dealers and distributors as well as leading financial institutions to introduce a comprehensive vehicle financing scheme to enable Ghanaians to buy ‘Made in Ghana’ vehicles, the Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyeremanten has said. Also, the government had entered into discussions and negotiations with global automobile manufacturers, including…
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Two donors commit US$100m to boost dev’t of industrial parks
Two donors have pledged around US$100million to support the establishment and development of industrial parks across the country, government has announced. The two donors are the Department for International Development (DfID), a United Kingdom government agency that is committing US$20million, and the World Bank Group with US$75million. The funds are to be used in setting…