Tag: Citi Business Festival
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#CitiBusinessFestival: African Businesses urged to form synergies to take advantage of AfCFTA
Participants of the final edition of the Virtual Business Forum under this year’s Citi Business Festival have called for a coordinated effort aimed at bringing local businesses together to produce on a large scale, to take advantage of trade opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic and the impending implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: African countries urged to industrialize to make AfCFTA successful
Regional Corporate Director for Africa at Absa Bank, Ellen Ohene-Afoakwa, has urged policymakers and the business community across the continent to implement policies that can boost industrialization if the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is to be successful. According to her, African countries must prioritize, develop, and implement smarter local strategies to seize the…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Final virtual forum to focus on trade today
The last of the four virtual business fora for this year’s Citi Business Festival is scheduled to come off today, Tuesday, June 23, 2020 on Citi TV. Under the theme ‘Will export/import trade ever be the same again?’, the virtual business forum will discuss key areas of trade to suggest solutions to keep the sector…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Ofosu-Dorte urges African businesses to adopt ‘AfCFTA strategy’ post COVID-19
A Senior Partner at AB & David, and a member of the Afrochampions Initiative, David Ofosu-Dorte, has urged businesses across the African continent to adopt an African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) strategy post COVID-19. According to him, the way businesses prepare for AfCFTA, would determine how much they would benefit from the initiative and…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Farmers urged to consider agro-processing to boost revenue
Commercial Manager at RMG Ghana, Martin Tettey Nartey, has advised farmers and other stakeholders within the agriculture sector to invest in the agro-processing sector to boost revenue and economic development. He says the development of the agro-processing sector often has a stronger link to the agricultural sector than other sectors, and thus plays an important…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Intensify efforts to reduce food imports post COVID – RMG urges Gov’t
Government has been urged to quicken efforts to drastically reduce the amount of food and other consumables imported into the country after the novel Coronavirus pandemic is dealt with. Ghana’s food import bill had been rising steadily in the past, reaching a staggering amount of 35 billion dollars around 2018, and it is projected to…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Seek expert advice before venturing into agribusiness – William Nettey to entrepreneurs
Young entrepreneurs who intend to venture into agriculture as a business have been urged to seek professional advice before venturing into the sector. That’s according to the Head of Agribusiness at Absa Bank Ghana, Mr. William Nettey. As the novel Coronavirus continues to spread and pose a threat to food security, a lot of countries…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Participants call for a shift in policy to reduce import of tomatoes
Participants at the third edition of the Virtual Business Forum, which is part of this year’s Citi Business Festival, are calling for a policy shift to reduce the importation of basic vegetables such as tomatoes. Ghana imported 99 million cedis worth of tomatoes from Burkina Faso in 2018. The country is said to also import…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: William Nettey offers solutions to challenges young entrepreneurs face in Agribusiness
Young entrepreneurs who wish to venture into agribusiness have been advised to pay critical attention to three areas in order to survive. For such individuals, identifying a sustainable market, using the right technology and financing are the main ingredients required to succeed in the space. Head of Agribusiness at Absa Bank Ghana, Mr. William Nettey,…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: 3rd Virtual Forum to focus on Agribusiness today
The Citi Business Festival continues this week, with the Agribusiness Virtual Forum scheduled for today, Tuesday, 16th June, 2020. The forum seeks to provide the needed resources for Ghanaians interested in going into agriculture. Under the theme, “How to create another career in Agribusiness” the forum will largely focus on, starting your own career in…