News & Press Releases

The EU-funded Investment Promotion and Project is Business Linkages Project (The Project) supported the Ghana Investment Promotion centre (GIPC) on a study tour to UAE.   The main host for the study tour is Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), UAE Department of Economy and Tourism.   The study tour took place from 24th to 27th October 2022.   The GIPC…

The EU-funded Investment Promotion and Business Linkages Project (Project) organised the participation of all its seven partner exporting companies at business-to-business meetings with importers in Cape Verde and Burkina Faso. This followed exhaustive market research where products from all seven exporting companies were tested as far as potential interest and demand were concerned and import conditions…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides an opportunity to deepen economic integration of Africa. It is intended to establish a single, unified (duty-free and quota-free) market across the African continent, based on the free movement of people, business, and investment. AfCFTA consolidates the entire African Continent comprising 54 countries into a single market. It…

Sujay Sarkar, Regional CFO for West and Central Africa at Singapore-based, multinational agribusiness giant Olam International, explains the importance of unleashing Africa’s potential to produce more food. He also discusses Olam’s history of investing in Africa and the fact that Africa being the only region where Olam produces direct-to-consumer brands with 39 major processing sites on the…

Andrew Ireland from Palladium discusses the rise of “ESG” investors — those that incorporate environmental, social, and governance principles. As ESG investors search search out bankable opportunities within new green growth sectors, they would do well to invest in Africa’s green growth potential. (Market Links)

The 2020 UNCTAD World Investment Report indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic will hit global foreign direct investment hard. The report estimates that foreign direct investment is likely to fall by 40% in 2020 and will affect hitting developing countries the most. The UNCTAD report also says that a recovery in investment is not expected before…

This report provides details of the current characteristics of national Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) around the world. It is based on a joint global survey conducted by the World Bank Group (WBG) and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA). The report delivers empirical insights about IPAs’ strategies, institutional set-up and investor service offerings,…

Mastercard Foundation and Invest in Africa (IIA) launched the Business Advisory and Support Programme. The Programme will support more than 8,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Eastern and Western Africa to navigate commercial challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. (16 July 2020)

UNCTAD says uncertainty about the COVID-19 pandemic’s evolution and the global investment policy environment will continue to affect foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in 2021. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) collapsed in 2020, falling 42% from $1.5 trillion in 2019 to an estimated $859 billion, according to an UNCTAD Investment Trends Monitor. For developing countries, the…

The UK has signed a trade partnership agreement with Ghana that secures tariff-free trade and provides a platform for greater economic and cultural cooperation. The deal supports a trading relationship worth £1.2bn and reinstates the terms of the economic partnership agreement between the two sides when the UK was part of the EU. It means…