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GEXIM chair links shared history to practical partnership in Cincinnati Ghana’s pitch to American investors in Cincinnati came with a powerful historical appeal to the African-American business community, as GEXIM Governing Board Chairman Dr Joseph Nyarkotei Dorh linked the transatlantic slave trade to a new era of commercial partnership. “For many African Americans, the relationship with Ghana begins with history,” Dr Dorh told the Africa America Trade & Investment Summit 2026. “On our coast stand the castles through which millions passed on a journey they never chose. Their descendants have been coming back ever since. That bond is sacred.” But,…

Dorh tells US importers to use remaining AGOA years while Accra sells continental access Ghana is pursuing a two-clock trade strategy in the United States: maximise the remaining years of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) while simultaneously marketing itself as the gateway to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). At the Africa America Trade & Investment Summit 2026 in Cincinnati, GEXIM Governing Board Chairman Dr Joseph Nyarkotei Dorh reminded American importers that AGOA has been reauthorised through December 2028. Eligible Ghanaian products enter the US market duty-free across more than 1,800 tariff lines. “Two years is not…

GEXIM-backed garment maker shows promise and pressure of 24-hour economy Behind Ghana’s investment pitch in Cincinnati lies a factory floor in Ghana. Northshore Apparel Hub, a wholly Ghanaian-owned garment maker financed by the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), has become the clearest test of whether Ghana’s export strategy can create durable jobs. In his speech to the Africa America Trade & Investment Summit 2026, GEXIM Governing Board Chairman Dr Joseph Nyarkotei Dorh said the factory has already created 2,900 jobs and is expected to reach 6,000 at full capacity. It holds orders for 530,000 decorated T-shirts and polo shirts between September…

GEXIM Chair pitches Ghana as investment gateway, cites recovery and expanded export bank Ghana has told American investors that it is not coming to the United States with an outstretched hand, but with an extended one, as the governing board chairman of the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), Dr Joseph Nyarkotei Dorh, used a major trade summit in Cincinnati to reposition Ghana as a commercial partner rather than an aid recipient. Speaking at the Africa America Trade & Investment Summit 2026, Dr Dorh invoked Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, saying Ghana “faces neither East nor West” but forward. “We…

Export credit agency offers risk-sharing, co-investment and supplier finance The Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) has invited American buyers, investors, technology firms and development partners to treat it as a risk-sharing partner in Ghana, following a major expansion of its loan portfolio. Addressing the Africa America Trade & Investment Summit 2026 in Cincinnati, GEXIM Governing Board Chairman Dr Joseph Nyarkotei Dorh said the bank’s portfolio had grown from under $70 million to nearly $300 million by the end of 2025.The bank, he said, now finances hundreds of Ghanaian businesses under a 2025–2030 strategy targeting agro-processing, garments and apparel, pharmaceuticals, industrial oils,…

Commissioner Ronald C. Thomas brought a message of empowerment and urgency to the African American Trade and Investment Summit currently ongoing in Cincinnati, Ohio, telling delegates that the relationship between Africa and the African-American community is “rare and opportune” and must be seized with intentionality. Thomas, Chief of Social Impact Opportunity at the Ohio Department of Development, spoke not only as a government official but as a mentor and community advocate. His address was punctuated with calls for action, personal reflection, and a challenge to those who would let shyness or hesitation stand between them and opportunity. “I aspire to…

A landmark agreement between the Government of Ghana and the City of Columbus is set to create a legal, dignified pathway for qualified Ghanaian nurses to work in Ohio’s healthcare system, a move announced to a warm reception at a summit here this week. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on September 14, 2026, builds on sister-city ties established in 2015. It was a key highlight of the keynote address by Deputy Chief of Staff Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, who framed it as a model for a new kind of strategic partnership one focused on skills mobility and regulated labour…

Ghana has made a bold, unambiguous pitch to American capital, presenting itself as the premier gateway to the African continent at the 3rd Africa-America Trade and Investment Summit in Cincinnati. The message, delivered by Deputy Chief of Staff Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, was one of a nation not seeking aid, but forging profitable, sovereign partnerships. Central to the pitch is Ghana’s newly streamlined investment landscape. According to Bampoe Addo, the new Ghana Investment Promotion Authority Act has removed blanket minimum capital thresholds for most sectors and guarantees the transfer of dividends and proceeds for registered enterprises. This, she said, has…

Ohio’s top social impact official has told a major Africa-US trade summit that the state’s economic development strategy is built on a single, simple principle: trust before transaction.Commissioner Ronald C. Thomas, Chief of Social Impact Opportunity at the Ohio Department of Development, welcomed delegates to the African American Trade and Investment Summit with a message that was as much about human relationships as it was about investment.”Relationships move at the speed of trust,” Thomas told the gathering, quoting author Stephen Covey. “You can have resources. You can have capital. You can have technology. You can have great ideas. You can…

GEXIM-backed garment maker shows promise and pressure of 24-hour economyBehind Ghana’s investment pitch in Cincinnati lies a factory floor in Ghana. Northshore Apparel Hub, a wholly Ghanaian-owned garment maker financed by the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), has become the clearest test of whether Ghana’s export strategy can create durable jobs.In his speech to the Africa America Trade & Investment Summit 2026, GEXIM Governing Board Chairman Dr Joseph Nyarkotei Dorh said the factory has already created 2,900 jobs and is expected to reach 6,000 at full capacity. It holds orders for 530,000 decorated T-shirts and polo shirts between September and December…