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Dorh tells US importers to use remaining AGOA years while Accra sells continental accessGhana 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 long, and we…

GEXIM chair links shared history to practical partnership in CincinnatiGhana’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, he added, that…

Export credit agency offers risk-sharing, co-investment and supplier financeThe 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, and…

GEXIM Chair pitches Ghana as investment gateway, cites recovery and expanded export bankGhana 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 have come…

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.…

Business leaders, government officials, and international dignitaries will gather today at the Oscar Events Center in Cincinnati for the Africa-America Trade & Investment Summit. Under the theme “Building Bridges • Expanding Trade • Creating Investment Opportunities,” the event aims to strengthen economic ties between the United States and the African continent.The full-day summit, organized in partnership with the Rotary Club and various trade organizations, features a robust agenda designed to foster dialogue on international economic development, with a specific focus on opportunities in Ghana. Opening Ceremony and Official WelcomeThe program kicks off at 9:00 AM with registration and guest arrival,…

Plays Victim, Deny, Threatens Whistle-Blowers and Confess… What Next? By Prince AhenkorahIn a development that echoes the well-worn script of former New Patriotic Party (NPP) appointees caught in the glare of corruption investigations, the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has retreated behind the shield of the judiciary, filing a Writ of Summons against the Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, and broadcaster Abubakar Alhassan, popularly known as Blakk Rasta.The suit, filed on Monday, September 28, 2026, accuses the duo of defamation and the publication of false news. But beneath the veneer of a…

…as Teacher Unions Drop Markers and Chalks By Philip Antoh As the government and the various teacher unions are currently on the negotiation table over better conditions of service leading to a nationwide strike action, private education has emerged as the saving grace for Ghanaian children. Without private schools, approximately 8.2 million basic school students would be left at home due to the ongoing strike action by teacher unions negotiating for better working conditions. Currently, private institutions are keeping over 3.9 million of these basic-level students in classrooms and actively receiving tuition. Although the full impact of the strike is…

By Gifty Arthur The government of President John Dramani Mahama has directed the repayment of grains borrowed from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), clearing a debt inherited from the previous Akufo-Addo administration. Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, announced that the President has instructed the release of 50,000 bags of maize to ECOWAS an obligation the current administration discovered only after taking office in 2025. The maize and rice were borrowed from ECOWAS in 2018 to support the School Feeding Programme while it then-government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs initiative was underway, but the debt…

Describes ‘Conditions’ as ‘humiliating’ and abuse of Ghana’s sovereignty By Gifty Arthur President John Dramani Mahama has defended Ghana’s rejection of a US$100 million health financing compact from Washington, saying Cabinet threw it out “in record time” because its terms were intrusive and humiliating.The compact was intended to replace funding lost after the dismantling of USAID. In exchange for the money, the US reportedly sought access to the health records of Ghanaians, among other conditions. Mahama, speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, said the decision had full Cabinet backing. Ghana,…