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Fibre2Fashion
23-06-2025
- Business
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Accra textile firms want more govt contracts, inclusive job policies
Companies operating in the Ajabeng textiles and garment enclave in Accra recently requested Ghana's Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Sampson Ahi to raise government contracts, expand access to land, and extend support for modern machinery and training. Many also advocated for inclusive employment policies, including employing persons with disabilities (PWDs), as the government rolls out its 24-hour economy initiative. Firms from the Ajabeng textiles and garment enclave in Accra recently requested the administration to raise government contracts, expand access to land, extend support for modern machinery and training, and implement inclusive employment policies. Sixteen/47 shared challenges regarding trade across West African borders and the delay in transporting goods to Nigeria by road due to red tape. Sixteen/47, which produces uniforms for the Ghana Army and engages in occasional exports, shared challenges regarding trade across West African borders and specifically complained about the delay in transporting goods to Nigeria by road due to bureaucratic bottlenecks, the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry posted on Facebook. Ahi, who was on a visit to the conclave, assured the companies that the government will explore ways to absorb the training costs of entry-level workers to reduce the burden on smaller factories. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
Fibre2Fashion
23-04-2025
- Business
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Ghana to set up 3 garment factories with private sector collaboration
Ghana plans to set up three garment factories, each capable of offering 3,000 jobs per shift, creating 27,000 jobs under the 24-hour Economy Policy, according to the country's Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare. It intends to collaborate with the private sector in the effort. This formed part of President John Dramani Mahama's rapid industrialisation for job initiative, and the ministry was promoting strategic value addition to revive deformed industries and scale up production for both domestic and international markets, she told the second edition of the Kwahu Business Forum at Mpraeso in the Kwahu South district of the Eastern Region. The Forum is a major government initiative to foster entrepreneurship and support the growth of domestic small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Ghana plans to set up three garment units, each capable of offering 3,000 jobs per shift, creating 27,000 jobs under the 24-hour Economy Policy, according to the country's Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare. It intends to collaborate with the private sector in the effort. A top priority this year is to pass the Business Regulatory Reform Commission Bill, she said. This year's Forum stressed the importance of aligning the nation's financial systems with national development priorities to support entrepreneurship, industrialisation and inclusive economic growth, she was cited as saying by domestic media outlets. A top priority this year is to pass the Business Regulatory Reform Commission Bill, which would institutionalise reforms, mediate public-private sector concerns and enforce regulatory impact assessments, she added. She would be leading a high-powered private sector delegation to China to pursue targeted business-to-business (B2B) engagement. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
