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WTO Commends Ghana’s Digitalisation Agenda And Establishment Of A National Vaccine Institute

WTO Commends Ghana’s Digitalisation Agenda And Establishment Of A National Vaccine Institute

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has commended Ghana’s robust and visionary efforts to digitalise broad aspects of the country’s economy and the entire E-commerce architecture describing it as the future of trade. Describing digital trade as the “wave of the future”, DG Okonjo-Iweala, said such vibrant activism by countries like Ghana has informed the WTO to begin negotiating an E-commerce agreement that will decide the rules of digital trade. The WTO Boss discussed this when she paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Jubilee House…
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WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala Arrives In Ghana On April 25

WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala Arrives In Ghana On April 25

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), will visit Ghana from Tuesday, April 25. The purpose of the two-day visit is to meet policymakers, business leaders and civil society representatives, while underscoring the WTO’s commitment to reinforcing support to Sub-Saharan Africa. She is expected to meet Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, interact with female entrepreneurs and participate in a discussion on the theme: “Making Globalisation Work for Africa”. The programme will be organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs. She will also hold discussions with the Minister of Trade and Industry. “I am very much looking…
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