Interbrand Ghana Limited Joins AmCham Ghana

The Chamber is pleased to welcome Interbrand Ghana Limited to our community of progressive businesses as #PlatinumMembers.

Interbrands Ghana Limited is a privately owned trading and distribution company with over 25 years of experience in the fields of importing and distributing in Ghana. The basic function of the company is to source and distribute Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) from both the domestic and overseas markets.

Interbrands Ghana Limited is a subsidiary of GMA Group, an American company headquartered in New York City. GMA Group is a multi-industry holding company with a specialty in sourcing, manufacturing, wholesale, and real estate in the U.S. and around the world for almost three decades.

The company has the vision to become the leading consumer product distributor in Ghana by bringing quality products that add value to people`s lives, constantly recognizing changes in lifestyle and consumer preferences, while relentlessly pursuing customer and employee excellence.

IGL is dedicated to delivering sustainable excellence in business performance by focusing on Client/Suppliers` requirements to achieve customer satisfaction and profitability with quality product ranges. Learn More

CONTACT

Phone: +233-540124893
Email: info@interbrandsghltd.com

Address: MF Building, 20
Ashiakle Crescent Abelenkpe
P.M.B 47 Kanda Accra, Ghana

Mon – Fri 8:00Am – 5:00Pm
Sat – 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Sun – Closed

 

Junior Achievement Joins AmCham Ghana

Junior Achievement (JA) Ghana, a member of JA Worldwide, one of the world’s largest global, nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering young people to own their economic success by enhancing the relevance of education, joins AmCham Ghana.

JA’s unique and experiential programs focus on the areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. Their programs employ a range of hands-on activities to give young people the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills practically.

JA gives students the knowledge and skills to start and manage their businesses and to apply entrepreneurial thinking to solve everyday problems. They work to expand young peoples’ abilities to manage their finances smartly and effectively, through proven programs.

Junior Achievement was founded in the United States in 1919 to help prepare immigrant youth to enter the workforce in the country, without being disadvantaged in terms of preparedness. In 1955, JA expanded beyond the United States, and today, its programs are delivered to young people across the world.

Since its establishment in Ghana in 2008, JA Ghana has served over 20,000 Ghanaian youth in over 80 schools/institutions, across the country, with financial, in-kind, and volunteer support from stakeholders such as Nokia, Coca-Cola, Newmont Goldcorp Ghana, Goldfields Ghana Ltd, Fidelity Bank, GE, Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, Delta Airlines, Aiducation International and Swiss Re. Learn more…

 

Contact

NTHC No. 1 Aviation Lane, Baatsona – Spintex, Accra-Ghana

Email: info@jaghana.org
Telephone: +233 30 272 8249

Fair Trade Outsourcing Joins AmCham Ghana

The American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, is pleased to announce Fair Trade Outsourcing as our new #GoldMember. Fair Trade Outsourcing is a fast-growing BPO company and fair trade outsourcing center that provides impact sourcing work for companies worldwide.

Fair Trade has its main office is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a global network of delivery centers in the Philippines, Mexico, and Ghana.

The quality and results they produce are not from the number of “seats” that they have but from its smart, skilled workers – the “Humans of Fair Trade Outsourcing.”

The company guarantees a safe work environment, transparency, and accountability. They have pioneered programs that make a positive social and economic impact on their agents, their families, and communities. As an advocate of the Fair Trade Principles, Fair Trade Outsourcing has implemented a Learning and Development Program that seeks to build agents’ capacities (not just train them) and reward them for working hard to improve their capabilities.

Their goal is to provide as many people as possible with impact sourcing work that pays up to 3 times the poverty line to move them into the middle-class as soon as possible and convert them from mere wage earners to capital owners. Learn more…

 

Contact

Fair Trade Outsourcing Inc.
2F Sethi Plaza and Realty
Kwame Nkrumah Ave
Adabraka, Accra
GHANA 23321

AmCham Member Focus: Piedmont Lithium – Sustainability Through Responsible Lithium Hydroxide Manufacturing

Piedmont Lithium, a Platinum AmCham Ghana, is on target to become the only integrated producer of lithium hydroxide from spodumene ore in the United States. With assets located in the mineral-rich, world-renowned Carolina Tin Spodumene belt in North Carolina.

In July this year, Piedmont entered into a conditional binding agreement with IronRidge Resources to fully fund and fast track the Ewoyaa Lithium Project, part of IronRidge’s Ghanaian Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio (CCLP), to production.

Piedmont President and CEO Keith Phillips, hinted in a recent statement that spodumene production at Ewoyaa in partnership with Atlantic Lithium could begin as early as 2024. This is expected to feed the lithium hydroxide plant – LHP-2.

The company recently reported the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA” or “Study”) for a proposed merchant lithium hydroxide plant (“LHP-2”) to expand Piedmont’s planned U.S. manufacturing capacity to 60,000 t/y of lithium hydroxide. The LHP-2 PEA results demonstrate the potential for Piedmont Lithium to expand its lithium hydroxide manufacturing business using spodumene concentrate from market sources, including under existing offtake agreements with Sayona Quebec and Atlantic Lithium. Get the full report here

Piedmont has developed a more stable and sustainable Lithium production solution designed to provide a significantly smaller footprint. They have a responsibility to be good stewards of the land, our planet, our environment, and our community. Working in the most sustainable way possible is their number one priority because they understand what they produce is directly related to positively impacting the sustainability of our planet by helping to reduce global carbon emissions for future generations.

Piedmont Lithium supplies metals and minerals used to build “green energy” innovations and conventional consumer and industrial products. From producing Lithium-ion battery metals to minerals used in everyday consumer products, using sustainable technologies throughout their operations.

Piedmont Lithium continues to develop its Corporate Social Responsibility position including identifying key values that reflect its continual commitment to supporting global efforts. Their part in the process includes pinpointing hazards, analyzing risks, and implementing standards for mining operations and supply chain activities as well developing internal safety standards and guidelines to mitigate the risks and hazards associated with its entire value chain. Learn more 

AmCham Member Spotlight: United Airlines- Let’s Get Reunited, World

United Airlines joined AmCham Ghana in 2021 and has since remained an active member of the Chamber. United, a major American airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, re-launched its services to Ghana with flight UA996 onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Washington D.C to Accra on Saturday, May 16, 2021.

The airline runs a thrice-weekly service to Kotoka International Airport from several major cities in the United States including Washington, D.C.(IAD), Los Angeles(LAX), New York/Newark(EWR), and San Francisco(SFO). 

United Airlines has also helped deliver millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Ghana from the United States under the COVAX program.

During the re-launch in May last year, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, said ”this direct route will increase opportunities for cross-border trade, visits to Ghana’s amazing tourist destinations, as well as those in the United States, and of course, reunions with family and friends.”

”I’m pleased that United Airlines, with its impeccable service and safety records, and its 95-years as one of the world’s most recognized airlines, has returned to serve the Ghanaian market.  Sometimes a video chat just isn’t enough, and it’s evident that United Airlines understands this as well,” the Ambassador added.

As a global airline driven by its purpose and values, United is in the business of bringing people together. Looking ahead, they’re aiming even higher: United is committed to doing its part to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and world.

Their approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is key to a strong culture at United and a critical competitive advantage.

Over the past decade, their focus has evolved from excellence in employee engagement and talent programs to a strategic approach that embeds DEI throughout their business and impacts the communities where they work, live, and fly.

United is determined to be a global leader in DEI and will continue to work to ensure its people, policies, and processes reflect the customers and communities they serve. Learn More

United has eight hubs, with Chicago–O’Hare being its largest in terms of passengers carried and the number of departures. They are also a founding member of the Star Alliance, the world’s largest airline alliance with a total of 28 member airlines.

Trimble Joins AmCham Ghana

We are pleased to announce Trimble as a new member of AmCham Ghana. Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics.

Trimble solutions are used in over 150 countries around the world. Employees located in more than 40 countries, coupled with a highly capable network of dealers and distribution partners, service and support our customers.

For over 40 years, Trimble has created unique solutions that help customers grow their business. With over 2,000 worldwide patents as well as research and development centers in more than 15 countries, Trimble augments its organic product development with strategic acquisitions to bring the latest technologies to a wider market.

For decades, sustainability has been at the core of Trimble’s solutions and culture.  At Trimble, sustainability is crucial to ensuring that we remain true to our mission of “Transforming the Way the World Works” while fulfilling our commitments as a company, an employer, and a contributor to society.

Trimble delivers business solutions that create a more sustainable world. Today and in the future, sustainability will be a powerful influence in shaping our strategy and positioning our business for greater success in an ever-changing environment.  It is important that we provide our stakeholders with insight into Trimble’s sustainability efforts, allowing them to accompany us as we venture further on our sustainability journey. Learn More

Piedmont Lithium Joins AmCham Ghana

The Chamber is pleased to announce Piedmont Lithium as our new Platinum Member. Piedmont is developing a world-class integrated lithium business in the United States, enabling the transition to a net-zero world and the creation of a clean energy economy in America.

Piedmont Lithium is on target to become the only integrated producer of lithium hydroxide from spodumene ore in the United States. With assets located in the mineral-rich, world-renowned Carolina Tin Spodumene belt in North Carolina, we’re just 25 miles west of the bustling city of Charlotte. This highly strategic location allows us to drive accessibility and affordability for American companies who are, in large part, currently tied to material resources in remote parts of the world that impact their entire business model.

Piedmont has developed a more stable and sustainable Lithium production solution designed to provide a significantly smaller footprint. We have a responsibility to be good stewards of the land, our planet, our environment, and our community. Doing our work in the most sustainable way possible is our number one priority because we understand what we produce is directly related to positively impacting the sustainability of our planet by helping to reduce global carbon emissions for future generations.

In July this year, Piedmont entered into a conditional binding agreement with IronRidge Resources to fully fund and fast track the Ewoyaa Lithium Project, part of IronRidge’s Ghanaian Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio (CCLP), to production.

This conditional agreement represents a unique opportunity to fast-track the development of its industry-leading asset and fund its pathway to production, all whilst providing the opportunity for Ghana to become the first lithium producer in Western Africa. Learn More

Webster University IR Masterclass – African Continental Free Trade: Implementation Challenges and the Prospects for African Development

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With the world being a global village, trade is an important economic factor for the development of many economies. Trading dates back to centuries where an early form of trade- barter saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services. As time evolved and globalization emerged, trade changed, becoming broader and more complex. The formation of trade blocs, such as the European Union (EU) and the Pacific Alliance, paved the way for policies such as free trade, constituting bilateral and multilateral trade, which greatly expanded market access and spurred economic growth.

According to the African Development Bank, in 2014 only 16% of international trade took place between African countries. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) also reports that Intra-African exports were 16.6% of total exports in 2017, compared with 68.1% in Europe, 59.4% in Asia, 55.0% in America and 7.0% in Oceania.

The African Continental Free Trade Area is widely seen as a crucial driver for economic growth, industrialization, and sustainable development in Africa. The agreement seeks to create a single African market of more than a billion consumers with a combined GDP of U$2.5 trillion. Through its various protocols, the AfCFTA Agreement addresses trade in goods (tariff liberalization schedules, non-tariff barriers, rules of origin), trade in services, competition, investment, and intellectual property. It is expected to boost intra-African agricultural trade, currently estimated to be less than 20 percent of total agricultural trade.

Despite its prospects, there continue to be implementation challenges that could thwart the efforts of the agreement.

Delta Air Lines Trade And Corporate Seminar

Delta Air Lines partnered with Air France and KLM to organize a 2-day Seminar dubbed “Back in the Skies with AFKLDL” from November 3 – 4, 2021. The seminar aimed to educate participants on the new travel requirements as the U.S. reopens to fully vaccinated foreign travelers on November 8 and also recap the ticketing policies and innovative tools the two airlines have introduced to ensure that their customers can book with confidence and travel with flexibility.

Day one of the seminar was dedicated to Trade Partners – Travel agents attended the event and were very pleased to have representatives from the visa section of the American and French Embassies make presentations on new travel policies and requirements. The second day was an interactive session with corporates. Representatives from the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, and the Ghana Netherlands Business and Culture Council were present to speak to participants about their relationships with the airlines and the benefits businesses get from being Chamber members.

The Joint Venture between Air France KLM and Delta Air Lines in the Ghana market has put the airlines in a good position to serve travelers what they truly desire: more choices, more frequencies, more convenient flight schedules, and superior customer service.

ALLSTAR Insurance Brokers Committed To Providing World Class Services To Its Clients

AmCham Ghana Executive Secretary, Simon Madjie, engaged with the management of ALLSTAR Insurance Brokers on their operations in the country. ALLSTAR Insurance Brokers provides bespoke insurance brokerage services to individuals, corporations, affinity groups, and MSMEs.

The company has access to all insurers in Ghana and several international partners, allowing risk to be reviewed and built from the ground up.

Allstar Brokers can tailor benefits to protect your company and employees, including burglary insurance, cash-in-transit, goods-in-transit, public liability, bankers indemnity, advance mobilization, customs bond, assets all risks, combined fire package, fleet motor vehicle, group life, group medical, international group medical, group personal accident, and critical illness insurance, key man insurance, shareholders protection insurance, medical expenses, evacuation & repatriation, welfare insurance schemes, and many variations thereof.