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GhanaFest Europe 2024 to be launched in Amsterdam on September 1
GhanaFest Europe Trade & Cultural Fair, an international trade and cultural exhibition which aims to promote investment in ICT, promote Agro-processing technologies, real estate, food processing and packaging, cocoa processing, horticulture and the health sectors is scheduled to be held in Amsterdam on November 2024.
The 3-day event being organized by RAM Media Concepts under the auspices of the ministry of foreign affairs & regional integration, Ghana Embassy in the Netherlands (The Hague), Ghana National Chamber of Commerce, Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Culture and Commerce, Ministry of Trade and Industry ministry of tourism, arts and culture amongst other partner organizations in both Ghana and Europe seeks to promote bilateral trade in tourism, trade promotion and foreign direct investments into the Ghanaian economy.
RAM Media Concepts an international event management consultancy is optimistic of bringing Ghanaian businesses, especially small to media scale businesses, SMEs etc to a common platform in a b2b match making session with their European counterparts to interact, network, trade and share knowledge amongst themselves.
GhanaFest Europe Trade and Cultural Exhibition will also witness massive showcase of cultural extravaganza during the 3-day event.
A durbar of Ghanaian chiefs, traditional/folklore music performances, exhibition of African traditional and contemporary products and the opportunity to network with foreign businesses for possible partnerships.
Chief Executive Officer of RAM Media Concepts, Augustine Mark told newsmen that all is set for the official launching of the event in the Netherlands. According to him, the launching ceremony has been scheduled for September 1, 2024 at the Holiday Inn Amsterdam Arena, Bijlmer, Netherlands.
Dubbed GhanaFest Europe Trade and Cultural Fair, the 3 day event is expected to attract over 100 exhibitors, 7000 attendees from both Ghanaian and European businesses.
Mr Augustine Mark said the fair will not only be an opportunity for Ghanaian businesses to scale up their products and services but will also expand their territories in their respective business or industrial sectors.
According to him companies and investors from other continents predominantly from the Caribbean, Europeans and Asians countries would be participating and attending the exhibition.
He said RAM Media concepts has partnered with several trade organizations in Europe to bring their registered members to the exhibition adding that this will give every Ghanaian exhibitor or attendee the opportunity to meet product manufacturers, trade representatives and multiple business stakeholders on an international platform.
He added that exhibitors would be given the opportunity to join a facility tour of some selected companies in the Netherlands.
He therefore urged Ghanaian businesses interesting in exploring business opportunities, expanding their territories and promoting their products and services across international boundaries to attend as a trade attendee or join as an exhibitor adding that slots have been opened for exhibitor and attendee registration.
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UNODC partners GFA Foundation on Prison advocacy and mentorship programme
The GFA Foundation and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to work together to advocate for anti-discrimination and the elimination of stigmatization for prisoners and prisons.
This partnership was agreed, in principle, during a meeting at the Home of Football (GFA Head Office) between the Director of the GFA Foundation and the UNODC Team led by Mr. Christoph Capelle, an Associate Expert in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the Coordinator of the prison and penal reform project in Ghana.
Welcoming the Team to the Home of Football, the Director of the GFA Foundation, Mr. Malcolm Frazier Appeadu briefed the team about the GFA Foundation – Ghana Prisons Project which has covered 6 prisons across the country already.
He indicated that the Foundation is liaising with the Ghana Prisons Service to commence the second and third pillars of the project, which are the coaches and referees training programs as well as the advocacy and mentorship initiatives.
He said that the GFA Foundation will welcome partners for the execution of the second phase of the project which will include Ankaful Maximum Security Prison, Kumasi Central Prison, Sekondi Central Prison and three other prison facilities.
In his response, Mr. Christoph Capelle commended the GFA for the GFA Foundation – Ghana Prisons Project which seeks to use the power of football to promote the wellbeing, reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates of Ghana’s prisons into society.
Mr. Capelle said that UNODC is looking forward to a collaboration with the GFA Foundation on possible programs for both the medium and long term to support football and sports jobs and skills development in Ghana’s prisons.
He extended an invitation to the GFA Foundation to be part of an assessment of overall prison rehabilitation programmes including the use of sports by their international consultant at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison.
There will be a football match and donation of footballs, sports items and equipment to the prison facility.
Present at the meeting were Mr. Kwame Koramoah, an officer at the GFA Foundation and Integrity Office, Helena Adobea Ofori, Associate Programme Officer, UNODC and Caleb Elorm Agodzo, Administrative Officer, UNODC.
It will be recalled that in 2020, The UNODC and FIFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to tackle corruption and crime in and through sports and pledged to consider ways in which football can be used as a vehicle to strengthen youth resilience to crime and substance use through the provision of life skills training.
The MOU was renewed last year by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Gomoa West: NPP, NDC supporters clash over commissioning of DRIP equipment
Supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Monday morning clashed over the commissioning of machinery for the District Road Infrastructure Project in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region.
According to Citi News sources, the conflict began when NDC supporters questioned the decision to display images of Bismark Basie Nkum, the NPP’s Gomoa West parliamentary candidate on the DRIP machinery.
This disagreement quickly escalated, almost leading to a physical altercation between the two groups.
Baisie Nkum, who doubles as the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gomoa West, further claimed that the Member of Parliament for the area, Richard Gyan Mensah, brandished a pistol and issued threats against the NPP’s local leadership.
A viral video circulating on social media captured the DCE accusing MP Richard Gyan Mensah of pulling out a gun and threatening NPP supporters during the heated incident.
Source: Citinewsroom.com
