AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoExport Opportunities: Ghana’s GEXPO 2026 aims to connect more than 500 local businesses with international buyers through trade meetings and a focus on sectors including agro-processing, textiles and light manufacturing. Botswana’s trade minister urged firms to use local customers to test and improve products before exporting. Finance and Trade: Ecobank and China’s CIPS are working to improve renminbi payments between China and Africa, potentially easing cross-border settlement for businesses. Tanzanian experts also urged firms to tap capital markets, not just bank loans, to fund growth. Local Business: Ghana’s SSNIT says it will identify traders displaced by beachfront demolitions and plans space for some in a new African market. SME Growth: Eswatini’s proposed Airport City aims to attract E12 billion in investment and 20,000 jobs by 2037, with 40% of addressable spending targeted at local SMEs. The World Bank is targeting $5.79 billion in private financing for Nigeria, with 850,000 jobs projected.
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