Trademark East Africa, GPHA foster collaboration towards trade facilitation

Players within the African continent are exploring various actionable means of enhancing trade and facilitating the movement of goods in the era of the Continental Free Trade Area.

One of such groups is the TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), an aid-for-trade organization, which is currently playing a pivotal role in the upcoming trade facilitation project to enhance trade and movement of goods in West Africa.

Because of this TMEA has paid a working visit to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), and technical visits to operational areas in the Port of Tema, as well as various stakeholders of the maritime trade in Tema as part of a scoping study.

During an exchange with Management of the Port of Tema, the delegation from TradeMark East Africa revealed that these processes follow an MOU the organization has with the AfCFTA Secretariat to boost the fortunes of Africa through liberalization of trade.

“We want now to expand our operations here to support the private sector, the government entities in trade. We know ports are important infrastructure when it comes to trade so definitely, we had to visit Tema,” the Senior Director, Trade Environment of TMEA, Alban Odhambio stated.

The General Manager of Operations at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Garvin Amarvie said GPHA aligns with the objectives that make trade easier and convenient for the people of Africa.