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Mandate govt garment procurement from Ghanaian producers: AGAM
If the government makes it compulsory for state institutions to procure uniforms and other garments from domestic manufacturers, the apparel sector can absorb thousands of unemployed youth, AGAM national coordinator Nana Poquah Adiamah said.
The Association of Ghana Apparel Manufacturers (AGAM) recently called for a national procurement policy for garments and textiles, saying such a step may create over 100,000 jobs.
If the government makes it compulsory for state institutions to procure uniforms and other garments from domestic manufacturers, the apparel sector can absorb thousands of unemployed youth, AGAM noted.
The proposed policy should initially target uniforms for schools, security services, health institutions and other public sector agencies, she said.
Addressing a dialogue on such a procurement policy in Kumasi, she said women constituted 70-85 per cent of ownership, management, workforce and supply chains within the garment manufacturing industry.
Though Ghana has a Public Procurement Act and domestic procurement provisions, strong enforcement is lacking.
She said Ghana spends over $200 million annually on imported garments and apparel, draining scarce foreign exchange that could otherwise support domestic industries and job creation, according to a domestic media outlet.
Despite significant investments in skills development, factory expansion and global compliance standards, many domestic garment factories are operating below 40 per cent of their production capacity due to lack of orders, she added.
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Morocco and Bangladesh recently agreed to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, skill development and multilateral affairs during a meeting in Rabat between Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shama Obaed Islam, and Morocco’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita.
Islam later met Morocco’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, and proposed the exchange of business delegations to enhance bilateral commercial engagement. Mezzour expressed interest in sending a business delegation to Bangladesh by the end of the year.
Morocco and Bangladesh recently agreed to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, skill development and multilateral affairs when the latter’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam met the former’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat.
Islam reiterated Bangladesh’s interest in promoting eco-friendly jute and jute goods in the Moroccan market.
Islam reiterated Bangladesh’s interest in promoting eco-friendly jute and jute goods in the Moroccan market, according to Bangladesh media outlets.
The scheme will contribute to the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal to accelerate the decarbonisation of EU industry, the REPowerEU Plan to reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels, as well as the EU Hydrogen Strategy, an official release said.
The European Commission has cleared a $1.5-billion German state aid scheme to produce renewable hydrogen through the European Hydrogen Bank’s ‘Auctions-as-a-Service’ tool for the auction that closed in 2026.
The scheme will contribute to the objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal, the REPowerEU Plan to reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels, as well as the EU Hydrogen Strategy.
The approved scheme will support construction of up to 1,000 MW of installed electrolyser capacity, and the production of up to 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen. This is estimated to avoid up to 55 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
The aid will be awarded through a competitive bidding process that will be supervised by the European Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
The scheme will provide support to companies planning to construct new electrolysers feeding renewable hydrogen into the Danish Hydrogen Backbone 1 pipeline, which is a project of common interest, and deliver it to buyers connected to the German Hydrogen Core Network.
The aid will not only support the production of renewable hydrogen, but also cross-border infrastructure that connects renewable hydrogen sources in the North Sea to large-scale buyers.
Under the scheme, the aid will take the form of a direct grant per kilogram of renewable hydrogen produced. The aid will be granted for a maximum duration of ten years. Beneficiaries will have to prove compliance with EU criteria for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs).
The European Hydrogen Bank is an initiative to facilitate EU production and imports of renewable hydrogen in and to Europe. Its objective is to close the investment gap and connect the future renewable hydrogen supply to consumers to meet the intended target of 20 million tonnes by 2030, contributing to the REPowerEU objectives and the transition to climate neutrality.
Run by the Innovation Fund, the hydrogen auctions implement the EU-domestic leg of the European Hydrogen Bank and are financed through the EU Emissions Trading System revenues.
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