Business24 Newspaper 19th November, 2021

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2021

BUSINESS24.COM.GH

Friday November 19, 2021

NO. B24 / 276 | News for Business Leaders

Was COP26 cheap talk?

NDPC boss calls for a robust rural economy for AfCFTA

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Remittance flows projected to register robust 7.3% growth in 2021 R

emittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to grow by a strong 7.3 percent to reach US$589 billion in 2021. This return to growth is more robust than earlier estimates and follows the resilience of flows in 2020, when remittances declined by only 1.7 percent despite a severe global recession due to COVID-19, according to estimates from the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief. For a second consecutive year, remittance flows to lowand middle-income countries (excluding China) are expected to surpass the sum of foreign direct investment (FDI) and overseas

For a second consecutive year, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries are expected to surpass the sum of foreign direct investment and overseas development assistance

Use ‘Taste of Ghana’ event to explore trade, investment opportunities— Information Minister By Eugene Davis ugendavis@gmail.com

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inister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has urged the organisers of the “Taste of Ghana” programme to leverage trade and investment opportunities in the country to boost economic growth. The “Taste of Ghana” programme, organised by the Ghana Investment Cont’d on page 3

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Speaker directs Roads Minister to reverse suspension of tolls By Eugene Davis

OFAB outlines new strategies to champion agric bio-tech across Africa

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By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com

he Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has directed the Roads Minister, Kwasi AmoakoAttah, to reverse his decision to suspend the collection of road tolls in Ghana.

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he Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) says it will support member nations in the Cont’d on page 5

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