GHANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT (GTI)

ACTIVITY WEEK CELEBRATIONS

MANGO 2022

June 02, 2022. | Submitted by GTI

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CONTENT
o GTI’s Goal
o Objectives
o And Expected Results
o Annual Program
Statement (APS)
GTI’s GOALS
The Feed the Future Ghana Trade and Investment Activity (GTI) is a five-year program that seeks to
diversify exports and improve revenue collection to boost national GDP and household income for
Ghanaian citizens.

GTI has two focus areas and zones of
implementation:
o Nationwide technical assistance in
accelerated trade
o Technical assistance in selected value
chains to 17 districts in Northern Ghana
Nationwide technical assistance in accelerated
trade, include:
o Facilitating growth in export-oriented trade
o Improving and developing product standards
o Catalysing investments in private enterprises
related to high-value commercial crops
o Promoting job creation, particularly among
women and youth
o Promoting economic diversification; and
o Increasing foreign exchange revenues from high-
value export crops.

Start date 01 Jan 2022

VALUE CHAINS
GTI’s OBJECTIVES
GTI partners with public and private sector actors to achieve the five (5) objectives, stated below.

Objective A Improve and enforce quality standards in domestic value chains

Objective B Reduce time and cost of moving goods across borders

Objective C Increase Investment, especially among SMEs

Objective D Develop distinct and innovative ideas for additional programmatic interventions

Objective E Scale up programmatic interventions and increase firm level interventions

The Work Plan for Objective D & E, which seeks to expand and accelerate two-way trade and investment
between Africa and the United States, will be finalized end July 2022.
GTI’s GOG AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS
 GTI’s EXPECTED RESULTS
• Traceability System
• 40% + Reduction in • 80% + of Businesses
Administered and
connected Time of Trade & SMEs incomes
• SPS Certification • 40% + Reduction in increased
aligned with Export Costs of Trade • 50 + Firms Complete
Standards • Trade and Transactions Worth at
• 65 + Firms with investment policies Least US$2M each
Increased Exports, harmonized with • 50% + Increase in
including via AGOA AfCFTA Exports from SMEs
• Food Safety • Increased capacity • 15% + Employment
Enforcement Systems and access to Women gains by marginalized
strengthened in Trade populations

OBJECTIVE A OBJECTIVE B OBJECTIVE C

 GTI’s EXPECTED RESULTS
• Catalyze/leverage
investments into
• [3-5No] key structural and
private enterprises by
regulatory impediments to
3x
investments addressed
• 15+ investment ready
• [2-4No.] Innovative
growth businesses
financing instruments
funded
developed

OBJECTIVE D OBJECTIVE E
ANNUAL PROGRAM
STATEMENT (APS)
• Ghana Trade and Investment (GTI) activity is
launching an Annual Program Statement (APS)
to Call for Traceability Partnerships.

• An APS is used to solicit grant applications

for creative approaches, or to foster the
development of non-governmental centred
methodologies. ​

• The APS amount issued min = $2,500.00,

max = $ 20,000 (co-funding; cash or in- kind).
ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT (APS)

Support exporters, packhouses,

cooperatives, associations, and
other value chain actors to adopt
and/or improve the utilization of
traceability systems

Support to enterprises and Support the adoption of

entrepreneurs (especially women,
compliance with internationally
persons with disabilities and
youth owned) to comply with recognized market driven
international traceability standards standards.
 APS APPLICATION PROCESS

APS Issued

Concept note submitted Full proposal submitted

(5 – 6 pages with budget) with support from GTI

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS
ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT (APS)

ROADSHOW
• GTI will organize virtual and in-person
Roadshows to orient prospective awardees
about the APS.

• In-person APS Roadshows will be organized in

Kumasi, Takoradi, Sunyani, and Tamale.

• The month-long Roadshow will also comprise

radio discussions, radio announcements,
newspaper ads, and e-newsletters.
CONTACT
Bill Seas III, CFA For inquires about the APS
Chief of Party | Project Director APS.Nathan@Ghana-ti.com
4th Floor, Cannon House, 60 Rangoon
Lane | Cantonments | Accra
E: wseas@ghana-ti.com To submit concept note
C: +233 50 984 8894
https://bit.ly/APS_QualityStandards
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