WACOMP Ghana during the COVID 19 pandemic
March 30, 2020
WACOMP HOLDS GROUP REMOTE COACHING END OF YEAR MEETING
December 15, 2020The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) held a virtual Joint Value Chain Strategic Committees Meeting on Wednesday, 22nd April, 2020. The online meeting was organized to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the fruits, cosmetics and cassava value chains.
Representatives from the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Federation of Association of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE), Sea-Freight Exports Association of Ghana (SPEG), CSIR -Food Research Institute and the private sector took part in the meeting.
All the participants agreed the impact of the locked down as a result of COVID-19 has been high on the activities of the cosmetics, fruits and cassava sector. Business are not able to export the products and cost of raw materials have increased and getting access to both local and external markets is becoming increasingly difficult.
The representative from GSA, Ms. Joyce Okoree assured the VCSC members that despite the COVID-19 pandemic the labs at GSA are operational. She reassured members of the Value Chains Strategic Committees that access to testing is ongoing and accessible for all companies and especially for those producing products useful for the prevention of COVID-19 spreading.
The Chief Technical Advisor of WACOMP, Mr. Charles Sackey assured members about WACOMP’s support during the current emergency phase as well as for the recovery of post COVID19. He indicated that webinars, virtual technical meetings and trainings targeting quality, standards and market access will be organized.
