SLNBCC NEWSLETTER VOLUME 12- JUNE 2018

13-07-2018

The Sierra Leone Netherlands Business and Culture Council (SLNBCC) has published its twelfth newsletter for 2018. 

In this issue they have the following articles to share with you:
• SLNBCC Update: dinner and dance recap & Fenedex training
• Welcome new SLNBCC Members: BAM & Bennimix
• NRA Starts Tax Clinic with Support from OSIWA
• Sierra Leone News: Mamamah airport project dropped
• Sierra Leone’s water minister Tengbe appeals for international help
• Businesses in Sierra Leone urge government to enforce Local Content Policy
• Minister off Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation signs over $44M grant with
US Govt.

Please click here to read full newsletter.

To get in touch with the SLNBCC , please contact Binta Jalloh, the Project
Manager, directly through binta@gnbcc.net (+232(0)78381007) or Esther Kamara at esther.slnbcc@gmail.com.

GNBCC | News

• Successful Cocktail Hosted by Allianz 
• New Member: Rhiza Ghana Company Limited 
• Electricity Tariffs Already High; No Need For Upward Review – AGI
• President Akufo-Addo's SONA 2019
• President Announces Stimulus Package For Textile Industry
• NABC Seminar Business Opportunity in Ghana
• SVB - AOW Pension for Dutch people abroad
• SONA 2019: Tax Exemption Policy Growing Menace To Fiscal, Revenue Generation – Akufo-Addo
• Investcorp Market Review - 22nd February 2019
• LNBCC Newsletter: Vol. 1, 2019
• DesignTalk: Accra-Amsterdam Designer's Evening
• New Member- Ecoband Limited
• Port Stakeholders Back Suit Against Ghana, UNIPASS
• New Member: Velia Consulting Limited
• Only 2% In Informal Sector Pay Taxes – GRA
• Job Vacancy: Accountant
• Introduction of New GNBCC Service : XDSDATA Credit Reports
• Africa Works 2019 Set for April 8th and 9th in Rotterdam
• Information About Voting for EU Parliament- in Dutch
• 2020 Polls a Crucial Test for Fiscal Discipline- IMF
• Groundbreaking Ceremony for Construction of the Koudijs Feedmill
• SLNBCC Newsletter Vol. 16 - JAN 2018
• New Member: AGRITERRA
• As A child in Milsbeek, As Ambassador in Burundi
• 8 Tax Policies Suffocating Businesses — KPMG
• Ghana Link, UNIPASS Dragged To Court For Allegedly Cloning Single Window Software
• Launch of the BEEP
• Public Debt Now GH¢172.9 Billion
• Board Council of Expats Finalized (In Dutch)
• Ghana Gains Marginally In Corruption Index …But Still Far Below 2014 Level
• Job Search: Josephine Timmers
• ‘Cloned’ Single Window System Pulled Down
• GNBCC Present at 1st Lunch Meeting of LNBCC
• 21 Taxes Choke Tourism Operators– Parliament cries
• MDF West Africa and Ho Technical University Holds InnoFood Project Roundtable Discussion
• News Of EELCO KEIJ ; Call Up For 2 Expats (In Dutch)
• Government Explains Why They Removed VAT on Local Textiles
• Israel Agriculture Trip
• GCNet Touts Existing Framework
• Successful Opening of 2019 @ New Year's Cocktail
• Unilever Ghana Commissions Three New Factory Plants in Tema
• PURC Expects Drop in Tariffs
• Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2019
• Allianz Ghana Promotion
• New Port System ‘Ready’ in 2yrs
• High cost of doing business at the port due to illegal fees - ICC Ghana
• GNBCC New Year Cocktail 
• Vivo Energy Ghana Appoints Ben Hassan Ouattara as New Managing Director
• Textile Industry Gets Three Years VAT Exemption; Gov't To Lose GH¢40m Annually
• Introduction of new intern: Michael van der Staaij
• Deal With Indiscipline In All Segments Of Economy; AMCHAM President Tells Govt
• Africa Works 2019 Set for April 8th and 9th in Rotterdam
• Job Vacancy- Sales Manager, Ghana
• Suspected Cloning Of Nat’l Single Window Raises Concerns
• Investcorp Market Review- 11th January, 2019
• GNBCC Office Closed for Christmas Break - 24th December 2018
• Port Disruption Looms
• Apply for the #innov8GH incubation program before December 31st!  
• Premium Member Business Breakfast with GIPC’s Mr Yofi Grant
• LNBCC Newsletter
• Probe Uni-Pass deal—IMANI petitions Parliament
• SLNBCC Newsletter
• Successful GNBCC Cocktail Hosted by Wienco
• Ghana De-industrialising Economy – AGI President
• Belgian Trade Mission visits Accra
• Emergent Technology™ Acquires Interpay Africa
• CRIA Organizes Forum on Promoting African Regional Integration for National Development
• Local Partner in Every Oil Block Proves a Tough Call
• The Photo Says it All
• Investcorp Market Review - 14th December, 2018.
• GNBCC Cocktail Hosted by Wienco, Tomorrow, 13^th of December 2018
• Free Zones Boosts Economy-Exports Over $1 Billion In 9 Months
• Delft Imaging Systems has won the NABC ‘Doing Business in Africa’ award!
• GNBCC Member Dutch & Co Best Renewable Energy Company of 2018
• Don't Touch Free Zones 
• Cargill Celebrates A Decade Of Sustainability And Innovation In Ghana With Investment Plans And Farmer Support
• Announcement in Dutch about Double Nationality
• Through All The Changing Scenes
• Strengthening LNBCC: Introducing Mr. Stanley Slagmolen
• TIN To Be Part Of Business Registration – RGD Clarifies
• Research on the GNBCC Access Debit Card
• Vlisco’s Bubble Wax Is Back, Pulsating With Different Colours And Designs
• Never Again! • Ken Ofori-Atta Vows, As Ghana Exits IMF Programme In Dec
• Startup Businesses To Get Tax Break For First 3 Years – Mohammed Awal
• Rehabilitation Of 56-Km Kojokrom To Tarkwa Railway Nearing Completion
• Grand Finale of the Dutch Export Academy at the Netherlands Embassy In Accra
• Revised VAT Regime Not Business-Friendly – PwC
• 2019 PwC Budget Highlights Report  
• Visa And Vivo Energy Partner To Enhance Digital Payments
• Osafo-Maafo Calls For Law To Ban Export Of Raw Materials
• KPMG 2019 Budget Highlights
• Laughter Breaks Out Over Mayor’s ‘Accra Is Clean Comment’
• GNBCC Cocktail Hosted by Agrona & Comexas in Tema and Dutch Entrepreneur Day Award Ceremony
• Govt Unveils Ambitious Plan To Grow Economy By 7.6% In 2019
• How Allianz Ghana Has Emerged Over The Years – An Interview With CEO Darlington Munhuwani
• MPS Publication: Tema Port Expansion Cranes Set Sail To Ghana
• ECG Wants 38% Increase In Power Tariffs
• Award Win of People's Pension Trust
• Debt Albatross Not Easing Off
• Na De Rechtszaak: Proef Stemmen Op Ambassades!  
• Capital Market Report - October 2018
• GNBCC Cocktail Hosted By Agrona & Comexas in Tema
• GNBCC Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• Suspended Eastern Regional EOCO Director Recalled
• SLNBCC Newsletter Volume 14- October 2018
• LNBCC Newsletter, Eighth Edition 2018
• Tax Stamp Not Panacea To Inferior Textiles On Market – Textile Union Schools Gov't
• Second Edition of Dutch Export Academy In Full Swing
• New Member: Danfofo Engineering Works
• Joint meeting of European Chambers of Commerce with EU Delegation
• Fronting In Oil Industry Now A Criminal Offence – Amin Adam
•  Looking For A Job: Bram de Smet
• New Project Officer for the LNBCC Office
• Doing Business 2019: A Year of Record Reforms, Rising Influence
• The Dutch Export Academy Registration
• Ghana Moves Up Six Spots On 2019 World Bank Doing Business Ranking
• Official Opening of Mammoet's West African Office
• Job Vacancy: Office Manager – Ghana
• Apartment for Rent - Airport Residential Area
• People’s Pension Trust Gives Clients Bonus on 'Personal Pension Plans'
• Successful Cocktail Hosted by Vivo Energy
• GNBCC MD visits Sierra Leone 
• Borrowing money is not aid - Akufo-Addo defends $60bn Chinese fund for Africa
• GRA to get tough on taxpayers as it launches National Tax Campaign for 2018
• 18th Agricultural Trade Mission Africa-Israel, 25th-28th November 2018
• Invitation To Participate - 17th Edition Of The Ghana Club 100 Call For Entries
• Vivo Energy - Press Release: A Taxi Driver Grabs First Taxi, 21 Others Win Motorcycles 
• Notice: GNBCC Officially VAT Registered
• Jobnet Africa & Delft Imaging Systems Nominated for The Doing Business in Africa (DBA) Award
• Gov’t to set tough rules to anchor fiscal consolidation – Veep 
• GNBCC Cocktail Hosted By Vivo Energy
• Ghana’s Non-Traditional Exports Records $2.557 Billion In 2017
• Ghana Drops Two Ranks In Latest WEF’s Global Competitive Index
• Job Vacancy: Supply Chain Manager
• Ghana Tax Dialogue
• Textiles Tax Stamp To Revive Ailing Sector - Ahomka-Lindsay
• Univlever marks Global Handwashing Day
• New Member : Mammoet West Africa Ltd
• GRA’s Revenue Faces Massive Dip Over Fake TIN – Analyst
• New Member: ELT
• Ghana To Lose €60m Dutch Govt Facility Over Delayed Implementation Of Recycling Project
• Press Release - Vivo Energy: Seven Taxis and 100 Motorbikes for Motorists
• GRA’s ‘Controversial’ CTN Policy Takes Effect October 15
• The Brand, Design and Identity Workshop
• Parliament To Pass New Companies Act At Next Meeting
• Indiscipline Affecting Quality Of Work By Ghanaian Professionals – Auditor General
• Travel Advise from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Cut Expenditure, Corruption To Reduce Growing Debt Stock – ISSER
• Memphis Depay Releases Visuals To New Song ‘Akwaaba’ Shot In Ghana
• SLNBCC Newsletter Volume 13- September 2018
• Akufo-Addo's speech at the 73rd UN General Assembly
• Opening of Ghana Innovation Hub on 1st October
• Hortifresh Launch
• LNBCC Newsletter
• Search for Internship
• Search for 5% local participation in Ghana’s oil blocks
• Stop Harassing Our Business- Nigerians Protest Against Ghana
• Successful Joint Cocktail with the GSABC
• Join NABC at the Road2West Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire & Senegal Event!
• Cut Down Expenses Of Government Officials
• HortiFresh - Call for Concept Notes
• Is Ghana Ready For More Local Content?
• Vivo Energy Press Release: Update on the Transaction between Vivo Energy and Engen Holding  
• Job Vacancy: Chief Financial Officer, Ghana
• KLM Flights Operations Now at Terminal 3 
• The Euromoney Ghana/West Africa Conference 2018
• Gov’t To Ensure Predictability With 6 Months Fixed Exchange Rate Regime At Ports
• Survey for Dutch Citizens Abroad
• GNBCC and Ghana South Africa Business Chamber (GSABC) Joint Cocktail
• Sierra Leone & Liberia Business Day In The Hague - A Fruitful Venture For All Parties Involved
• Gov’t Must Ensure Free And Fair Trade — Unilever Boss
• 2018 Ghana Banking Survey Report - PWC
• Relocation of Vivo Energy Ghana Head Office
• KIA Terminal 3 To Be Operational Sept 15
• Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Facility (Launched)
• WaterAid Partners with Charlotte Prive on  ‘Fashion4Change’ Campaign
• Update on (draft) bill double nationality for Dutch Citizens
• Sierra Leone and Liberia Business Day - 11th September 
• Cargill Doubles Sustainable Sourced Cocoa In Ghana-Benefitting 13,000 Farmers
• Job Vacancy: Workshop Manager – Akosombo, Ghana
• CTN Exposes Rot At Ports; $14.04m Lost In July
• Opening of the International Mining Expo
• How Grace Mugabe Earned Her PhD And Collapsed 7 Ghanaian Banks
• Importers Mistrust ‘Frustrate’ Paperless Port - GRA
• Search for Internship in the Water Sector
• AGI Letter Of Protest Towards New Straight VAT Levy Regime
• Private Sector Growth Slows To 22-Month Low – Stanbic Bank PMI
• Confusion Hits Ports Over CTN
• Sign Continental Free Trade Agreement – Nana Addo Urges Nigeria
• Invitation to the Top MBA Event in Accra
• Business Matching and Sponsorship Proposal For The GBT Start-Up Investor Conference
• DHI Tender for Dutch Investors
• Campaigning for Dutch citizens abroad
• Ghana Finance Boss Aims to Keep IMF Checks After Bailout End
• Cedi’s Volatilities in Q3 Unabated
• Nuffic: Call for Joint Proposals for Tailor-Made Training 
• Petroleum Local Content Law to Be Reviewed
• Shipping Lines to Reject Cargoes Without CTN
• Ghana Beyond Aid: Experts warn against over-reliance on natural resources
• Inflation Drops to 9.6% in July
• Postponement of Africa Works! 2018 to April 2019
• A Thriving Private Sector: The Key to Sustainable Socio-Economic Growth
• Economy Remains Volatile – AGI
• Dutch Honorary Consuls Speak Out
• August 2018 Tax Updates by KPMG
• Tema Port Expansion Project Set to Receive Modern Cranes
• Black Star International Film Festival
• New Business Challenge 2018 Final & Cocktail
• SLNBCC Newsletter Volume 13- July 2018
• Export Orientated Industrialization, Key To Ghana's Development
• Sacking Boakye Agyarko Not Enough – CSOs
• New Personal Income Tax Band - Effective 1 August 2018
• Vivo Energy Press Release: Shell Service Station Offers Employment to Locals
• Public Debt To Reach 72.4% Of GDP – Moody’s
• GNBCC Cocktail and New Business Challenge Final
• New Member: Meridian Ports Services Limited
• Paperless Port Boosts Half-Year Import Revenue
• Value Added Agriculture West Africa Expo -  Ghana
• New Member: El Balicon
• We Are Disappointed In Akufo-Addo – Importers And Exporters
• Africa Works! 2018
• IES Cautions Of High Cost Of Power With New Ameri Deal
• GCS Leads Charge For Creation Of Local Content Policy For Ghana’s Maritime Industry
• Monthly GNBCC Cocktail was Hosted Last Night by Ntrakwah & Co.
• New Member: Ribeth Hygenyk Foods
• PwC’s  2018 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review in Tax Measures
• EXPOSED!…Rice Importers Stealing Millions From Gov’t
• New Member: Environment360
• Official Launch Of Private Sector Initiative Against Corruption (PSACG)
• Wage Bill Hits GHC14bn, Takes 45% Of Tax Revenue In 2017
• Insurance Hints & Tips from Allianz Ghana
• Ghana Free Zones Authority Breakfast Meeting
• GNBCC Cocktail Hosted by Ntrakwah & Co
• New Member: Venital Ghana
• New Business Challenge Studytrip NL: Learning from each other!
• Mid-Year Budget Review: Subtle Tax Measures May Yield More
• New Member: Nana Abeyie Farms
• Consumers To Pay More Tax…After NHIL And Getfund VAT Conversion
• PowerElec Ghana 2018.
• Ghana Records Drop In Economic Freedom Index
• Paperless Port Saves Gov’t Blushes…Revenue To Increase By 30 Percent
• SLNBCC NEWSLETTER VOLUME 12- JUNE 2018
• New Member: Maridav Ghana Limited
• Government To Increase Taxes In Mid-Year Budget
• Job Vacancy: Program Officer for Sustainable Cocoa Programs in Kumasi
• New Member: Nobisfields
• Freight Forwarders To Petition Parliament Over Cargo Tracking System
• MAP-EXPO: Global Marketplace for Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
• Mid-Year Budget Review: Tax Net Needs Widening, Not Deepening – Economist
• UNIPASS Deal Takes New Twist…As Contract Being Written Again For Tender
• LNBCC Newsletter, Sixth Edition 2018
• New Member: Jumia Group
• Ghana Loses More Than $3bn Yearly Through Corruption
• New Business Challenge Participants to Depart for the Netherlands
• New Member: GreenLine Logistics Limited
• SA Could Soon Be Like Zimbabwe?
• Growth dips to 6.8% in Q1: Most sectors present negative figure
• Only a useless country charges GHC 5 billion port duty for 1 car - Obinim laments
• Information for Dutchies overseas about voting outside the Netherlands (in Dutch)  
• Successful Cocktail Last Night, hosted by SNV
• VIA Water Café organized on 22nd June 2018 in Accra
• New Member: PUM Netherlands Senior Experts
• New Member: Ozer Logistics Ghana Limited
• UN Report Finds Millions Of Ghanaians Not Benefiting From Booming Economy
• GNBCC Member Logess Guesthouse Invites You to Opening of ViaVia Accra
• Akufo-Addo Places Temporary Travel Ban On Gov’t Officials
• Single Window Saves Ghana $500m In Two Years - UGBS Report
• GNBCC Cocktail Tomorrow, Hosted by SNV
• Dutch Government Survey on Dutch Consular Services
• New Member: GhanaWeb BV
• Job Vacancy: Financial Manager
• Foreign Investments Hindered By Current Minimum Capital Requirement
• Tema Port Expansion: MPS LTD Has Drawn Its First $100 Million From The $667 Million Project Financing Package 
• Government To Review Paperless Port System – Bawumia
• SLNBCC Newsletter, Volume 11 - May 2018
• Design Thinking Ghana Conference (DTGC2018)
• 'Economy Cannot Be Dominated By Foreigners Only’ – Nana Addo
• New Member: The Advantage Group (TAG)
• Another Layer To Kelni GVG Architecture Is Another Layer Of Incompetence - Franklin Cudjoe
• Vivo Energy Press Release: Residents of Atukpai Clear up Their Community
• Single Window Showcased On World Stage
• La Pleasure Beach Resort Closed Down Over Insanitary Conditions
• Major Players In Downstream Sector Petition Energy Minister
• LNBCC Newsletter, Sixth Edition
• New Member: Artic Schools
• Akufo-Addo’s First Ministerial Reshuffle
• Industry People Warn Against Changing Single Window Implementer
• Textile Retailers Threaten To Beat Up Anti-Piracy Taskforce
• Job Vacancy: Chief Operating Officer
• Student Entrepreneurship Week Ghana
• New Member: Strategic Communications Africa Ltd
• Job Vacancy: Strategic Sales Manager 
• Pum Netherlands Senior Experts Is Looking For Local Representative
• Call Up For Set Up Interest Group For Dutch Nationals Abroad
• GRA To Bear Cost Of New Cargo Tracking From June 1^st
• Vacancies at MDF West Africa
• Press Release: Vivo Energy Furnishes Community Library with Books
• Freight Forwarders kick against UNIPASS
• Kick Off New Business Challenge 2018
• EU Data Protection Rules: Remain Updated with GNBCC
• New Member: MIDAS Insurance Brokers
• Africa Works ! 2018
• The system forces us to be corrupt’ – Private businesses launch anti-graft initiative
• Kelni- GVG deal is costing Ghana $179 million, not $89 million - according to IMANI
• Government issues three months ultimatum to illicit textile retailers
• Vacancy for Country Director in Ghana.