SLNBCC NEWSLETTER VOLUME 12- JUNE 2018
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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.
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- Design Thinking Conference Project Recruitment of GNBCC Members
- Invitation To Blended Masterclass for GNBCC Members -- Accra
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- Invitation to host a booth at the Ghana Job fair 2019 - 23rd May 2019
- Call To Ghana Diaspora To Submit Business Ideas
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- GNBCC Cocktail Hosted By KLM
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- Investcorp Market Review - 1st March, 2019
- Successful Cocktail Hosted by Allianz
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- Only 2% In Informal Sector Pay Taxes – GRA
- Job Vacancy: Accountant
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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- Announcement in Dutch about Double Nationality
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- The Dutch Export Academy Registration
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- Successful Cocktail Hosted by Vivo Energy
- GNBCC MD visits Sierra Leone
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 1st
- 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.