<<Print>>Ghana has been selected to be a manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines.
This was revealed during a two-day visit by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to Brussels, Belgium, from the 19th to 20th May.
The selection of Ghana to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines is inspired by ''initiatives already taken by the Government of President Akufo-Addo towards the domestic manufacturing of vaccines'' and will be principally supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB).
''At the meeting with the Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission indicated the selection of Ghana as a possible manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. This, according to the Commission, follows the initiatives already taken by the Government of President Akufo-Addo towards the domestic manufacturing of vaccines. The taskforce teams from the EU and Ghana will meet shortly to discuss modalities towards the realization of this initiative, which, in principle, could be supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB)'', a statement issued by the Acting Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, read.
Another good news is that Ghana will, in June 2021, be taken off countries on the list of the European Union (EU) money laundering.
The statement further read; ''As a consequence of the two-day working visit by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to Brussels, Belgium, from the 19th to 20th May, the European Commission has announced the decision to remove Ghana from the list of countries that are deficient in Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing.
''It is expected that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, will, in June 2021, announce that Ghana has been taken off its list of high risk, third-world countries with strategic deficiencies in Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Terrorism Financing.''
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