HON. URSULA OWUSU-EKUFUL (MP)-MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITALISATION

BRINGING AfCFTA HOME TO THE PEOPLE

Ghana, like most African countries, was built on trade.

Long before we decided to take the name of that illustrious ancient Soninke Kingdom whose capital of Koumbi Saleh was at the heart of the salt and gold trade of the Western Sahara, our forebears had staked the flag of trade in every outpost of this land.

Tekyiman was as far back as the 14th century a hub for the kola trade and a crossroads for commerce across the Hausa Diaspora. Between the 16th and 18th century, Salaga achieved renown across the length and breadth of the Sahara as a major port of business and exchange place for Africa’s wealth and ingenuity. The European adventurers who came here in the 15th and 16th centuries were drawn by trade and saw it as the hallmark of our existence.