For 16 years, we at PTB’s International Cooperation have been working together with our partners at the Ghana Standards Authority, GSA. During this time, we have formed a strong partnership and are now very excited to cement this further with our latest project: “Establishment of a Fit-for-Future National Metrology Institute in Ghana.” Tomorrow, at 3:00…
In a few days, the kick-off workshop of our latest project with the Ghana Standards Authority, GSA, will take place. The aim of the project is to foster GSA’s capacities, so that they will be able to offer high-class metrological services – and thereby strengthen the country’s industrial development. Not only will the investment climate…
PTB’s International Cooperation and the Ghana Standards Authority, GSA, have been working together for over a decade. Now, with the most recent PTB-project “Establishment of a Fit-for-Future National Metrology Institute in Ghana“ our cooperation enters an exciting new phase. On 19 May, just one day short of the World Metrology Day 2021, the kick-off workshop…
A Ghanaian-German development cooperation success story Pesticides may only be registered and marketed if they are not harmful to human health, do not contaminate groundwater and have no negative impact on the environment. In Ghana, due to limited logistics and human resources at relevant governmental institutions, there is insufficient testing of the quality of pesticides…
In nearly all areas of our everyday life, Covid-19 has been presenting us with huge challenges. This also applies to our work routines. Whereas people working in certain professions can work from home, this is simply impossible for others. In such cases, the workplace must, despite the pandemic, provide employees with a safe environment and…
Not everyone sees “Made in Africa” as a quality stamp yet, for sure. But it could soon be the case. The Alliance for Product Quality is working on it. Hang on a sec. The what alliance? The Alliance for Product Quality, abbreviated to AfPQ, helps African companies get a better foothold in the international market.…
The year 2020 demanded that we take our digital work to the next level. A wide range of procedures could no longer be conducted in person as they normally are, and had to be completed digitally – sometimes successfully, sometimes less so. The accreditation field was no exception when it came to this development, as…
Raising awareness of the progress that has been made in the industrialisation of the African continent and, on the other hand, of the challenges that the coming years will bring – these are the topics of this year’s Africa Industrialisation Week (AIW) which is taking place from 16 to 20 November. Like so many other events this…
Creating an African single market – that is the aim of the African free trade treaty which came into force in 2019. An operational and well-developed quality infrastructure is indispensable for reaching this goal. On 2 October 2020, within the scope of a virtual meeting, the Pan-African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI) confederation therefore presented three studies dealing with the…
Our dear colleague Paul Michael Date is now retiring. We wish him all the best for the future and would also like to express our sincere gratitude to him. For over ten years we have worked with Paul in his capacity as the Head of Scientific Metrology of the Ghana Standards Authority, and we continue…