The Israel legation in Accra, capital of the month-old State of Ghana, has been elevated to the status of an Embassy, the Foreign Ministry announced today. Chanan Yavor, Israel consul in Accra, has been named First Secretary of the Embassy and Charge d’Affaires.
The Foreign Ministry also announced that the first Ghanaian student has applied for permission to study in Israel. Before Ghana became independent, Israeli economic and technical experts were welcomed to Accra and Israel was asked to extend economic and technical aid to the African country. An Israel-Ghana Shipping Company will shortly be organized to ply between Israel and Ghana, with possible stops at other Central and West African ports.
Sample shipments of Israeli goods, chiefly textiles, will shortly be sent to several East African countries recently visited by a delegation representing the Israel Manufacturers Association. The shipments to Uganda, Djibouti, Zanzibar, Aden and Ethiopia will come to about $50,000 in value.
The members of the trade delegation report that Israeli-manufactured items have good prospects in these markets, particularly as far as quality is concerned. The goods are destined chiefly for upper income customers who seek quality in woolens and cottons.
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