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A new pilot program to help small BC businesses navigate export services is now being offered in a number of communities throughout the province.
The project was announced at SparkGeo in Prince George with Minister Shirley Bond and Minister Mike Morris. It is also being run in Comox and Vernon with additional communities announced in the following weeks.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016MIT0040-002309
Al via oggi la prima edizione del MaDE - Master in Digital Export realizzato dall’Agenzia ICE in collaborazione con #LUISSBusiness che vuole formare una nuova generazione di export manager capaci di comprendere ed interpretare le dinamiche di esportazione su scala globale cogliendo le opportunità offerte dalla digitalizzazione.
Cape Coast Castle is one of a number of "slave castles", fortification in Ghana built by Swedish traders, originally for trade in timber and gold, later used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 on the order of Hendrik Carloff for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg after King Charles X of Sweden. It was later rebuilt in stone.
In April 1663 the whole Swedish Gold Coast was seized by the Danes, and integrated in the Danish Gold Coast. The Castle was taken over by the British in 1662. The Dutch captured it in 1663 only for it to be recaptured by the British in 1664. In 1681 was attacked by the Ghanaian people. Finally, it was seized by the French in 1709 and again in 1757. It was extensively rebuilt in the late 18th century by the Committee of Merchants (whose Governors administered the entire British colony). In 1844, it became the seat of the colonial Government of the British Gold Coast.
The large quantity of gold dust found in Ghana was what primarily attracted Europe and and many natives of Cape Coast used this to their advantage. In exchange for gold, mahogany, their own people and other local items, the natives received clothing, blankets, spices, sugar, silk, and many other items. The castle at Cape Coast was a market where these transactions took place.
At the time slaves were a valuable commodity in the Caribbean and the Americas, and slaves became the principal item traded in Cape Coast. Due to this, many changes were made to Cape Coast, Castle. One of the alterations was the addition of large underground dungeons that could hold as many as a thousand slaves awaiting export. Many European nations flocked to Cape Coast in order to get a foothold in the slave trade. Business was very competitive and this led to conflict. This is the reason why the castle at Cape Coast changed hands many times during the course of its commercial history.
Thankfully the slave trade ceased in 1834.