Canadian Ambassador William Crosbie and United States Ambassador for Economic and Development Affairs Anthony Wayne joined Minister of Finance H.E. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal for the opening of the Afghan National Customs Academy (ANCA).

Established with the support of a number of international donors, the ANCA will assist the Afghanistan Customs Department to develop into a modern customs service.

“The opening of this academy is of particular importance to Canada, as it furthers a key area of focus for our engagement in Afghanistan,” said Ambassador William Crosbie. “A more secure and better-managed border is essential for promoting much needed economic opportunities for Afghans.”

Through the ANCA, 150 to 200 recruits will be trained over the course of 12 months on customs practices. At the same time, four Afghan trainers will participate in a train-the-trainer program so that Afghans can train Afghans to ensure that the ANCA will remain operational and sustainable over the long term.

“A strong, professional, and nationally unified Customs Service allows commerce – the life blood of the economy – to flow. This will bring measurable economic benefits to legitimate traders and consumers,” said Ambassador Anthony Wayne.

The Canada Border Services Agency, which manages Canada’s air, land and sea border crossings, has developed tailored training materials that will be used in the Academy’s curriculum. The agency has also provided a deputy dean and a senior trainer who will work with recruits and officials. The US Border Management Task Force will provide funding for a contractor to operate the Academy, the dean of the Academy and five trainers.

We have decided choose some the best afghan Commercials and publish them on AfghanBiz.com. Good commercials are the key for success in Business. Here is the fist commercial of Nadi Rice. Nadi Rice is an Afghan company headquartered in Hamburg Germany and one of the biggest supplier for afghan foods in Europe.

The commercial [...]

Washington, D.C., June 22, 2009—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $65 million loan and $10 million in equity to MTN Afghanistan to support the expansion of the company’s mobile telephone network and meet the country’s growing demand for affordable mobile phone services.
MTN Afghanistan is owned by MTN Dubai Ltd, [...]

Insight Consulting(IC) is an Afghan owned company which has positioned itself in Afghanistan as an end-to-end services and consulting company, specializing in fields such as private and public sector consulting, marketing and business development. We have successfully serviced both the private and public sectors in Afghanistan.
IC is the first Afghan incorporated company blending Afghan know-how [...]

BRAC Afghanistan Bank (BAB), is a Local Commercial Bank licensed by DAB (Da Afghanistan Bank) Central Bank of Afghanistan with institutional shareholding of BRAC, International Finance Cooperation (IFC), Shorecap International and Triodos Bank of Netherlands.
BRAC Afghanistan Bank has been operating in Afghanistan since November 2006, enabling opportunity to a good number of businesses in Kabul, [...]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) today agreed to set up Asia’s first major multi-country Islamic infrastructure fund.
The Islamic Infrastructure Fund, targeted at $500 million, will make Shari’ah-compliant equity investments in the 12 countries that are borrowing members of both development banks; currently Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz [...]

Azizi Bank is one of the leading banks in the region and looking for a strong strategic and well-experienced individual for a start up Islamic banking. The responsibilities include starting Islamic Banking in the Bank, developing policies, procedures, products etc and managing Islamic Banking functions such as managing day-to-day operations of Islamic Banking venture, developing [...]

According to Tolo TV Namzad, is more than just a reality TV show, Namzad wants to give Afghan’s
insight in to what it REALLY takes to be a political leader. Namzad
follows six young adults as they compete to develop the policies, campaigns
and support needed to be chosen as the nation’s top youth presidential
candidate. [...]

For the first time in decades, Kabul is receiving a steady supply of electricity thanks to a major new transmission line linking Afghanistan’s capital with neighboring Uzbekistan.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is one of the largest partners in constructing a 420-kilometer transmission corridor carrying electricity across some of the most challenging mountainous terrain on earth. [...]

Kabul is now among the first cities with a proper WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Installation.
The Silk Highway project, initiated by NATO, brings to bring high speed Internet to Afghanistan and turned Kabul into a high-speed city.
Silk Highway Project is a high-tech version of the Great Silk Road trading route that links Asia [...]