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Ghana woos Rwandan investors

Ghana
Rwanda
Published Jun 18, 2021

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Ghana’s fastest-growing industries—such as cocoa derivatives, cashew, banana, shea butter, processed fish, metals, and edible oil—remain untapped and ready for investments, Mr. Banda Abdallah, Manager at the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) Market Hub, has said. Speaking at a business breakfast meeting with a visiting Rwandan delegation in Accra, Mr. Abdallah stated that the country’s door is open to potential investors looking to explore the West African market.

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Ghana’s fastest-growing industries—such as cocoa derivatives, cashew, banana, shea butter, processed fish, metals, and edible oil—remain untapped and ready for investments, Mr. Banda Abdallah, Manager at the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) Market Hub, has said. Speaking at a business breakfast meeting with a visiting Rwandan delegation in Accra, Mr. Abdallah stated that the country’s door is open to potential investors looking to explore the West African market. He said to increase exports and attract more investments in especially the non-traditional export sectors, the government has developed a National Export Strategy that is being implemented till 2029. The strategy has 17 “strategic value chains” comprising sugar, industrial starch and others, with a target of earning US$25bn in export revenue by 2029, he added. Mr. Edward Ashong-Lartey, Director, Investor Services, at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), addressed the delegation on the centre’s ...
Source: Ghanaweb
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