The President of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mr. Seth Adjei Baah, has called on Ghanaian businesses to participate in international investment conferences to attract attention to the country’s economy.
Many of these business forums and conferences, Baah said, target fast-transforming economies, emerging countries, and industries with the most anticipated growth factor, and will enhance their potential by providing them with a strategic platform.
Mr. Baah made the comments in an interview with a section of the media during this year’s Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) Congress held in Dubai.
The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) Conference works as a tribune for high level officials, the world’s renowned industrialists, investment experts and leading financial powerhouses to discuss economic governance, strategic expansion and sustainability.
Mr. Adjei Baah stressed that AIM is the world’s first Emerging Markets FDI-focused event to offer a perfect blend of trade-fair and intellectual features aimed at enriching institutional, corporate and individual investors attending with a comprehensive set of guidelines for their future investment decisions in high-growth regions.
Established as the new staple for foreign trade and FDI, AIM attracts a mix of high profile government officials, private asset owners and project promoters from all across the globe.
The event proposes a diverse yet much-focused set of features which include conference, one-to-one meetings, ministerial networking roundtables, workshops, country presentations and exhibitions.
Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al-Qassimi, Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), quoted the International Monetary Fund’s forecast that the world economy would grow by 3.5 percent in 2012 amid a “breadth of optimism”. Riding this wave of newly-discovered hope, emerging economies are slated to outperform projected forecasts as they keep benefitting from the continuous disruption to global capital flows, she added.
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, introduced case-studies covering developmental initiatives, real-time investment opportunities, foreign trade policies, financing options and FDI statistics in the country.
Ghana’s Communications Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, noted that Ghana’s vibrant and diversified market economy, coupled with its peaceful nature and matured democracy, makes it a business-friendly and fertile destination for investments.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), George Kwame Aboagye, informed delegates of opportunities in agriculture, livestock, tourism, energy, infrastructure development and solid-waste management.
The AIM Exhibition offers a large array of investment opportunities from local, regional and international private sector companies as well as foreign government-approved project showcases.
