The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Tuesday, 6th November, 2018, to participate in the Africa Investment Forum, which is being held in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the invitation of the African Development Bank.
The Forum will enable invited Heads of State and Governments to engage with the investor community and explore potential investments and financing. President Akufo-Addo will participate, as a panelist, in “Championing Investments: Presidential Investment Chats”, and also at the launch of the EU-AU High level platform on Sustainable Energy Investments in Africa.
On Ghana-specific engagements, the President will meet investors interested in the development, financing and construction of projects such as the Takoradi Refinery Company, which intends to refine some 60,000 barrels of crude oil per day; and the Accra Skytrain Project, which aims to develop an elevated light rail mass transit project for Accra.
He was accompanied by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta; Minister for Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey, MP; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mr. Yofi Grant, and officials from the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.
President Akufo-Addo will return to Ghana on Friday, 9th November, 2018, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act in his stead.
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There will be a LOANS conference in Heaven on December 25 2018 organized by IMF and Ghana beyond Aid to see how Ghana can borrow from God after the president has attended every conference in this evil world :Papa Old Man on the move to South Africa E AV OANS
nana addo is a failure We thought we voted for better leadership Instead its the same old shttttt guys wearing new clothes This govt is fullllllll of shhhhhittttt
Yes Nana, we wish you a safe and fruitful trip. When the ***barred word*** was touring the world and stuffing our money in Dubai you guys were happy. Now that responsible president is invited to a meting of fertile thinkers the nation wrekkeers and those beneficiaries of the bus-branding and guinea fowl government are making unnecessary noissses!
How can a third world country that borrows money on daily basis yes on daily basis because Treasury bills are sold on every working day, Parliament approves a loan on every sitting, how can such a country afford land cruisers for public officials? Our poverty is created by our leaders with the help of international agencies like world Bank who are the main beneficiaries of our poverty.
You close your indigenous banks and then attend international banks forum. They will not allow indigenous businesses to grow and also become international. Unpatriotic grand sons of Africa. You increased taxes of indigenous rural banks from 5 percent to 25 percent, we got to chase those Krazy bollheads out of the town!
You are using the tax stamp money to tour the world even when it doesn't make senss