This year’s edition of the ‘World Meets In Ghana’ Forum, which was successfully organized in Ghana in 2019, has been postponed to August 2022 – the organizers have announced.
E ON 3 Group, initiators of the event have attributed the postponement to the COVID pandemic, with Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City announced to host the 2022 edition.
Under the theme, “Exploring Investment Opportunities in Ghana as a Gateway to Africa”, the 2022 event, just like the maiden edition - is expected to target the key sectors in the country including Energy, Agribusiness, Oil and Gas Extraction, Mining and Quarrying, Banking and Finance, Aviation and Manufacturing. Other sectors are Information (Media and IT), Real Estate Development, Business Process Outsourcing, Educational Services, Import/Export Wholesale and Retail Trade and Project Finance.
The idea is for participants to interact and discuss policies and programmes as well as positive ideas that generate vibrant businesses opportunities and help create wealth and improve the livelihoods of people in all communities in Ghana.
The Group has also announced the touring of about 15 countries, including the US, Canada, UK, Germany, China, Turkey and the United Arab, Emirates, among others, to sensitize businesspeople about the 2022 event.
Mr Richard Adjei Mensah Ofori-Atta, the Executive Director of E ON 3 Group, has said the ‘World Meets In Ghana Investors’ Forum and Executive Dinner Ball is an international event, hence the world tour.
According to him, it was appropriate and important for the Group to create awareness regarding the rollout of the programmes for the second edition across the globe to replicate the successes chalked during the maiden event in Kumasi.
He also said, before the world tour, his group would liaise with all the relevant government Ministries, Departments, Agencies, MDAs as well as industry players and identify their investment opportunities to connect them to the right investors.
Mr Richard Ofori-Atta mentioned a 20-year vision of the ‘World Meets Investors’ Forum, which would be launched during the 2022 event. The concept starts from 2022 to 2042 and seeks to spread business opportunities across the African continent.
According to him, the organizers of the event have also decided to rotate the host of the elite among the African countries to help fulfil the Group’s vision of spreading wealth across the continent through business forums. He stated that the next African country to host the 2024 edition of the forum would be announced during the 2022 event in Accra, after an open and transparent draw to select the next host country.
Dr Francis Ashong-Katai, the Project Coordinator of E ON 3 Group, on his part, said Ghana has reaped several benefits, following the first edition.
He touted Ghana as a stable country with high democratic credentials, with sterling capacity globally to attract investors. In addition, he pointed out, the siting of the headquarters of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) in Accra adds impetus to Ghana’s credentials.
He noted that the E ON 3 Group has strategic programmes to make Ghana the gateway to Africa in the area of business and investments, stressing that his group’s positive plans for the country was on the right course.
In his speech during the maiden edition in 2019, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, lauded E ON 3 Group for its vision to organize the forum and stressed that, in organizations such as the World Meets Forum, the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda is sure to have its vision realized in record time.
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