{"id":22317,"date":"2026-01-14T07:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22317\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:02:10","slug":"ghana-ready-for-action-oriented-partnerships-trade-minister-to-chinese-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22317\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana ready for action-oriented partnerships \u2013 Trade Minister to Chinese investors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has reaffirmed Ghana\u2019s readiness for concrete investments, declaring that the country has moved beyond discussions and is now focused on action-oriented partnerships.<\/p>\n

She made this known on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, when she met with a delegation of Chinese investors led by Ms. Hua Yan at the Ministry in Accra, as part of efforts to deepen trade, agribusiness and industrial cooperation between Ghana and China.<\/p>\n

Addressing the delegation, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare noted that the meeting was a direct outcome of engagements held during recent high-level bilateral interactions, including the China-Africa Summit and the official visit of the President of Ghana to China.<\/p>\n

She highlighted Ghana\u2019s vast opportunities in trade, agribusiness and industrial manufacturing, stressing that the country\u2019s development strategy prioritises value addition.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you start with trade, you must end with industry. You trade and then you manufacture,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare assured the delegation that the Ministry had assembled the leadership of key state agencies and private sector institutions to guide investors through Ghana\u2019s business landscape.<\/p>\n

These include the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Ghana Free Zones Authority, Ghana Standards Authority, Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and the Ghana Union of Traders\u2019 Associations (GUTA).<\/p>\n

According to her, these institutions would provide a seamless, one-stop support system for company registration, joint ventures, standardisation, market access and regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n

She encouraged the Chinese investors to identify specific areas of interest during their stay, assuring them of concrete engagements before their departure.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that even as you leave, you know exactly what to do, when to come back, and what the next steps are,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The Minister further underscored the importance of joint ventures, describing them as mutually beneficial arrangements that foster trust, local integration and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoint ventures are good. It\u2019s always good to collaborate with Ghanaians. It helps you settle quickly and understand the business environment better,\u201d she said, while assuring investors of strong legal and regulatory frameworks to protect their interests.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Head of the Chinese delegation, Ms. Hua Yan, expressed strong confidence in Ghana\u2019s economic potential, describing the country as vibrant and full of opportunities across multiple sectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the third time I have met the Minister, and I am very happy to be in Ghana again. Ghana is a country full of potential and vitality, and that is why many Chinese investors continue to come here,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

Ms. Hua Yan stated that her delegation, made up of investors from diverse industries, was eager to explore practical cooperation and deepen China\u2013Ghana economic relations to a higher level. She explained that her organisation, China Trading Magazine founded in 1996, is a national-level trade-focused institution that has facilitated business engagements across more than ten African countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to have deeper communication and identify local areas where cooperation can begin immediately,\u201d she said, adding that the delegation was keen on translating discussions into tangible investments in Ghana.<\/p>\n

The engagement also featured detailed technical presentations and question-and-answer sessions by key state agencies and private sector representatives. Institutions including the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Ghana Free Zones Authority, GRATIS Foundation, Ghana Standards Authority, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Ghana EXIM Bank and the Ghana Enterprises Agency took turns to outline investment entry processes, incentives, factory set-up options, standards and certification requirements, export opportunities, financing mechanisms and SME partnership prospects.<\/p>\n

Private sector representatives also shared practical insights on doing business in Ghana, after which both sides discussed follow-up actions and next steps aimed at translating the discussions into concrete investment outcomes.<\/p>\n

The meeting marked another significant step in strengthening Ghana\u2013China economic cooperation, with both sides expressing optimism about achieving win-win outcomes through concrete partnerships and sustained engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has reaffirmed Ghana\u2019s readiness for concrete investments, declaring that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[79],"class_list":{"0":"post-22317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghana","8":"tag-ghana"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}